Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong

Lots of interesting cake wreck pics. Jen's humor is pretty good too. I enjoyed it. I would recommend it if you want a quick laugh at some truly terrible decorated cakes

Whether you prefer the "literal LOLs" (cakes where the decorator took his instructions a little too literally), the "dreaded CCC" (cupcake cake), the "poo phenomenon" (in which decorators don't seem to notice that piles or extrusions of brown icing look... wrong), "holiday horrors"--it's all in here, along with plenty more. Creepy cakes; bizarre cakes; the "say what?!" cakes and the "how on earth could the baker not realize how WRONG that is?!" cakes. You'll read the story of the naked baby carrot jockey that has become the mascot of the blog, and tales such as the bride who said she didn't care what kind of bachelorette cake she got as long as it wasn't a [...] cake. So of course, she ended up with a cake on which the words "not a [...] cake" were immortalized in icing.Mind you, Cake Wrecks wasn't created to be mean to bakers. Jen anonymizes the wrecks, and sometimes bakers actually deliberately share their own wrecks with her. She also isn't going to be mean to your Aunt Edna, who once baked a cake for your birthday because your mom asked her to; these are professional wrecks, where either the bakers should have known better, or the customer specifically asked for something bizarre.The book includes some fun background and extra tidbits on how the blog started, what it's been like running it and dealing with issues like trolls, how Jen defines a wreck, and so on. Jen's writerly voice is entertaining no matter what she's writing about, so this material is every bit as enjoyable as the wrecks themselves."Cake Wrecks" makes a perfect gift book, particularly for someone who needs a bit of laughter!

I only discovered the "Cake Wreaks" blog after this book was recommended to me a couple of months ago and I have seriously been missing out!As a self-professed cake addict, this book not only appealed to my taste-buds (I've rarely met a decorated mistake I didn't like!) and honestly, it would be a rare individual who did not find a cake-blooper they could not identify with. (in my case WHY is the word "Birthday" so dang hard to spell in Bakeries?) Anyway, Jen Yates' blog is the real place to go as it really has everything and is continually updated. However this little book is a handy visual aid that can be shown/loaned out to friends/family/co-workers to recommend her site and share a few well deserved deep, belly laughs!The book is a touchstone to her humor and the extensive cake disasters that continue to explode thoughout the world. It is also a nice, sturdy (in case you drop it from laughing so hard.)reasonably priced little book that would make a nice gift with a cake that is a wreak or not. My only gripe? It is too short & I wish she could have printed a more extensive section on wedding cakes. Esp. if she could have printed the original plaid cake photo, that the hot, drunken-baker mess photo is based on.Love it!

I am not much of a chef, but I decided to get this book when I read the great reviews. I'm always up for something amusing, and I have been to the cakewrecks website and know that's there's some very funny stuff there.Well, this is a funny, pretty little book. (Odd shaped for your bookshelf - it's short and wide.) The cake mistakes are filtered into 12 various chapters, with labels such as Holiday Horrors, Beyond Bizarre, and Oops! My personal favorites are ones that are the accidental mistakes - the ones that end up looking like, well, something you wouldn't exactly want to eat.But here's the thing - as funny as some of these cakes are, I'm not sure that the book is worth the cost. It no doubt would make a cute little coffee table book, or a great present for friend who likes to bake. But for me personally, once I chuckled at the various designs, I was done. It's not something that I think I'm going to keep, and in fact I'm giving mine to my mother-in-law. But if you really the cakewrecks website and want something permanent in book form for your home, then this should make you happy.

Whether you're a fan of the Cake Wrecks blog or have learned about this book some other way, this is a really fun look at some of America's most egregious, amazingly unrecognized-by-the-baker pastry accidents. The book is divided into chapters, with an introduction at the beginning, and the author, Jen Yates, provides some very funny commentary between pictures. And no, the pictures aren't all the same ones from the blog!Be forewarned, though: if you're a baker, or if you know someone who is, you may find this book offensive. Cake "wrecks" are defined not just as cakes featuring misspelled words, or with poorly drawn graphics - they also include ideas of all stripes that just didn't seem to work. Popular motifs such as many styles of bridal shower and groom's cake are featured, as are many ambitious designs that seemed to be just a bit out of the baker's reach.I recommend this for laughs - awesome as a funny gift and sure to be a conversation-starter if displayed in your home. We've all made "wrecks" of one kind or another, so if you have a sense of humor about your kitchen creations, you'll get a lot of laughs from this book.Also, if you enjoy a certain blog and a print-version book comes out based on it, remember that purchasing the book is a great way to make sure the website stays around!

I had my doubts that a book on cake mistakes could be funny for an entire book, but the author’s wry sense of humor and cutting comments made it very funny. I read it in one sitting because it was very entertaining. I would recommend this to anyone with a sense of humor who wants to laugh. This book definitely facilitates that. I look forward to book 2.

These cakes were really something and the decorators probably did not keep their jobs. The homemade cakes you have to forgive, right?

I read this book on a wet bank holiday afternoon and it gave me a couple of hours of entertainment. There are some bad cakes out there. It would make a good gift for a Great British Bake Off fan whose efforts to emulate what they see on screen aren’t always successful. As you’d expect of a book which grew out of a blog and which relies on pictures it’s not a long read but it does amuse.

Cakes wrong in a multitude of ways. Lost in translation, Miscakes, Miss Pellings, Poo-like Icing! Wonderfully horrible disasterous cakes. Enjoy.

If you appreciate irony, like misspelt road signs or adverts, this is the book for you. A friend showed me her copy and I just had to buy one for another friend who I know shared the same sense of humour.May not suit everyone's sense of humour, or someone who is very literal, but good coffee table book or ice breaker for most.

Bought as a gift and not as good as cover promised. Thought it would all be pictures of cakes with errors in wording but mainly pictures of disaster cakes made by amateurs.

This has proved a popular gift. My 83 year old mother-in-law was in near hysterics after reading it. As was my 40 year old sister-in-law. The original Cake Wrecks website is highly recommended for a daily dose of hilarity.