Jamie ordered this zebra-stripe cake in blue and green: | Continue reading
Hyphen8 writes, "Whatever happened to these unicorns, it wasn't pretty." | Continue reading
It's Effective Communication Month! Which is an excellent excuse to share these: Dina asked for a "brown lawyer gavel" with "Good luck, Ms. Haile!" | Continue reading
It's Pink Flamingo Day, Sweets fans, and as a Floridian I feel it's my patriotic duty to bring you only the finest feathered cakes. | Continue reading
Grammar Rules for Bakers Avoid commas, That are not, necessary. | Continue reading
Monica asked her baker to add "May the Force be with you" to her son's birthday cake - but added, "If it doesn't fit, don't worry about it." The end result was a little garbled, but I think you'll agree, INFINITELY funnier: | Continue reading
Jen's been sick in bed today, and was so out of it this morning that she asked ME to write a post. This is john (the hubby of Jen), btw. And so I present to you: "What happens when John writes a post (mostly) unsupervised." Or, | Continue reading
Everyone knows contractions are a part of having a baby, but it looks like they're part of having a baby shower , too. For example: What's? | Continue reading
I mean, technically, we ARE all gonna die. Not that you'll die today! Unless you do, which would be really unfortunate timing for this post. Listen, my point is it's National Pollinator Week, and without our pollinators, we'd all die sooner, which would be a shame beca … | Continue reading
I have a confession to make, Sweets fans: after spending hours looking at frosted neckties, hammers, more ties, mustaches, and even more ties , I've decided that most Father's Day cakes are pretty boring. But you know what's NEVER boring? | Continue reading
This week it's time to ask ourselves an important question, minions: What makes a Happy Dad? | Continue reading
"Minion! Did you take care of Captain America's shield?" | Continue reading
One of my favorite things is watching bakers try to make "manly" cakes for father's day. Don't get me wrong, bakers; I appreciate your efforts to shield men's delicate sensibilities from flowers and flourishes and pretty colors, I do. | Continue reading
Tiffany C. writes, "Our school ordered this for our staff end-of-year party. [...] She told them she wanted words on the cake, and then gave a few examples." Aaaaand... they got this: | Continue reading
Graduation cakes are still comin' in hot and wrecky, as evidenced by this Facebook sub from Maggie: | Continue reading
Minions, there are a lot of new graduates among you, so let me be the first (or third) to say: | Continue reading
This cake was for a marine, so they asked the baker to write "Semper Fi." Turns out, that was a little too complicated: | Continue reading
When Jolene asked her bakery if they could fit an edible image of this flyer on a sheet cake for her, they assured her it'd be no problem: | Continue reading
Ever wish you were a fly on the wall in a bakery? I mean, first, all the cake you can eat with no bathing suit season, but also you'd hear the conversations that result in half the stuff on this blog. Wouldn't it be nice to know EXACTLY what the customer said? | Continue reading
Since Aladdin's live-action remake seems to be underwhelming the interwebz this week (I'm hearing a lot of "It was... fine?"), I thought I'd serve up a Sweet palate cleanser for you today. Or, if you don't need a palate cleanser, at least a trip down nostalgia lane. Yep, yo … | Continue reading
With graduation season upon us, it's time to once again consider that most impossible of shapes: | Continue reading
Jennifer asked for chocolate covered strawberries on her son's cake. I guess she TECHNICALLY got them? | Continue reading
You've heard of "Win, Lose, or Draw?" Well, I think I found the cake version: Write, Wreck, or Win! Ok, so it doesn't have the same ring to it, but allow me to demonstrate. Write: | Continue reading
Help me out, minions: is this alien shrugging , or is that a snooty little handlebar mustache? | Continue reading
If tomorrow all the cakes were gone I'd posted on this blog And I had to start again With just this patriotic dog: | Continue reading
Friends, I know nothing about Game of Thrones , but this past week I've watched social media erupt... | Continue reading
If you have a daughter named Brandon, guess what you get asked the most? I'm kind of loving t... | Continue reading
We all start out so innocent. Every kid loves balloons, right? Until one day, you start... | Continue reading
Is she a real wife, ...without the letter E? Post-marital strife? Buy a cake from ... | Continue reading
The Far Side of Cake, Vol 13 Unfortunately for Carl, some things were NOT lost in translatio... | Continue reading
Wahooo! SCOOL'S OUT! Or.... is it? Not gonna lie: kinda confused right now. W... | Continue reading
It's Mer-May, minions! Let's make some waves. ( Canberra Cake Designer , Australia) This su... | Continue reading
Bakers, take a note: Some of you will get that reference. And that's enough for me. ... | Continue reading
May is "Gifts From The Garden Month", minions, so let's see what garden-themed gifts our... | Continue reading
Obviously-Not-The-Character-You're-Thinking-Of© is pleased to present an exciting new ... | Continue reading
It's Mer-May, minions, so if you're a half-fish lady with donut hair... NOW IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE.... | Continue reading
No matter how I rail against our Facebook overlords, the truth is we really depend on the traffic ... | Continue reading
Happy Mother's Day, all moms-but-especially-mine! ( Vkusno Bar , Russia) You moms are the cat... | Continue reading
This Mother's Day, why not surprise mom with something REALLY surprising? "It's supposed... | Continue reading
OK, bakers, Mother's Day is coming. SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT. No no, " Mother 's Day."... | Continue reading
It's National No Socks Day! Time to kick off those shoes and socks and bare our soles! Woohoo! ... | Continue reading
Look, minions, sometimes we customers ask for weird stuff on our cakes. No, like really w... | Continue reading
Ok, bakers, time to make some princess tiaras! Now remember, we want them to look like this: ... | Continue reading
Since yesterday was May the Fourth, that means today is Revenge of the 5th! Er, if you're not a ... | Continue reading
May the 4th is coming, young padawans, so this is the perfect time to ask something about Star War... | Continue reading
This Sunday is Cinco de Mayo! Or, as it's known in the original Spanish, [rolling Rs dramatically]... | Continue reading