[shaking head sadly] Ohhh, bakers. Bakers, bakers, bakers. Just because you're having a rough day is no excuse to promote violence: | Continue reading
Have you experienced a Wreck Encounter with an Unexplainable Sweet Object (USO)? Watch for these signs! Wreck Encounter of the First Kind: Visual sighting less than 50 feet away that shows considerable -- albeit completely useless -- detail. | Continue reading
Back by popular* demand! A brand new edition of Cakes Failing To Look Like The Things They're Supposed To Look Like! [*The cats liked it.] A Shamrock: | Continue reading
Whether they're made of sand, stone, or ice, there's just something magical about castles. So no wonder castle cakes are big - often literally! - these days. From full-grown elegance: | Continue reading
Tonight we're gonna party like it is 1960's Hippie Party Theme! | Continue reading
If you think you're tired of Christmas songs, think of the poor Wreckerators. They have to deal with this one all year long: | Continue reading
Oh what a difference a missing "e" can make: | Continue reading
Kim H. asked for a bowling themed cake for her son's birthday, but apparently the baker thought she said Boeing.* How do I know? Well, I'm just winging it here, but the answer seems pretty plane : | Continue reading
Katrina's family ordered two cakes, and asked the bakery to write "Happy Birthday Katrina" on the smaller one. Guess what happened next: | Continue reading
I'll admit, it's not easy to wreck a cookie. But where there's a will (and copious amounts of icing and edible images), THERE'S A WAY: | Continue reading
It's Cookie Cutter Week, Sweets fans, but I'm here to show you how cookie-cutter cookies can be anything but "cookie cutter": | Continue reading
They asked for a Flash -themed birthday cake. You know, that new show on the CW? | Continue reading
I'm putting together my own Thanksgiving play, minions, because what else is there to do today besides eat and argue politics with our relatives? Now I know it's a little cliche, but I'm aiming for a classical period piece here like Downtown Abbey, only starring old-timey gan … | Continue reading
Ever wonder why bakers keep making cakes that look like cooked turkeys? | Continue reading
I don't know what it is, but I'm pretty sure it wants to hurt me: | Continue reading
You know I love a good cake trend, and here's one that has it all: drama, style, and most importantly, a plethora of pun potential. Here, let me set the stage: | Continue reading
Oh what a difference a missing "e" can make: | Continue reading
Today is Use Less Stuff Day - a time to push back against rampant materialism, reflect on life goals, and really ask ourselves the tough questions. Like: | Continue reading
This week Mackensie's aunt received a birthday cake for the ages. Her kids asked the baker to write her age in Roman numerals, since we all know nobody can read those anyway and - bonus - it also looks classier. Instead of oh-so-classy and discreet Roman numerals, though, Macke … | Continue reading
The order form had a space for "message", so Alexandra R. wrote "Happy Birthday" beside it. | Continue reading
It's happened, my friends. Florida officially hit temperature BELOW 80 degrees! WOOHOO! Which means I can finally post some pretty Fall cakes, now that I'm not burning up with jealousy over everyone who gets to wear cute scarves right now. | Continue reading
It may not be rain on your wedding day, but these cakes are still a little too ironic. [grabbing microphone] HIT IT! It's like loving journalism | Continue reading
October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, so it was nice to see bakers doing their part: | Continue reading
According to my calendar, minions, this is the week we're supposed to write our letters to Santa. Which makes sense if you think about it; Santa needs time to find or make our stuff (screen-accurate Stay Puft costumes don't just grow on trees), and then our postal system needs ti … | Continue reading
It's Veterans Day! The day we honor our veterans for their incredible service, sacrifice and commitment to our freedom. These men and women deserve the best cakes money can buy. | Continue reading
Word on the street is it's Sesame Street Day! WOOT! Talk about the perfect day to celebrate with cake: how could you NOT be happy looking at this? | Continue reading
It's "Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day," minions, and as you might imagine, I have a few candidates. For example, it was a bold move of this baker to include a Gingerbread Man's nuts: | Continue reading
It's International Stress Awareness Day, minions, so let's all take a nice, long, deep breath in... | Continue reading
And now... Cats Reacting To Simple Misspellings | Continue reading
Common sense. Such a dictator , am I right? Well, some bakers aren't going to take it anymore! Some bakers are like, "DOWN WITH COMMON SENSE! WE REFUSE TO BE COMMON *OR* SENSICAL!" Except they yell it in their bathrooms, because they don' | Continue reading
If you follow my personal shenanigans over on Epbot then you know I spent all of October seriously geeking out over Ghostbusters . Mostly by way of building increasingly ridiculous Halloween decorations. So now that Halloween is over, and John and I've had to pack away our 12 … | Continue reading
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess the bakery had room: | Continue reading
Bakeries get a lot of leeway this time of year, since Halloween is supposed to have ugly gross stuff: | Continue reading
Sure, Halloween gets all the hype, but did you know TONIGHT is actually the spookiest night of the year? That's right, minions, tonight ... is Haunted Refrigerator Night . DUN DUN DUUUUUUN | Continue reading
Barb E. asked for Navy icing: | Continue reading
WARNING : Gratuitous, often incomprehensible wang innuendo ahead. No, no. GUESS: | Continue reading
Did you know Day of the Dead is actually celebrated for several days, and starts this Thursday? We're starting extra early here on Sweets, though, because I have so many gorgeous cakes to show you! Even if you don't celebrate Dia de los Muertos, trust me, these beauties bring … | Continue reading
Ann ordered a beach theme cake, and asked the baker to write "Happy Birthday Lorenzo" on the ocean part. She got this: | Continue reading
If you've ever ordered a kids' cake from a grocery store, odds are it was made with some kind of plastic accessory kit. Cake kits are the bakery's way of guaranteeing us that every cake we order from their picture book... | Continue reading
Sittin' in the morning sun | Continue reading
It's Rodent Awareness Week, minions, so gather 'round while I'll spin you a tail of wreckage. Now, you might think it'd be hard to find rodent cakes, but no. | Continue reading
Bakers! Halloween is next week! GO! GO! GO! | Continue reading
It's Spooky Season, Sweets lovers, and the gang's all here! We've got bats: | Continue reading
It's the most wonderful time of the year, minions: HALLOWEEN. This is when wreckerators let it all hang out, so if you thought they cranked out bizarre stuff the rest of the year, BUCKLE UP. Maybe you'll see some vampire tongues! | Continue reading