Almost, But Not Quite, Entirely Unlike Turkey Cakes

Let's face it, bakers: turkeys look silly.

Real turkeys, I mean.

SO SILLY.

So in that spirit, why NOT make your turkey cakes look like a snake on a Mexican poncho?

Or a volcano with a chicken beak?

Or a ruffled... er...

[long pause]
[gratuitous side-eye]
...decorative... pillow.

Yeeeah.

I mean, on the one hand, bakers, this is utterly ridiculous. Have you seen a real turkey's head? It's not even brown.

But on the other hand, when else do you get to illustrate an angry little poop being attacked by technicolor leeches?

Never, that's when.

So I say... [cranks up America the Beautiful]... GO FOR IT, bakers.

Embrace the ridiculous!

Stretch those legs!

Spread-eagle that turkey!

Anything goes!!

[record screeches to a halt]

Except this.

THIS IS A NO-GO, BAKERS.

Thanks to Heather M., Stieg, Laura B., Sandy F., Dave & Alison, DeLoris N., & Morgan R. for making us all do a triple-take. (Still pretty sure those ARE supposed to be turkeys, though.)

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And it’s got nothing to do with turkeys but I just bought these sunglasses and I love them so much I can’t even:

Butterfly Sunglasses

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

What Could Go Wrong?

I've often thought the sex reveal cake trend was fraught with peril, and today's wreck is a good example of why. 

You probably know that a reveal cake has either pink or blue icing hidden inside, depending on the baby's sex - but the kicker is, the parents bring that info sealed from their doctor to the bakery, so the cake is how they find out if they're having a boy or a girl. 

So...you're trusting a baker to correctly communicate your baby's sex? 

Gee, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

 [whistling innocently]

Happily Kevin S. and his wife already knew they were having a boy, but for fun they decided to send a reveal cake to his parents to break the news. As is typical, they asked for it to be white on the outside and decorated with pink and blue polka dots, plus maybe a few question marks. Then they asked for blue icing inside the cake.

When the special order arrived at Kevin's parents' house, this is what they found:

o.0

And to think: someone looked at this and thought, "Yeah, that's what the customer wanted."

(John says you should read that cake out loud. So, go on. DO EET!)

Still, as baby cake trends go, it could always - ALWAYS - be worse:

...and frequently is. *sigh*

Thanks to Kevin and Stephanie F. for that revealing slice of humor.

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And because I have polka on the brain:

The Hamilton Polka

Just you wait… till you hear this. :)

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And from my other blog, Epbot: