Friday
Nov132009
Label Makers
November 13, 2009 I think these decorators may have watched one episode too many of Clean House. Look, I'm all for having things clearly marked, but this is getting a little ridiculous:
Ah, there's nothing like that personal touch.
Oh, but it gets better:
In case you don't recognize it, this is a "foalball shape cake."
And this is a "Wedding Cookie," only misspelled. Maybe to go along with Groom's cake?You know what's better than a misspelled label cake, though?
One with the wrong label, of course:
Dude, the Irish are gonna be piiiissed. Come to think of it,
Jonathan H., Booklet, Suzanne M., Megan T., & Anony M., the French probably won't be too pleased, either. ;)- Related Wreckage: It Sends a Message, Alright
Reader Comments (75)
What are the random nuggets on the Groom cake...Yech!
The French flag/Irish cake - maybe it was Irish coffee/whiskey flavored? *snort*
I'm sorry. Looking at it again, it looks like the pixelation I noticed earlier could occurred when the picture was being converted to jpeg format. Overly compressed jpeg pictures can get weird distortions in them.
Fish cake, it says fish cake. Fish don't respect any single nationality, it's all good.
I honestly think this is the funniest post, ever, on this blog. And that is saying a lot!
Um, that was supposed to be "fish flag." Apparently fish do have their own nation and it has a confusing flag.
Truly! These are too stupid to be real. I agree with some of the other comments: How can someone smart & talented enough to create these cakes be so far off base? http://blog.sweetservices.com/sweetscandyblog/
At least the football-shaped cake was shaped like a football. That put it ahead of some of the other football cakes we've seen.
snicker! very funny!
Yes, I am baker.
Piped it myself on my chest.
That way I am sure.
what's with the random icing partial outline on the wedding cooking cookie? (head tilt) huh
I love the fact the cake was football shaped, looked like a football (somewhat) and they still felt the need to label it.
Maybe the baby's name was "Aboy"? With the weird names parents are picking for their offspring nowadays, who really knows...
'Course, it'd still be misspelled with the odd spacing, but at least it'd be less vague.
That "Groom" cake totally reminds me of the "Winter" cake.
Wasn't the Irish tricolor given to them by the French?
Maybe the Groom cake is a last name? ... At least it's MY last name. course even if it was, that still makes for a dull cake.
taggie2b: it's the dramatic color change from brown to purple that makes the JPEG artifacts (aka fuzzies) show up so clearly. In most pictures of this compression level, you would not really notice, because the colors blend much more smoothly.
(Lesson here: don't use purple and brown together. ever.)
-- abadidea
About the Irish flag with French colors... The French won the match! We'll see who wins this Wednesday... Pretty funny that it appeared before the match and it ended up "coincidentally" being the winning team!!
I watched the game, by the way. That is some premonition! Jen and John, where is the cake from? Do you have some background or story on it?
On the last cake: heck knows what Howard Goodall and Rowan Atkinson would make of that! (They wrote a song named, "I Hate the French," sung by Goodall.)
That "Groom" cake reminds me of the cake with the snowman that just said "Winter".
That French/Irish cake is especially poignant after this week's football match - and the infamous "Hand of Frog" incident.
Perhaps the decorator was a psychic, who was foretelling how France will steal something that belongs to Ireland, through the medium of cake decoration.
Lyk omg, foalball shape cakes! I luuuuuvvv those! XD
Le bleu, blanc et rouge POUR LA GAGNEE
(The blue, white and red ftw)
-twirls mustache-
-eats baguette-
My brain just exploded with the hilarity of the last cake.
P.S. My cerebrum too!
I am thoroughly enjoying your website and slowly working my way back in time through it. Some of the wrecks are hilarious while others should be classified as artwork. I couldn't help but notice that you enjoy making sport of others. This indicates that possibly you feel a teensy weens bit superior (he said with tongue in cheek). However, be advised that on the post for Sunday Sweets: Tour De Force, Pt 3, Sunday, November 15, 2009 you committed a major grammatical faux pas. At the end of the post, you wrote, "Thanks again to all of the bakers who gave their time and effort during our tour! I'm sure I speak for the thousands of people who got sugar buzzes thanks to your efforts when I say, Your the 'Best!'" Yikes! Please note that "Your the Best" is not a good thing. I found this website that may help explain things. http://www.copyblogger.com/5-common-mistakes-that-make-you-look-dumb/. Thank-you for listening. Happy Cake Crumbs Day to you. *Note Here* The author of the above missive is not a member of the Grammar Police and has no afiliation to the website mentioned. Mike
Hey Mike,
It was a joke. See, what we did their was insert bad grammer and punctuasion as a nod two what we do every day. I think moist people got it.
Thanks thouh!
john