I can understand wanting to get more creative with your baby shower designs, bakers, but please, NOT LIKE THIS: | Continue reading
Ever write an I and a C so close together that they kind of look like the letter K? Why do I ask? | Continue reading
After all of the weekend's Mother's Day celebrations, I think it's time to balance things out with some extra MANLY cakes. Think you can do that, bakers? Good, because Andrea here would like a "manly" 39th birthday cake, if you please. | Continue reading
Since it's also Children's Book Week, I thought we'd celebrate Mom's Day with an ode to all the stories she read us when we were little. Anyone else remember that delicious moment when YOU got to pick the book? | Continue reading
Once Upon a Time ... There was a girl named Cindy: | Continue reading
[Thursday, May 6th] Dear Diary, Today's my first day decorating at the bakery! I'm going to keep a photo journal so I'll have a ready-made portfolio when I open my own cake shop. I'm so excited!! 8:45 am My piping skills might need a little work: | Continue reading
So what really happens when you order a cake from the bakery's big book o' plastic kit designs? LET'S FIND OUT. Amanda D. ordered this Cars design, which was not only in the bakery's book, but also on a giant banner behind the counter: | Continue reading
When Joe's wife was turning 30, he decided to "ease the pain" by ordering her a light-hearted cake. Unfortunately the baker's English wasn't that great, though, so "a little was lost in translation." Joe thinks this version is funnier - let's just hope his wife agreed. :D | Continue reading
[dramatic voice-over guy]: "Today, on Ghost Taunters International, the team travels to Geneva to investigate an ancient spa slaughterhouse that was also used as an asylum for homicidal clowns." | Continue reading
When I got married way-back-when, wedding cakes were hardly the sleek, chic masterpieces they are today. Back then, all the hip cakes featured things like light-up fountains, fake ivy, plastic staircases from tier to tier, and rampant tulle abuse. Those were different … | Continue reading
Attn parents: Sports-related double entendres ahead! Proceed with caution! The other morning (and by "morning" I mean "afternoon") John woke up with a pain in half his tiddlywinks. (And by "tiddlywinks" I mean..."tiddlywinks.") He's f | Continue reading
"Ok, Mr. Johnson, we're going to take a quick look at your tax forms for last year, alright?" "Nooo problem." "Great. Let's start with your dependents. Now, how old is your daughter Emily, exactly?" | Continue reading
Ever get the feeling something bad is about to happen? | Continue reading
[breathing] Okay, john... you don't have to vomit. You can get through this... [sipping Pepto] I mean sure, you shouldn't have looked at it but it's just a cake... [pacing] I mean, somebody ate it... [gagging] [sweating] [tearing up] Maybe if I just look at it again … | Continue reading
Who's ready to sink your teeth into a good book or two? | Continue reading
It's Talk Like Shakespeare Day! So, instead of making Much Ado About Wrecking, we're just going to let the Bard himself insult the cakes. | Continue reading
Sometimes bakers like to stretch themselves by making unusual object cakes. You know, stuff you don't usually see made into cake. Everyday things. Mundane things. Stupid things. | Continue reading
Tracee asked her baker to write "Good Luck at Regionals" and then add a volleyball. Which, technically, is exactly what the baker did: | Continue reading
IN A WORLD... WHERE BEAUTIFUL PEGASUS UNICORN CAKES... | Continue reading
In honor of National Princess Week, I've arranged to have some of the world's most famous royalty come and visit! Woot woot! But then they all canceled, so we got these instead: | Continue reading
But not like that. Like this! | Continue reading
♫ Why is there so much stuff Wrong with this rainbow? | Continue reading
Ever see a cake so deliberately confusing that you're sure you're missing something obvious? I mean, look at this thing: | Continue reading
Remember those old drawing contests they used to advertise in the backs of magazines? The ones with a picture of a turtle or a pirate you were supposed to copy? Well, Melissa decided to try that route with her bakery. She gave them this picture of a frog and asked them to copy i … | Continue reading
BIRTHDAYS, am I right? They're just so... predictable . Every year like clockwork, the same old parties, the same cracks about getting old, the same legal notices advising you the restraining orders issued by your favorite boy band are still in effect... Bah. So I say, if … | Continue reading
John's favorite animal is the butterfly, so after I made him a rockin' rainbow butterfly wreath I thought I'd look for some sweet cakes, too. In fact, this one's like his new wreath in cake form: | Continue reading
We've got a triple-hitter today, minions: not only is it No Housework Day (woo!), it's also National Beer Day (hoo!) AND International Beaver Day!! | Continue reading
Thanks to Julie Anne, Annabel J., Allison M., & Natalia L. for forcing all the kids out there to explain "Trololo" to their parents. ***** P.S. This one's for the groom and all my fellow gamers out there: | Continue reading
Bakers, I know today's topic is a toughie. Heck, after gathering all of these photos even *I* can't remember how to spell it. But that's why I'm here. To "help." And because going anywhere else requires pants. Right. Here we go. Metaphorically, I me | Continue reading
Stacey had a flowery paper plate she wanted her cake to match, so she brought it in to her bakery and asked them to use it as a reference for the decorations. Unfortunately, what her baker heard wasn't so much "use this as a color/flower reference" as it was "Take | Continue reading
Ahh, those pesky unsold Easter cakes. I feel your pain, bakers. Or rather, I *see* it: | Continue reading
Today I thought I'd find some Easter Sweets we mere mortals might be able to make, like this super-simple but oh-so-pretty Robin's Egg number: | Continue reading
Gather round, little Easter cakes, and I'll tell you a story. | Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to your virtual color therapy session! As you know, it's national color therapy month, so the results we get here today will be invaluable to researchers everywhere who need a good laugh. Remember, this IS for posterity, so please, be … | Continue reading
Whether you're on Spring Break this weekend, or finally getting together with family, or working (boo!), or just staying home playing BioShock again (HOLLA!), allow me to wish you a VERY: | Continue reading
It's time for a Disney Movie Sweets Marathon! Let's kick it off with a few classics, shall we? | Continue reading
Ahh, Spring! The air is crisp, the flowers are blooming, and the garden slugs are JUST peeking out from their hidey holes: | Continue reading
There's something about staring at wrecks for a while that makes me start thinking... Deep Thoughts. You know, stuff like: Is it true cannibals won't eat clowns because they taste funny? | Continue reading
YOU GUYS. I found it: the ultimate litmus test for a pure mind. Here's how it works: If you can look at the following cake without immediately side-eying the person next to you and/or laughing like a scandalized hyena, you pass. Ready? GO: | Continue reading
Drat. I totally meant to do a post on Procrastination Week three weeks ago but I was, uh... really busy. [innocent whistling] | Continue reading
You should know two things about today's wreck. No, three. Three things about today's wreck: 1) It's supposed to look like a tennis racket. 2) That word was supposed to be "ace." ACE. | Continue reading
It's officially Spring!! Which, I know, doesn't mean much when you're still buried in snow or already rockin' the flip-flops. (GUILTY.) Still, Spring means flowers and happy colors, so today, that's what you get . And you're gonna like it. | Continue reading
Tomorrow is the first day of Spring, minions, so forget the forecast, throw on some flip-flops, and break out the finger flowers! | Continue reading
And they say cake decorating is dead: | Continue reading
Ahh, St. Paddy's day. A day of rainbows: | Continue reading
[WARNING: It's been far too long since I told you to hide the kids, right? Well, today's the day , peeps. No kids or bosses beyond this point, unless you enjoy awkward conversations. :D] You know those commercials where you can't figure out what they're trying … | Continue reading
Thanks to Geneva W., Amy C., & Anony M., for the Mm, I see, k, EEK WHY? ***** As a life-long fan of the Mouse, let me show you my favorite Mickey figurine: | Continue reading
With St. Patrick's coming up this week, I thought we'd celebrate gorgeous shades of green : | Continue reading