Sunday Sweets: Cute-Tastic!

Today's Sweets will squeeze enough "awww"s out of you to almost be painful. Almost. But it is so worth it.(Sub'd by Laren T., and made by Bev at Sugarbloom)Just look at that face!Here's an absolutely adorable idea, executed flawlessly:(Sub'd by Norene O., made by Mike's Amazing Cakes)Love...

As We Fumble Along

After extensive research of all the baffling, exclamation point-riddled status updates I've been seeing on FB and Twitter, I've concluded that something either is happening, has happened, or will happen in the world of sports.After a few wild guesses and a Magic 8-Ball consult, I've...

Unexcepted Seamen

Ahh, there's nothing like unintentionally inappropriate greetings at the bakery!Hey, you put a giant dog bone on your cake, you're going to get a few Freudian slips.For the new mom coming home with the baby:Guys, here's a tip: subliminal messages work better in audio.Of course, when...

A Teaching Moment

Created to commemorate the students and teachers that make our communities proud, today's cakes truly deserve to be in a class of their own.Ah, you can always count on teachers to critique your work.Just be glad they couldn't find the red gel icing.Who knew that the HoFsTra STudenrT...

Look Out, Germany

I don't mean to brag, but I'm pretty much an expert on the German language. Yep. Two point five years of public high school German right heeere, playah! In fact, I would be saying all this "auf Deutsch," but I don't want to dazzle y'all with my linguistic...um...awesomeness.Anyway,...

Bakeries From Beyond

John and I like to watch those ghost shows on TV. You know, the ones with the frat boys bellowing challenges into empty rooms, and then running and screaming like little girls because "Something just touched me, dude! I swear!" Yeah. Those ones.We also like the ghost gadget guys,...

Sunday Sweets: When Mario Marries

One of the best things about having such a high geek percentile among you readers is that I get to see some awesomely geeky wedding cakes. Just look at what a few of your fellow Wrecktators have sent in:This is Wreckie Jasmine W's wedding cake., made by Jacque’s Fine European Pastries....

RSS Feed Update

Sorry to dedicate a whole post to mundane site news, guys, but we've been fiddling with our RSS feed and I know that has a lot of you concerned.As I noted on yesterday's post, we pulled the full feed in an attempt to thwart evil thieving spam bloggers. However, over the past day or two we've had the benefit of talking to some Very Smart People who've...

Isn't It Ironic? Don't Ya Think?

I guess there wasn't room to add "In Math."*headdesk*Take heart, Peter; you only have to turn one once.Amy M., Aliesha K., & Melissa M., this is like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife. Only, you know, in an ironic kind of way.- Related Wreckage: Sweet, Sweet Ir...

New Year's Diet Aid

Did you know that 89.3% of New Year's resolution diets FAIL in just 3 weeks?No?Well, that's probably because I made that stat up. (FACT: 63.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.)I'm pretty sure most diets do fail, though, on account of their requiring you to eat significantly...

I Eat Terror For Breakfast

Assuming "terror" is another word for cake, of course.Which, at least with these cakes, I'm pretty sure it is.Sure, this may look like a fuzzy potato wearing a Skeletor mask and a literal banana hammock, but I think it's supposed to be a monkey. (Yes, a monkey.) Which kinda makes...

She's Got Leeeegs...

[singing] And she knows how to use them!This was in the display window of a bakery in Austria.Which is interesting, since I had no idea Austrians were INSANE.Still, my knee-jerk reaction? This hip fondant feat kicks butt! Yep, those limber "pedals" should "garter" serious props from...

Better Late Than Never: Happy New Year!

I guess technically I *did* wish y'all a Wreckalicious new year back on the 1st, but so many late, great New Year's Wrecks have come in that I figured an encore was called for.Let's kick things off with some of the most creative letter cramming I've seen:To err is human, and to arr...