Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the crea...
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Jan 05, 2011
Bird Brian
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When's the last time you laughed so hard in a bookstore that you had to replace the book on the shelf and walk away, just to get ahold of yourself, because strangers kept looking over to see what's wrong with you? (I'm in the "Humor" section, laughing... what's so hard to understand?)
When's the last time your wife told you "we better not look at this book while you're driving"?
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When's the last time your wife told you "we better not look at this book while you're driving"?
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Aug 09, 2010
Caroline
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This is one of those books that regularly winds up in our breakroom at work, with a few of us crying over it because of how hilarious some of these wrecks are. I'd never heard of the website before I'd read this, and now it's one of my favorites to read daily to cheer myself up.
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Oct 28, 2010
Chibineko
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I actually looked through this book a few months ago, yet decided to wait to post it so I could check the site out. I've always looked up bad cake design on the internet, yet somehow I always missed the site CakeWrecks. It wasn't until a customer showed me this book that I ended up visiting the site. I almost wish that I'd posted the review sooner- while the book has a lot of great pictures, there's better on the site itself.
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As you would expect, this book is full of various funny cak More...
Sep 02, 2010
Rachel
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In some ways, this is a picture book for grown-ups -- a picture book filled with images of disastrous professional cakes. Add the commentary of Cake Wrecks blogger Jen Yates, and the result is a hilarious compilation of goofs, gaffes, and gastro-tastrophes. The book is perhaps funniest for those with a reasonably competent grasp of grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling, as these folks will most readily recognize the egregious errors on many of these cakes. But some of the most offensive cak
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Sep 16, 2009
karen
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if it werent for that table on the ground floor of my store, i dont think i would ever laugh. and certainly not as much as this book has made me laugh. im very backwards - i dont just naturally know about blogs or websites that you people take for granted. i just see books. now that i know this exists on this computer thing i am going to check it out. because this book made me cry with laughter. i worked at ben and jerrys during college and i have made some cakes in my day. so i know the kind of
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Jan 09, 2010
Lesley
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Well, I had a copy of this floating around for a few months before Christmas and never got around to reading it, then gave it to my Brother and Sister-in-law as originally planned. So then my sister-in-law LOVED it and told my mom all about it, so my mom asked me to get it for her for her mother's day present, which was originally supposed to be a trip to Buffalo Exchange (which we STILL haven't gotten around to). So, through circumstance I wound up with another copy, and this time no drama in m
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Dec 24, 2011
bookczuk
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Love the CakeWrecks blog, and have wanted to see how it translated into a book, so when the chance to borrow it came up, I jumped! I snuggled into my chair, with a hot toddy in hand, and chuckled through the book last evening. While I had seen many of these on the blog, there still were a fair number I'd missed, and some that were definitely worth the repeat. The editor in me loved the frosting equivalent of typos. Some of the others were really funny, too, though I don't know that if it was
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Oct 09, 2009
Cindy
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Even if you're already a rabid CakeWrecks fan, get this book! There are tons of brand new delicious, hysterical wrecks that will have you laughing until you cry. There are also some behind the scenes stories - both from the website and the stories behind the wrecked cakes. Don't skip over Jen's witty commentary! You'll be snorting frosting out your nostrils in no time!
My favorites are "Welcome little Swetty!", "Happy 35th, Ann, Dave & Philis" and the whole Baby Bo More...
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Jul 29, 2011
Sandy
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I don't know what I like better, the pictures or Jen's comments about the cakes. I stood looking at this book at the library laughing out loud and I decided I better get the book before I got ushered out of the library for making too much noise. As another reviewer mentioned, I haven't laughed this much in a long time and I was really glad that I took this book home. I went further and looked up the website and made it a shortcut on the desktop so I could get a daily dose of laughter each day
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May 04, 2011
Saxton B. Little
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Last night our library held a program on how to salvage cooking disasters. Cake wrecks fit in so well with the topic that I had to take it home and read it all last night. Author, Jen Yates conceived her idea for the book from an email message sent by a friend; you know one of those that get forwarded to everyone in your address book. The picture of the cake with its wacky message was the impetus for a blog www.cakewrecks.com. Blog to book seemed a natural.
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Feb 20, 2010
Lynn
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I read this one at Borders - didn't wanna buy it - no need or occasion for purchase. It was okay. Liked it because it made me laugh every 10 seconds. And I needed a good laugh to unblock my laugh sinuses.
Not all of them were funny, though. Alot were just plain disgusting, especially the shit parts. Sooo.. I read it from cover to cover. As good as you can get. I will definitely visit the cake site, Aand, this will serve as precations for the future.
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Not all of them were funny, though. Alot were just plain disgusting, especially the shit parts. Sooo.. I read it from cover to cover. As good as you can get. I will definitely visit the cake site, Aand, this will serve as precations for the future.
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Oct 03, 2009
Stephanie
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CAKE WRECKS: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong, by Jen Yates, grew out of her website CakeWrecks.com. The website won the 2009 Bloggies awards for Best writing on a Blog, Best New Blog, and Best Food Blog. People from all over the world send Yates pictures of cakes with unfortunate errors, disgustingly oily frostings, or just plain weird messes, etc., to which Yates adds her snarky comments. Chapters have titles such as “Literal LOLs”, “Beyond Bizarre”, “Wedding Wrecks”, and “Holiday
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May 04, 2011
Carol
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Last night our library held a program on how to salvage cooking disasters. Cake wrecks fit in so well with the topic that I had to take it home and read it all last night. Author, Jen Yates conceived her idea for the book from an email message sent by a friend; you know one of those that get forwarded to everyone in your address book. The picture of the cake with its wacky message was the impetus for a blog www.cakewrecks.com. Blog to book seemed a natural.
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Nov 07, 2010
Lisa
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This book contains pictures of cakes gone wrong and a funny narrative that will give you a good laugh. It is hard to believe what is printed on some cakes and how awful others look.
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With all this talk of social justice and equity, when you read this book you will know that some people are lucky to have a job where they barely make minimum wage. I know that may sound heartless, but just be glad the decorators of some of these cakes are not scrubbing up t More...
Lessons learned from this book:
With all this talk of social justice and equity, when you read this book you will know that some people are lucky to have a job where they barely make minimum wage. I know that may sound heartless, but just be glad the decorators of some of these cakes are not scrubbing up t More...
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Aug 23, 2011
Andrew Shuping
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Cake Wrecks the blog is one of the funniest on the web. Not just because of the absolutely hilarious ways "professional" cake decorators can get it wrong, but because of Jen's funny commentaries to go along with it. And this book captures all of that in a portable format to die laughing of. Although the book captures some of the best of the blog (the jockey riders for instance) it has enough new content and commentary to keep you rolling in the aisles for hours on end.
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May 01, 2010
Relyn
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It has been a long, long time since I have laughed this much. A long, long time. Snorting, crying, waking up the baby kind of laughing. No, I don't have a baby at home, but if I did, I'd have woken her up for sure. The cakes were pretty darn funny, but Jen Yates' commentary made them absolutely hilarious. You have GOT to read this book; preferably in one sitting. I just went back and tried to find my favorite to direct you to. I couldn't. Part of the charm of this book is the cumulative h
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Nov 24, 2011
Chris
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This is the kind of book that makes you laugh out loud so much other members of your family keep walking into the room to find out what's going on. Jen Yates has struck gold finding other people's dessert mishaps. You've probably seen some of the photos on the web - especially the mini naked baby dolls riding the giant carrots. But even better is that the text Yates has written to accompany these wrecks is equally funny. She imagines various scenarios for how some of the wrecks happened. Sometim
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Apr 16, 2010
travelmel
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SIDE SPLITTING LAUGHTER WILL ENSUE. Ok, I admit I have not read this book HOWEVER... It's a printed version of a blog that I have been following for awhile and it is absolutely HILARIOUS! My husband showed it to me and I was literally crying I was laughing so hard. The cakes are AWESOME but the things the lady says as the caption are really "take the cake" (ome that was bad!) Basically, people send in their cake horror stories and the picture with a hilarious interpretation of the "
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Jun 06, 2010
Eve
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I picked this up at the Cake Wrecks book signing at Legacy Books in Plano, Texas. I didn't get it signed, and I left before the cake was handed out. I enjoyed myself immensely, however, and took photos of all the awesome cake creations of the day.
This book is hilarious. It's just basically photos of cake decorations that have been screwed up, from misspelled words to disgusting-looking works of icing. The writing is funny and flip, but the photos are allowed to be the stars of the sh More...
This book is hilarious. It's just basically photos of cake decorations that have been screwed up, from misspelled words to disgusting-looking works of icing. The writing is funny and flip, but the photos are allowed to be the stars of the sh More...
Jun 22, 2010
jennifer
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I got this last night at a Cake Wrecks signing at Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe. The author and her husband created and run the immensely popular CakeWrecks website that shows how bad, I mean bad professional cakes can be. The horrible wedding cakes are traumatic enough but for me it's the baby shower cakes that make my skin crawl. Who would want to slice into a cake shaped like a pregnant belly or a sleeping baby?
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The event was fun, with the Yates giving a slide show of never-seen cake More...
Jan 08, 2010
Jennifer
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I got this gift from a friend for Christmas, and I was very pleased to receive it. As a regular reader of the CakeWrecks blog, there wasn't a lot in here that was new or surprising, but I'm always happy to lend some financial support to someone who gives me entertainment for free every day, and the book has already converted one new fan -- my mom -- to the wonders of the blog. Plus, the book was filled with writer Jen Yates' trademark humor, which manages to poke gentle fun at cake mishaps wit
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Jan 02, 2010
Tressa
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I have never had the pleasure to glimpse cakes like these in my grocery store's display case or the displeasure to pick up an ordered cake wreck of my own. But I'm glad Jen Yates compiled all these wrecks into one book. Her captions and text are hilarious accompaniments.
Highlights:
Icing carrots and balloons shaped like penises.
A baby shower cake with an exploding custard stomach and a plastic baby inside.
Road kill cakes.
Misspellings galore.
Maniacal San More...
Highlights:
Icing carrots and balloons shaped like penises.
A baby shower cake with an exploding custard stomach and a plastic baby inside.
Road kill cakes.
Misspellings galore.
Maniacal San More...
Oct 02, 2010
Eastofoz
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This book is a total laugh-out-loud-tears-streaming-down-the-face riot ! The combination of disastrous cakes and the author’s totally hilarious, smart musings/quips/captions makes for a hell of a great read. The blurbs are never mean-spirited or that annoying teenage toilet humor which makes it even funnier.
Nearly every page has a picture of a horrifying cake with some text alongside. Sometimes it’s just one sentence, maybe some internal dialog, a conversation or a few lines of “ex More...
Nearly every page has a picture of a horrifying cake with some text alongside. Sometimes it’s just one sentence, maybe some internal dialog, a conversation or a few lines of “ex More...
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Dec 07, 2009
Amanda
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Have you seen Cake Wrecks? If you haven't -- click on www.cakewrecks.com post haste. Take a break from my review and hang out there for a while, and if you're at work, grab a towel or sweater to muffle your laughter. Then, forward the site to your friends and recommend the same.
Cake Wrecks the book is very clearly a book born of a blog, but I was fairly prepared for that to be the case. I imagine most readers enjoyed the blog first, so I'm not sure how necessary the education on More...
Cake Wrecks the book is very clearly a book born of a blog, but I was fairly prepared for that to be the case. I imagine most readers enjoyed the blog first, so I'm not sure how necessary the education on More...
Jul 22, 2010
Lavonne
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Let's get this out of the way first: This book is NOT a literary masterpiece. Having said that, however, if you are having a crappy day and are in need of a dose of belly-aching, tear-inducing laughter, then this book is for you! It features professional cakes with misspelled words, literal messages, and questionable decorations. The photos are great, but honestly, the descriptions and stories are what make the book hysterical. I laughed, I cried, and then I started back at the beginning.
Aug 09, 2010
Bonnie
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This book is hilarious and just as good as the blog. It's also an excellent coffee-table book. It's struck up a fair amount of conversations for me at home and at work (I'm a librarian, so yay for the book that's its own attention-grabber). And it gives special attention to the Darth Vader baby cake, so you can't go wrong there! You'll also find out some of the history behind the blog, people who've trolled the site, and the bakers who sometimes contribute their own work.
Mar 02, 2011
Jennifer
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These were some disturbing cakes! Some so horrifying this massive lover of all things cake was put off by some of them. Most creepy was the birthday cake for a 2 year old that was decorated with what was supposed to be ballooons that looked alot more like globby man gentials formed from buttercream icing. That poor child is going to have issues the rest of her life. It has inspired me to make a cake as ugly as I possibly can and see if my kids will still eat it!~
Dec 21, 2011
Jill
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Owning a bakery and decorating cakes for a living gives me an unusual perspective on this book. Whenever I am having a bad day at work, I can pick this book up and get a good laugh. At the bakery we are constantly quoting some of the mis-spells on cake or wrong inscription, "I want sprinkles" is a bakery favorite.
The photos are fun to look at but the commentary that goes along with the photos makes this book a lot of fun for everyone. You can't help but get the per More...
The photos are fun to look at but the commentary that goes along with the photos makes this book a lot of fun for everyone. You can't help but get the per More...
Dec 27, 2011
Megan
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Even if you are a daily Cake Wrecks reader, you still need to get this book because (#1) it supports Jen, who brightens our days with her blog, and (#2) there really are cakes in here that rank with the "best" on the blog. The classics are here, too - naked baby carrot jockeys, I want sprinkles, sexual harassment, etc., so it's also a great introduction for the folks who haven't yet discovered the blog, so it makes a great gift.
