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How would one categorize such a colorful character as "Filthy" Tom Lawlor? An athlete, an entertainer, a martial artist, a cagefighter, a wrestler, or a TUFer? Also, one could add other options like former gym owner and, if he has his way, a future UFC ambassador.
Simply put, Lawlor is all of the above and has been earning these different titles one after another since he started this journey at 14 years old with high school wrestling. Celebrating his 29th birthday with a Knockout of the Night at UFC on FUEL TV in May, the 8-4, 1 NC middleweight has officially spent more than half his time on this planet dedicated to combat sports.
With the evidence tallied, Lawlor should be called a "lifer," a man who is training his craft day-in-and-day-out, a man who is making the needed sacrifices, and a man who embraces the grind of a professional fighter's life. After 15 years, he is not only a veteran of the routine, but Lawlor believes he's getting better at it with his greater understanding of it.
"The biggest thing is, you're going to get out of being a fighter what you put into it," explains Lawlor. "Most people want to be a fighter, but they don't want to do what it takes to be a fighter. There are a lot of sacrifices that need to be made, a lot of training that needs to be done, and a Iot of focus and discipline that needs to go on for you to reach your potential. Some people are not willing to go through that or stick it out for the long haul.
"I'm one of those guys who trains year round, so if I make improvements or don't make them, I see it on a day-to-day basis. It's kind of odd to me, but some guys will take a month off or two months off between fights and they won't train that hard then. But for me, I take a week off and I'm back in the gym. I see improvements on a day-to-day basis, in technical things, physical improvements, and mental improvements - like how I process information or how I think about things when I'm doing them in practice. As I keep going, my understanding of body mechanics and when to do things in certain situations gets better. As far as approaching training and finding the balance of working on what you're already good at and something new, as I get older I'm able to do that better. On a day-to-day basis, I understand that not every day is going to be your best day. Some days you're the hammer and some days you're the nail. Some days you get destroyed in the gym and that doesn't mean that will happen in the fight. I've fallen victim to that mindset and the traditional wrestler's mindset that always doing more is better. I'm starting to realize that's not necessarily the case in many situations."
It may feel just like yesterday that the MMA world was first graced with the weigh-in costumes and can't-miss entrances of Lawlor, but he is an Octagon veteran nowadays who made his UFC debut a Presidential election cycle ago in 2008 with a win over fellow Ultimate Fighter alum Kyle Kingsbury at light heavyweight.
"With time comes experience, and I think that was one of the biggest things I was lacking and, to a certain degree, I still am," admits Lawlor, who is preparing to enter his eighth UFC scrap, which is more than half his career in a trial-by-fire situation by learning and battling in this premier organization. "There are a lot of things that have happened in the last four years that have made me more comfortable in the fight setting. I think that's the biggest thing that has happened. As you get older, I don't know if you get smarter entirely, but I do feel that I've gotten smarter as far as training goes."
With training injuries sidelining fighters for months at a time becoming far too commonplace, wisdom in the gym is as important as it is in the cage, which Lawlor knows firsthand from sitting out almost all of 2011. Following his drubbing of former number one contender Patrick Cote at UFC 121, he didn't return to action until 13 months later against 185-pound juggernaut Chris Weidman in a first round submission loss at UFC 139. It was an uncharacteristic performance for Lawlor, as he never pulled the proverbial trigger like in his other tussles, but he won't use "cage rust" as an excuse. Six months later, Lawlor got back on the winning track with the completely opposite and unexpected Octagon appearance in a bonus winning 50 second knockout of Brazilian jiu-jitsu ace Jason MacDonald.
"My expectations were that he was going to really push it hard to get it to the ground and maybe pull guard," reveals Lawlor. "It was going to be up to me to stay out of range of his submissions and deliver him a beating from on top. He had been hit hard and beat up on the ground before if he didn't pull off a submission and that's how I thought it was going to go. I didn't expect to knock him out. With all the videos I had seen and looking at his record, he hadn't been knocked out before, like dropped standing like that. That was surprising to me, but I'll take it."
The victory improved the New Englander's UFC record to 4-3 and clearly displayed some heavy hands for the already known talented grappler. The three-time NCWA national championship winning wrestler from the University of Central Florida has now won all three UFC bonuses, including his Submission of the Night against C.B. Dollaway and his Fight of the Night war with Aaron Simpson. These awarded tangles highlight Lawlor's depth as an opponent with striking power, sub abilities, and a never-quit-grit. The bonus against MacDonald couldn't have come at a better time as it put him back in the W column and back in the black financially.
"About 18 months ago, I purchased a condo and moved from Florida to Rhode Island," tells Lawlor. "I bought the condo cash, so I lost a chunk of money that I saved up, plus moving costs - I spent around $70,000. I had that money saved up from my fights, so I lost that and to compound that I got injured and I had a fight rescheduled against Maquiel Falcao. Between the fight being rescheduled and the injuries, I was out for a year. I made a little bit of money in my loss to Chris Weidman, but it was only half of what I would have made with a win. So that big bonus pretty much saved me."
Up next for Lawlor is a showdown in "The City of Saints" against its adopted son Francis Carmont at UFC 154. The 19-7 product of Firas Zahabi's Tristar gym is riding a three fight win streak in the UFC and an overall eight fight win streak dating back to 2008. "Limitless" battled to a tough debut decision against Chris Camozzi, but has scored back-to-back rear naked choke submissions in 2012. Critics have high expectations for the 6'3", French native as he drills daily with many UFC stars like Rory MacDonald and UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, but Lawlor has plans to put a stop to Carmont's hype train.
"I think Francis is real tough," says Lawlor. "He's on a pretty good winning streak right now. He comes from one of the top gyms, one of these big super camps at Tristar. I know he's definitely going to be prepared, I have no doubt about that. But I think I've gone against guys who pose more problems. Francis is good at what he does, but I have seen some fundamental mistakes. Sure, it's easy to look from the outside in and say, 'Oh, I can take advantage of that and capitalize on that,' when you're not in there with the guy. But I have seen some things that I think I can focus on and can make this fight a lot easier than people would think."
Although the bout is scheduled in Montreal and the crowd would normally favor the local, don't be surprised to hear cheers for Lawlor, as his pre-fight antics have won him fans the world over. "I don't really remember getting booed and all the fans treated me great," tells Lawlor who has previously fought three Canadians, with one, Joe Doerksen, being in Montreal, where he was welcomed with open arms at UFC 113. "Three things about Canada. One, everywhere up in Canada has good food. Two, they have hot chicks. And three, the fans are awesome and they are very educated fans."
To prepare for Carmont, Lawlor cuts his time across several gyms and between two states: Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Lawlor's home is with BJJ black belt Tim Burrill at his gym in North Providence. For boxing, Steve Maze is in charge of sharpening Lawlor's striking. For strength and conditioning, he is put to work at Mike Boyle's gym under the guidance of Kyle Holland. Also, Lawlor can be found at UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon's gym with Team Aggression. But across those state lines, Lawlor has found a unique source of motivation in two-time US Judo Olympic team member Travis Stevens.
"Travis is actually my arch-nemesis in a lot of ways," states Lawlor. "He is at the top of his sport, judo, and right now I'm missing him a little bit because he is overseas competing for a German traveling team. When he's around he's an invaluable training partner. Someone who is at the top level of a sport, regardless of whether it is a combat sport like boxing, judo, wrestling or even if it is basketball or swimming, seeing the dedication and drive that a lot of these top athletes have is reassuring in a way and helpful in your own training. Travis and I would battle all the time. We would lift together and every time we would finish a set, I would get in one more rep just to make sure that he saw it and I could rub it in his face that I was doing more work than him. When he's around, he's a great training partner for me and really motivates me to work my hardest, and he's a very talented grappler."
While Lawlor is entirely focused on handing Carmont his first loss in four years, he would like the UFC to know he is ready and willing to take on a new role for the burgeoning company: international ambassador. Besides an active participant, Lawlor is a diehard MMA fan and is as excited as any about the next stages of UFC's development of fighters in relatively untapped areas of the world. Admittedly as-of-yet unqualified, Lawlor would like to throw his hat into the ring to help in any way he can in the upcoming first season of The Ultimate Fighter next year in India. Honestly, no one might be more prepared to tackle Bollywood than the oft-costumed and feather boa-ed Lawlor.
"I'm 100% willing to take lessons on the language and be a liaison or a representative for the UFC for the season of TUF India they're talking about doing," declares Lawlor. "I'm really excited to see the development of MMA in countries like India. This is what really excites me. The last show [UFC 153] was really good and the one before that [UFC on Fuel] was good. But I get really excited about the UFC doing a show in China, talking about doing TUF India, talking about TUF Philippines. We have no clue what is going to come out of these countries. They could set the world on fire."
This Saturday at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada, Lawlor and Carmont collide in a well-rounded middleweight melee. "I hope people are entertained, I hope it's a good fight, I hope I walk out with a win, and I hope it's either me smashing him uncontrollably or it's a back and forth battle that I win," affirms Lawlor, who can make a nice statement with a win that the division's joker outside the cage is serious competition in it. "Either way, I want people to be entertained and it (the fight) to show off skills, heart, and determination. But what is really important is my fight is before Thanksgiving, which means then I can eat anything that someone puts in front of me."
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Elbow arthroscopy
The elbow is the joint that connects the upper arm bone and the forearm bones. Elbow joint helps in movement of the arms forward, backward, as well as to twist the arms inside and outside. Elbow joint may get affected by inflammation, injury, or other disease conditions causing severe pain and requiring surgical treatment. Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgery performed using a tiny device called arthroscope.
Conditions of the elbow that can be treated by arthroscopy include fractures, tennis elbow, stiffness, arthritis, and tear in the ligaments, and cartilage.
Your surgeon performs medical physical examination and seeks your medical history before arthroscopy is performed.
Elbow arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgery or keyhole procedure that allows your surgeon to look inside the elbow using small incisions and instruments to evaluate and treat elbow conditions. It is performed under anesthesia. At first, your surgeon makes 2-3 incisions near your elbow one for insertion of an arthroscope, a small device with a camera and lens fixed to the end of a narrow fiber-optic tube and other for insertion of operating instruments. The camera-lens setting magnifies and projects images of the elbow on a large screen monitor. Through the other incisions surgical instruments are inserted to treat the condition. Your surgeon injects a sterile solution into the elbow to expand the joint that allows giving an extra room to work. After the surgery the stitches are closed and dressing is applied.
After the surgery, your surgeon will place a cast or a splint that prevents the movement of the elbow until it is healed completely. You should elevate the elbow to avoid swelling and minimize pain. Ice (wrapped over a cloth) can be applied over the operated area which helps to reduce swelling. Medications are prescribed to reduce pain. Always keep the operated area dry and clean.
Some of the advantages of arthroscopy are it requires smaller incisions, minimal soft tissue trauma, less pain, faster recovery time, low infection rate, less scarring, earlier mobilization, and allows patient to restore to normal activities faster.
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This past Saturday, I spent most of the morning baking & photographing this cake. Hours spent in the kitchen, singing along with Daisy May, measuring out flour, standing over bubbling pots, peeking through oven windows. It's been too long since I'd done that. It felt good.
You see, life has been a little more stressful than usual lately. Mostly, it's the normal every day sort of stress, with a few real humdingers (trips to the hospital (everyone is fine!), etc) thrown in. Whenever things get like this, I feel creatively drained & unmotivated. I don't want to pick up the camera, get in the kitchen or blog. Then, when I do, it's like a revelation. "Oh THIS. This is where I'm happy.". I feel so silly for having spent so much time away.
Let me tell you about this revelatory cake. Oh, my friends, it is good. It's base is one of my favorite cake recipes by Dorie Greenspan, made extra lemony by a glaze poured over while it's still warm. The frosting is something I've been thinking about for a while. I was trying to figure out how to make tea frosting happen using the leaves (I've done that, and while it tastes good, the texture can be a bit off-putting). Seven minute style frosting seemed the perfect solution - I made the simple syrup with tea instead of water, and added just a little bit of super strong tea straight into the frosting. I had no idea if it would work, but it did! It came out the perfect consistency and flavor - you can definitely tell it's tea, but it's not overwhelming. This is easily one of my favorite things I've ever made.
Perfect Party Cake
from Baking: From My Home To Yours by Dorie Greenspan
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups whole milk or buttermilk
4 large egg whites
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons grated lemon zest
1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure lemon extract
Center a rack in the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-x-2-inch round cake pans and line the bottom of each pan with a round of buttered parchment or wax paper. Put the pans on a baking sheet.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Whisk together the milk and egg whites in a medium bowl.
Put the sugar and lemon zest in a mixer bowl or another large bowl and rub them together with your fingers until the sugar is moist and fragrant.
Add the butter and, working with the paddle or whisk attachment, or with a hand mixer, beat at medium speed for a full 3 minutes, until the butter and sugar are very light. Beat in the extract, then add one third of the flour mixture, still beating on medium speed.
Beat in half of the milk-egg mixture, then beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated. Add the rest of the milk and eggs, beating until the batter is homogeneous, then add the last of the dry ingredients.
Divide the batter between the two pans and smooth the tops with a rubber spatula.
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and springy to the tough – a thin knife inserted into the centers should come out clean.
Transfer the cakes to cooling racks and cool for about 5 minutes, then run a knife around the sides of the cakes, unmold them and peel off the paper liners. Invert and cool to room temperature right side up.
While still warm, poke each layer all over with a fork, and pour over lemon glaze (recipe follows). When cool, frost cake with black tea frosting & garnish with candied lemon slices.
Lemon Glaze
1/4 cup sugar
3 Tbs. fresh lemon juice
In a small bowl, combine the sugar and lemon juice, stir with a fork.
Black Tea Frosting
2 large egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/3 cup strongly brewed black tea
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup strongly brewed black tea
Beat egg whites in a mixing bowl until foamy & thick, they should mound, but not peak.
In a saucepan, combine the sugar, cream of tartar, black tea & salt. Bring to a boil. Boil for 3-4 minutes, or until a candy thermometer reads 242 degrees F and all sugar is dissolved.
Begin beating the egg whites again and slowly pour in boiling sugar syrup in a slow steam. Continue to beat on high for 7 minutes or until stiff peaks form.
Add 1/4 black tea by the tablespoon, beating after each addition.
Continue beating until frosting reaches desired consistency, about 2 minutes. Use immediately.
Candied Lemon Slices
From Martha Stewart
Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Using a mandoline or sharp knife, cut lemon into 12 paper-thin slices; discard seeds and ends of rind.
Bring a medium saucepan of water to a rolling boil. Remove from heat, and add lemon slices; stir until softened, about 1 minute. Drain, and immediately plunge slices into ice-water bath. Drain.
Bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil in a medium skillet, swirling to dissolve sugar. When liquid is clear and bubbling, reduce heat to medium-low. Add lemon slices, arranging them in one layer with tongs. Simmer (do not let boil) until rinds are translucent, about 1 hour.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Teasers for the Coming Seasons
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Why, last year we had so much fabulous Wreckage submitted from October through January that I couldn't get them posted fast enough! So here's a little sneak peek at what Wreckerators may have in store for you the next few months.
Halloween has its "monsters":
Thanksgiving has its "turkeys":
And "Winter" has...er...these things:
Jill P., Anony M., & Barbara R., I would salute you, but these Wrecks beat me to it.
- Related Wreckage: Seasonal Non Sequiturs
Note from John: Wondering where yesterday's post went? Check out today's comments section.
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- Miranda said...
You have to wonder if they are doing this on purpose. It's too weiner-riffic to be accidental.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Things like this have to make you wonder if they do it out of juvenile flashbacks, and just assume that no one will notice because they are "that good!"
- October 15, 2009 at 9:33 AM
- Taylor@MyOlderBrother said...
I would sooner eat a realistic baby cake than these "things". As long as they don't combine both ideas into an anatomically incorrect realistic baby cake.
I'm really fighting off the urge to make horrible pun jokes. I'll just have to do it anonymously. - October 15, 2009 at 9:34 AM
oh my
I'll never be able to look at a turkey neck the same way again.
thank you for that. - October 15, 2009 at 9:35 AM
Bakers are pervs
- October 15, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Man, that Frankenstein's monster cake just has to have been on purpose. Really.
But very very very funny!
Shelley in Southern Illinois - October 15, 2009 at 9:37 AM
The decorator responsible for that Halloween cake could use some antidepressants. It's a scary holiday not a sad one.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Jael said...
Fronkensteen's nose goes way too well with those other two... instances of schwanzstucker.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- April said...
Bwwwwwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! You said "hard up"!!!!
- October 15, 2009 at 9:39 AM
- Sarah said...
LOL too funny!
- October 15, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- terri s said...
hilarious! obviously the wreckerators are so high on sugar and food dye that the don't see the suggestive content springing up before them. :~P
were you asked to take down the swastika cake? - October 15, 2009 at 9:41 AM
- Half Assed Kitchen said...
Not so subliminal.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM
I love it. Nothing like confectionary phallus to start the day!
- October 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM
What happened to yesterday's post?
- October 15, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow, the competition is getting pretty stiff for Best Wreckerator of the Year!
Mike - October 15, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Thanks! Nothing like a few phallic symbols to get us 'in the mood' for the holidays!
- October 15, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Unknown said...
YIKES! Surely there are better ways to draw noses and the like. Especially without borrowing, ahem, other body parts! ::eyes rolling::
- October 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
I actually think the turkey cupcake cake is kinda cute...
- October 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
HAHAHAHAHA! OMG, those are hilarious! Ever tried to laugh silently at work? It doesn't really work and my sides are hurting from the effort!
How, HOW could the decorator NOT see this???? - October 15, 2009 at 9:49 AM
- Jedijson said...
So Igor not only retrieved an 'abby-normal' brain instead of the one he was supposed to get, but also got confused on what the good doctor meant when he asked for a "good sized schnoz," too?
- October 15, 2009 at 9:53 AM
The turkey reminds me of a guy I met in college. We called him 3ball.
*giggles* - October 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM
- Unknown said...
Sometimes a turkey neck is just a...wait that didn't come out quite right.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Had to see your blog after reading about you in the Times. What a hoot! Thanks so much for your efforts. And today's entry - wow! Freud would have a field day with these decorators. The subconscious can be a quirky and mysterious place, especially when revealed in frosting...
- October 15, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Today's post was hilarious, but I did notice that yesterday's disappeared. How disappointing. : (
- October 15, 2009 at 9:59 AM
I don't see a word about yesterday's post!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Hey guys,
Since several of you have asked, yes, we took down yesterday's post. It all started in good fun and we linked to the Mother of the Bride's website for verification. The bad part was that on her site she named the baker and smeared her pretty severely. And it turns out there were two sides to the story.
Throughout the day, we got a few e-mails from the baker asking us to fairly represent her company which we did pretty early in the day. Unfortunately, as the day wore on, the baker began receiving racist hate mail and, I believe, threats. Now I'm not sure this post was ever really funny (more tragic) but at this point, all humor was gone. And since we are a humor site, we took it down. There comes a point when it's just not worth it.
So there you have it. Did we lose some kind of integrity because we chose to say enough is enough? Maybe. But we've always said that Cake Wrecks is not out to hurt bakers and that's what it did yesterday. Thanks in advance for your understanding and please feel free to e-mail me with any further questions.
Wreck On!
john - October 15, 2009 at 10:05 AM
'coming' seasons? LMAO
- October 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM
- Dog Mom said...
Oh My Gawd! I am laughing so hard right now!!! THANK YOU.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:07 AM
Another Turkey story - my teenage friend took the turkey neck from a frozen bird and laid it over the side of the trash can in the men's room (as a joke), and went home for the day. Instead of laughs though they got tears, vomiting and a police report. Ooops
- October 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Are those pretzels on the Rudolph cake? Nothing goes better with cake than salty pieces of bread disguised as antlers right?
- October 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- serialcinz said...
Maybe the bakers are "deeply religious"?
- October 15, 2009 at 10:08 AM
That turkey looks a little "cocky".
Frankenstein? More like BeefFrank-enstein!
These cakes are "nuts"! And they give me the "willies"! - October 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Elaine B. said...
Mmm I just don`t want to point out the obvious!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Sarah said...
I think you did the right thing. It was definitely not all in good fun by the end of the day with the cake. Thanks for taking a stand and taking down the post.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Well today's Triple Testicle Turkey certainly made up for it, John. Good work on maturity, by the way. Thumbs up!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:14 AM
John & Jen: IMHO, you gained integrity for taking down yesterday's post. I went the the blog and was bothered by the story and it's presentation. You did the right thing and I admire you for it.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- Unknown said...
Hey John and Jen,
I think you did the absolutely RIGHT thing in removing yesterday's post. I didn't see the baker's side of the story because it's nighttime here when you put things on the site and I was probably already asleep when you printed her side.
Your FAQ says: "Now then, if you see your photo posted here and it ticks you off (some people actually don't mind) then just contact me and let me know you'd like it removed. Please go easy on the name-calling and accusations of "stealing", though; all photos are user-submitted, and believe it or not, I'm really not out to ruin your day."
Hats off to sticking to your values and for taking that necessary step to "stop the carnage!"
Cheers! - October 15, 2009 at 10:18 AM
- curegirl0421 said...
I think you did the right thing regarding yesterday's post... it's all fun and games until somebody gets hate mail!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:19 AM
- SarahW said...
I respect your reasons for taking the post down, but I was really irritated at the baker for using flickr grabs of cakes her business didn't make, to market her wares.
If you ever put out a guide to avoiding wreckage, one of the steps should be to make sure the baker has really made the example cake you want - and to independently google when in doubt. - October 15, 2009 at 10:22 AM
- Leslie@leserleeslovesandhobbies said...
Maybe you could feature yesterdays baker in the Sunday Sweets. Her cake was well done, just not what the bride was hoping for. And one guy mentioned that all symbols used on the cake were Native American symbols for good things (I don't remember what exactly).
- October 15, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Gary said...
I understand your reasons for removing yesterday's cake and comments, especially if the baker was starting to get hate mail and the like, but I regret that it came to that, because I thought the discussion it stimulated in the comments was quite interesting.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:28 AM
- Riku said...
Thank you for taking that post down, then. I wouldn't enjoy something that actually hurt a baker. You made the right decision!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:31 AM
- Sarah said...
I think the turkey is actually modern art. I spot at least two sets of testicles.
- October 15, 2009 at 10:32 AM
I somehow missed Frankenstein's, um, nose, until I finished the whole post. Time for some caffeine, methinks, to wake up the ol' observation skills...
I'm sorry to hear what happened to yesterday's baker. Yes, the cake had some things wrong about it, but the mistakes seemed like honest ones produced by someone who dashed off a cake they shouldn't have dashed off. Nothing deserves hate mail and especially death threats, much less a cake. The bride's mother obviously had a bone to pick with the bakery, but that was *her* bone to pick with the bakery. - October 15, 2009 at 10:32 AM
As Freud might say, "Sometimes a turkey cake...is just a turkey cake. Except when it's not!"
WV: rerset. Good on ya for hitting the rerset button on yesterday's post when things went haywire. - October 15, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Bookmom said...
Darn it, I didn't go back later in the day to read the comments on yesterday's post.
In the interest of fairness, maybe you should post the other side, just in the comments here, because believe me, that post lives on in news readers. I get posts various blogs later take down, including a couple from here! - October 15, 2009 at 10:36 AM
I thought yesterday's post was funny, but I also didn't see any of the backlash. You guys continue to be classy, tasteful, and, most importantly, nice so I'm pleased to see that you pulled a post that people had problems with. Which is why you will always be my favorite blog! And congratulations on the NYT's bestseller list!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: For the experiment to be a success, all of the body parts must be enlarged.
Inga: His veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Exactly.
Inga: He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That goes without saying.
Inga: Voof.
Igor: He's going to be very popular.
(sorry, couldn't resist) - October 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM
- mystic_eye_cda said...
I wonder if there is anyway that you could post the baker's side of the story without it causing insanity? Just for those of us that missed it?
Or is the baker's side in the comments on the other site? - October 15, 2009 at 10:37 AM
It is so sad that someone feels the need to send hate mail or threats over a cake. I think the people who actually paid for the cake have the right to complain, but not strangers who have nothing to do with it. It's REALLY sad people!
- October 15, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Sometimes I find it sad that the swastika is poorly represented. The Nazis stole that symbol (and reversed it). In the non-reversed form the Navajo tribe used it, it's on a Buddhist statue in the Ling Yin Temple in China and so on. It actually meant peace and harmonious thinking.
I get grumpy at people who are ignorant of historical references and just assume that people are racist if they see that symbol. Anyone sending that poor baker hate mail is lacking in good judgment.
Even so, thanks for knowing when to draw the line. It makes me so much more willing to keep coming to your site daily and reading.
Oh btw - did you know that Cake Wreaks made the Yahoo news yesterday? (not for the swastika cake) - October 15, 2009 at 10:40 AM
That turkey cake makes me think of the scene in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" where they get the guy to shout "Eko tre orxidia!"
- October 15, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Go ON! Looking at these holiday cakes, I'm getting so excited! Wow! Usually I sort of dread the holidays and all the associated stress, but whooooooooooooeeeeee I see I've been missing out on a lot of the fun. I hope Santa brings me something that measures up to these teasers! hooray! Lily
- October 15, 2009 at 10:42 AM
If the bakery was getting hate mail, you absolutely did the right thing by removing the post. I never thought the baker was actually a Nazi and did it on purpose, I just thought he/she was sadly oblivious.
If you are reading this, bakery owner, best of wishes to you to recover from what must be very scary. - October 15, 2009 at 10:44 AM
- Amanda | Glittericity said...
I am convinced some of these are done by people just to see if they can get away with it. Of course, if you point it out, they feign innocence and YOU look like the pervert...
Either way, I laughed most heartily :) - October 15, 2009 at 10:46 AM
I think you did the right thing. I had figured as much when the post disappeared. It is really a sad commentary on some people when they feel the need to harass someone over the poor execution of a decorated cake. Some people can't play nice and take things way too far. I think you will keep your integrity and your readers, too.
Blog on! - October 15, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Unknown said...
Gee, Frank...is that your nose or are you just happy to see me?
- October 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM
I think the title of the post cracked me up more than anything!! LOL!!!
Is the last one supposed to be a REINDEER?? OMG.
I busted out laughing at the turkey. That's phallic perfection. - October 15, 2009 at 10:59 AM
I vaguely remember somewhere in a Star Trek book (non-canon, of course) a mention of Klingons having three testicles. Perhaps a Klingon decorated the turkey cake?
Why, yes, I am a nerd. And I like it that way. - October 15, 2009 at 11:02 AM
- Caroline B said...
Oo-er Missus!! The Incredible Hulk appears to have left something behind on that cake...
Totally agree with the decision to remove yesterday's post - people had begun to get unnecessarily steamed up over what was essentially just a cake. - October 15, 2009 at 11:04 AM
- joyce said...
wow---thanks to your most observant commenters, I was curious that I had missed something about the monster and the turkey. Then, I was relieved to learn that I was not the only one who missed the first two, uh, double meanings... oh. dear. deer.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:07 AM
John, personally, I agree with the people who have suggested you post the baker's side of the story. Many of us visit the site soon after new posts are up and don't come back until the next day. All I saw was the post, as well as the Mother of the Bride's site. I think it would be beneficial to the baker to post her side of it, since many of us just heard one side of things. I did not have the most positive view of either party, but I would like to know how she defended herself, and I think she deserves for that to remain posted for everyone to see.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM
That turkey! Wow. My exact thought was: "Aw, for a CCC that's kinda c- WHOA!"
- Leigh - October 15, 2009 at 11:11 AM
- Randy and Ladell said...
John and Jen,
First of all--how wonderful it is to see you posting John. Hope you are feeling much, much better.
Second, you did exactly the right thing. It was absolutely hilarious when it was just a wink, nudge kind of thing. And I'm sure that the baker would have thought so too, except that people always take things too far and make something innocent and funny into something ugly. I hope that she/he knows that we never thought this an anti-semitic cake, just a small mistake on an otherwise beautiful cake.
Third. OMG that reindeer. And that Frankenstein. And that... Oh man. I'll be laughing over those for days to come. As always, thanks! I needed that today. I'm supposed to be on vacation and couldn't go because of too much work to do. (sigh) - October 15, 2009 at 11:12 AM
The Turkey CCC: what we have here is a failure to communi-cake.
Did you know that Cake Wrecks is mentioned in the newly released book "Uncle John's Endlessly Engrossing Bathroom Reader?"
pp 134-135.
WV: dessiste. The haters and name callers need to dessiste. - October 15, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- BlondeShot Creative said...
todays post is great! SO funny. As far as yesterdays, you made the right choice to pull it since the baker was getting hate mail. BUT WTF to the people who sent the hate mail? Why does everyone get so offended by everything?!
- October 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Re: yesterday's post- I saw the comment that said that you lost credibility by taking down pics at the baker's request, I disagree completely. This site is about laughing at the cakes, not the person. Although we may wonder what they were thinking, I'd like to think they are laughing at it too going "yeah not really sure what happened there!" When it's personal, it's not funny anymore.
Your removal of yesterday's post only PROVES your integrity not only personally, but professionally for keeping this blog what you want it to be.
Re: Today's post- What were they thinking?! ;-) - October 15, 2009 at 11:17 AM
- HorribleLicensePlates said...
Man, these are just dong.
I mean, wrong. These are just wrong. - October 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM
- Mella said...
Frankensteins nose does look very un-nose-y
- October 15, 2009 at 11:20 AM
If you google for the post, the bakery's reviews on Yelp come up, on which the baker has posted her response.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:25 AM
- Sabrina said...
Seriously, that cake from yesterday was a true wreck. Even without the symbol in question it looked as though my first grade students decorated it, not a professional baker.
Today's posts however, WOWZA! Thanks for the laughs and for being so darn wreck-tastic! - October 15, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- You Don't Know Me said...
Wow - I thought that first one was Big City Engine from "Thomas the Tank Engine" (he's very cranky). But Frankenstein makes more sense...
- October 15, 2009 at 11:27 AM
The phallic noses are too hysterical. It is amazing to me that the material for this blog is never ending... I'm not complaining, mind you!! I love it.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:28 AM
- Amélie said...
I also would like to hear the baker's side of yesterday's post (I didn't get to see it). Is there any way you can post it in the comments?
- October 15, 2009 at 11:29 AM
- Robin said...
I actually wouldn't have noticed the turkey if you hadn't pointed him out. He's kind of cute...
- October 15, 2009 at 11:34 AM
So the backwards swastika is in actuality a buddhist symbol? I remember a few years ago when all the little ceramic buddhas on the shelves of Jo-Ann Fabrics had to be recalled due to the offensive emblems on their bellies.
Anyway, shame on all the folks who sent the baker hate-mail and congratulations to you for taking down the controversial post. You always blog in good taste (pun intended) IMHO.
Blogless Mary Lou - October 15, 2009 at 11:36 AM
- Saigon & Baygon Inc. said...
@ Cake Wrecks:
Keep up the good work, fellows! I'm so sorry I missed your post yesterday (different time-zones, bad timing), but I feel you did the right thing! I'd definitely like to have seen that cake, though...
@ Martin:
It's "Exo tria arxidia", my friend. LOL :-)
Well done.
Greets from Greece!
L. - October 15, 2009 at 11:39 AM
- Kate said...
The baker of the ninja cake posted her side here: http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=fG0BdEwi3x_H6WNTxYcEbw
- October 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM
I clearly need some coffee this morning, because I totally missed Frankenstein's schnoz until after I started reading the comments. And now I can't stop laughing. Thanks for always starting my day off on the right foot.
- October 15, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Yes, please post the baker's side of the story. You have no idea how many bride and mom "zillas" have emailed or called in an order to my bakery expecting us to match the cake vision in their heads without supplying us with actual information that's usable. One lady picked up a 3 tiered cake for her son's 1st bday and she complained because the outlines on the baby block design weren't symmetrical enough for her and this color wasn't quite the blue that she wanted.
Of course, she couldn't be bothered to come in and actually talk to us about the cake she wanted to order or give us some color samples, she just called in and said that she wanted x,y, and z and "whatever we think looks best would be perfect." So while I think the baker should have been a bit more careful in the use of design, we definitely should get to hear her side of things because there are a ton of people who complain to everyone at a drop of the hat but very few who actually will take the time to say "Thank you". She deserves to have her side presented and we shall find the truth somewhere in the middle of both versions.
Also, glad you are feeling better. - October 15, 2009 at 11:49 AM
"Hey Bill, the order for the cake of that bachelorette party is canceled."
"But I already started working on it."
"Well don't throw it away."
"Alright. Well Halloween is coming up..." - October 15, 2009 at 11:56 AM
I have to say I thought the Cakewrecks fans and readers were above hate mail. The cake was a poor example of the bakery and a very sad story but I would still not hesitate to order from them; with an early pick up time and photos or drawings of exactly what I wanted. Aztek, Ninja... well, if you want it to be right (and it was a great idea, sounded very cute) you really have to be clear. I never would have known it until Cakewrecks. Thanks for educating the cake buying public!
- October 15, 2009 at 11:57 AM
That turkey is just...um...awkward? Wrong? Too darn funny? All of the above?
- October 15, 2009 at 11:59 AM
maybe the baker was feeling inadequate that day?
- October 15, 2009 at 12:11 PM
- denise said...
Frosting frosting everywhere and not a penis to be found... Oh well, a gal can dream... *LOL*
RE: yesterday's post - good call, no loss of integrity in my eyes, in fact taking the stand gives y'all points :-)
So glad we're back to laughing!
Surviving breast cancer...
http://TeamDenise.org - October 15, 2009 at 12:14 PM
You guys are seriously classy. For what it's worth I not only support but admire your decision to pull yesterday's post. I'm a big believer in saying "enough is enough" when the situation calls for it, and think in general there should be way more of that. And after all, as you said, CW is a humor site. Rock on!
- October 15, 2009 at 12:19 PM
I'd hate to see where Dr. Frankenstein put the nose.
- October 15, 2009 at 12:20 PM
- Oliver said...
Brings whole new meaning to "gobble, gobble, gobble!"
- October 15, 2009 at 12:21 PM
I read the baker's side of the story, found here:
Quite honestly, I can come up with several reasons why this cake was decorated the way it was. I just doubt that any of them were good reasons.
I believe the baker was providing exactly what the customer wanted, and I question the customer in the contraversy. Was the baker tricked? We may never know. The answer may lie with the person who submitted the photo.
I hope that better judgement is used from now on when it comes to making light of such hurtful imagary. Kudos for taking down the post. I am a longtime fan of this site. You manage to make me smile everyday. - October 15, 2009 at 12:28 PM
hee hee
wrecky phalluses - October 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
RE: yesterday's post
I had no idea until looking at the posting of the baker's side of the story that they are in fact one of my favorite neighborhood bakeries. They make the most amazing French pastry! I was also taking pastry classes at the same time they were utilizing the school kitchen to get their business started. These are very nice, conscientious people. Not oblivious at all. The bride got *exactly* what she requested. I think the bride's mother over-reacted and should have backed off. The baker is Jewish, for crying out loud, and grew up in Israel! The bride herself apparently didn't even see anything wrong with the symbol, otherwise don't you think she would have said, "all these symbols, but not THAT one"?
CW was absolutely right in taking down the post. It was not funny. It was just simply unfortunate. - October 15, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- Little Lovables said...
holy cow, the ONE day I miss visiting Cake Wrecks, and I miss this cake controversy, hot dang.
but these disgusting viagra induced confections make up for it, so thanks! - October 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Barbara_in_COviaWA said...
Those are just friggen WRONG!!!!
hahaha...word verification: beddist
The wreckerators tried to do their BEDdist work on these cakes, and succeeded actually! - October 15, 2009 at 12:30 PM
- Mary Connealy said...
I'm sharpening my 'cake' slicing knife right now. :D
- October 15, 2009 at 12:33 PM
- Hobbit said...
A Young Frankenstein reference AND a Star Trek reference? I love Cakewrecks!
And I think you guys made the right call regarding yesterday's post. I mean, hate mail because of a cake? Really? - October 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM
I can't stop giggling! Love your site!
- October 15, 2009 at 12:38 PM
You know what? Its your blog, do as you please. I agree with what you said, and the pulling of the post. I researched it last night (since i checked CW after it had already been pulled.)and I think its just a horrible situation, and will probably get worse between the Mother and the Baker. Its best to get yourself out of the mix. Plus you always said you would pull posts if requested.
It was also bad timing that this happened on the day you were all over the news. That brought a lot of new (and aparently malicious) readers in at the wrong time.
So now its behind us, lets keep wrecking forward :-)
WV: Dippi.....another work for the hidden "message" in those cakes!
Darn it. I messed up the WV and it gave me another. Now its 'redida' as in I just redida that!!! - October 15, 2009 at 12:43 PM
- Adventure Girls said...
So, you cakewrecks folks are funny and talented and kind, too? I am all for taking down a post that hurts someone's feelings - even if it means I have to go a day without a new cakewreck to laugh about. Candragulalions on your integrity. It is greatly appreciated.
- October 15, 2009 at 12:45 PM
- Brookely90 said...
Oh baby baby.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Jen & John:
Thank you for sticking to your values. I love a good blog that doesn't sell out.
Even though I realize the power/sadness/hate that belonged in such a symbol, it had other uses before it became a sign of hate.
In Buddhism, it's sacred. Check it out:
I hope that the baker of the cake feels better than yesterday. I hope she knows that in other parts of the world the symbol she put on the cake was holy not just hateful.
Glad you're feeling better John(:
All my love,
A Fan - October 15, 2009 at 1:04 PM
I applaud you for taking down yesterday's post, since so few people could see past the 'swastika issue' to the fact that while the layers were straight and the fondant smooth, the piping was a last minute rush job that my eight-year-old could have done. I think was the bigger issue in the long run. Though, I don't understand why the baker didn't just omit that one symbol (since they were given several examples) and avoid the whole issue.
Mistakes were made on both side4s of that debacle. Thank you, Jen and John, for maintaining your professional integrity by presenting both sides when asked and removing the post when it was obviously causing problems.
As for today's post.. hillarious! I think maybe some bakers need to get certain things (like CCC's!) off the mind these coming seasons... lol - October 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM
I checked out your website after I saw it on yahoo and NY times. I just love it! That frankenstein and turkey kept me laughing for a good hour! Thanks cake wrecks I needed it and "conglulations" !
- October 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Melissa (& Billy) said...
Poor Frank. He looks a little put-upon. "It's not easy being green?"
I thought the turkey was one of the cutest CCCs I've seen, until I looked a little closer. Eeeeyikes! I can just see this being delivered to a kid's party--the kids devour the cake while the adults stand around going "Oh, dear..."
The rest? No words. Just...no words. 0_0 - October 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Unknown said...
Kate: Thanks for the link.
It appears that the pastry chef at Butter, Sugar, Flour did exactly as the bride asked.
John and Jen, you two are classy. Thanks for the phallic cakes today. - October 15, 2009 at 1:15 PM
GREAT call on pulling yesterday's post. I think the baker did a major fail, but it is NOT worth getting death threats over. That's insane.
WV: favar - you did the baker a big favar by pulling that post. Good for you! - October 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM
- Nakia said...
I too wanted to post my support of your decision to take down yesterday's post. These cakey controversies often seem heightened by inadvertent unfortunate timing, and I'm sure the increased traffic yesterday ended up hurting matters more with the baker.
Today's post is a great way to move on and get back to the laughs again :) - October 15, 2009 at 1:24 PM
laughing my face off! ;) can't wait for more of these!
- October 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Your blog gives me a few minutes of laughter everyday and I thank you for that! I was hoping to see you in Denver but it didn't work out unfortunately. I hope that John is well on his way down the path of recovery. As for yesterday's post, it is unfortunate that baker had emails of that sort being sent to her. I think that she really should have did a rough draft/drawing for the bride and groom before she made that cake. I did look at her website (which I found from the mother's blog) and most of the other cakes that she had up looked great. I think you deciding to take down the post was probably the right thing to do.
- October 15, 2009 at 1:33 PM
- AlisonH said...
CakeFX, which does such marvelous work and has been feted in your Sunday Sweets posts, says on their site that they will not make any cake that would make it difficult for any member of their staff to look any human in the eye.
Good advice. Meantime, thank you for doing right by everybody yesterday. - October 15, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- tiffany said...
perfect for 'subtle' bachelorette parties ;]
- October 15, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- Unknown said...
"Lone Starr: I still don't understand how I'm going to lift that big statue with this little ring.
Yogurt: Never underestimate the power of the Schwartz!" - October 15, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- D.B. Echo said...
Following up on a suggestion in the comments, I checked my seldom-used Google Reader and found yesterday's removed post. The only "mistake" I can see the baker making was in actually following the customer's instructions. There were twelve symbols supplied, and all twelve (as far as I can see) were represented on the cake. If the customer (or her relatives) chose to be offended by the design specified by the customer, that's their problem.
But you did the right thing in taking this down. Consequences should not be falling on the bakery for this. - October 15, 2009 at 1:51 PM
- Trevor said...
I agree with others that you did the right thing in pulling that post, especially if the baker was getting hate mail and such. That's just not right or called for in any situation.
Bakers beware, and phear the power that is Cakewrecks!
Today's posts, however, are a riot. There must be some hard up decorators. - October 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Fyrebyrd said...
I give the first cake marks on bringing out the inner tragedy of Frankenstein - even if it wasn't on purpose.
The second one's profane nature is a pure fowl. *pathetic comedy drum roll* - October 15, 2009 at 2:04 PM
So maybe you know this already, but the NYT article on Cakewrecks is now at the top of their list of "articles most frequently e-mailed by NYTimes.com readers."
- October 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
I agree - great decision to pull the post. I enjoyed the comments, but sometimes enough is enough. I am disappointed that some people (especially uninvolved third parties) would take the controversy so far as to send hate mail the baker. The baker screwed up with decorating the cake poorly (for me, the symbol wasn't the issue, it was the lack of lace and apricots), but nobody deserves death threats for that. Sheesh - it's a cake people! So, great decision! Shows how much integrity you do have!
- October 15, 2009 at 2:20 PM
- C. Beth said...
I agree that yesterday's cake wasn't pretty, and there was clearly a huge misunderstanding. And I don't know if a previous comment, about the baker stealing Flikr photos and passing them off as her own, is true. But I noticed a lot of the cakes on her website were set on the same tablecloth/background so I'm guessing most or all of them came from that bakery.
I was just on their Yelp review site, and there are a bunch of photos of really beautiful cakes and other goodies posted by USERS (not by the bakery), so clearly they can make lovely things. Here's the link: http://www.yelp.com/biz/sugar-butter-flour-sunnyvale - October 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Hey guys,
I just wanted you all to know how much Jen and I appreciate you. We could not have asked for a more amazing group of people.
From the bottom of my heart, thanks.
john - October 15, 2009 at 2:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Maybe soon you can start posting cookies made with this lovely item:
BTW I'm with you on taking the post down. Hate mail is not cool. You guys rock.
PS I know your second attempt in Austin didn't get the same numbers that signed up originally...I was one that couldn't come for the second try (wasn't going to blow off my kid's birthday party for you, sorry). I made a cupcake that will never be seen outside of my livejournal (I sent you the link, hope you enjoyed it), but hopefully we still get to see a post about your trip here. And maybe you should come to our super-awesome and geeky cake show in February... http://thattakesthecake.org/ That way everyone who missed you can catch up there! - October 15, 2009 at 2:39 PM
- BlueBerry Pick'n said...
OH NO! the moyle slipped...
- October 15, 2009 at 2:40 PM
Congrats on the the NYTimes piece. Well deserved!
- October 15, 2009 at 2:44 PM
- Tina and Jason said...
Kudos for pulling yesterday's post. I come to Cake Wrecks as a fun escape on my lunch break (well, maybe um...once or twice during the day) and never think cake should be serious enough to get hate mail and threats. Thanks for continuing to keep this a clean, fun place that is so rare in this day and age. Wreck on, John & Jen!
- October 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM
- Mary Kirkland said...
I think it's totally sad that the baker from yesterday started getting hate mail. Some people seem to have way to much time on their hands.
- October 15, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Well, it seems to me there's only one way to resolve this whole scandal - Ninja Cake Bake off!
It would be interesting to see what other bakers would have come up with, given the same instructions. Something better? Something worse??? I think the concept of the cake really has limitless possibilities, and I'd love to see them! - October 15, 2009 at 3:17 PM
- Pilgrim said...
I think the Rudolph one is actually kind of cute. So there.
- October 15, 2009 at 3:31 PM
That's sad about the baker involved in yesterday's post. It's a shame that things get so blown out of proportion. I don't think you've lost your integrity. I think you're just being responsible.
- October 15, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Jen and John--no lost integrity for removing the post, especially given the unforeseen side effects.
Love the early holiday wreckiness. Can't wait to see what our bakers come up with. - October 15, 2009 at 3:43 PM
You guys did not lose one brown icing pile-of-poo's worth of integrity! I'm glad you took it down and completely agree. No, I was not at all offended by it but there is a point when fun can cross the line. Thank you for having consideration for the baker and for handling it all with kindness.
Wreck on!!! - October 15, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- M M said...
I happened to catch yesterday's post right before it had to be taken down, and you did make the right call, I'm just sorry that it ended up being a case of "bad consumer" that really got all of this going.
Now as for today's post, I couldn't help but laugh. - October 15, 2009 at 3:55 PM
You know, aside from looking somewhat penisy, that Turkey CCC looks pretty good. I never thought I'd see a not-horrible-looking Cupcake Cake here.
- October 15, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Why did yesterday's post have to be removed?
- October 15, 2009 at 4:00 PM
- bpddjeoomon said...
I think the REAL problem with yesterdays cake was that the piping was terrible and there wasn't a lace pattern to be seen.
Both parties were wrong and both parties were right, and so I applaud you for staying out of the middle of it.
It's nice to find some classy folks online nowadays (and I'm glad I don't have to feel bad about continuing my longtime readership! Woot!) - October 15, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Suzi said...
It would certainly be interesting to see someone with 3 nuts.
- October 15, 2009 at 4:16 PM
What a shame to be able to tell Frankenstein's monster's religion just by looking at his nose...
- October 15, 2009 at 4:20 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
EGADS!! What a bunch of HORNdogs!
All *I* see are NOSES.
Seriously. What kind of gutter-minded folks are y'all, huh??
I mean--an X-rated reindeer? Come on! Those are blue EYES, not blue~~ah, forget it.
And so poor Frank looks a bit dismayed...who's to say it's all because of the nose? Maybe it's the giant GASH on his head that's bothering him.
As for that turkey; it's very cute, okay? He looks proud as a PEACOCK standing up straight like that...and ya POKE fun at him.
Have you no shame?
=^--^= - October 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM
- terri s said...
I thought that maybe someone(s) had made a comment or two about yesterday's post and you took it down. I am not sad to see it go, I AM sad that the baker got death threats over it. I believe they were sadly unaware of that unfortunate part of history, nothing more. I also wonder why the bride or mother didn't just scrape that off and turn the cake around? Or scrape off parts of the sign to make it into something else? Or were there lots and lots of those on the cake? We will never know.
Good on ya, that you took it down to keep this site fun, lighthearted, and clean!! (well, except for the post about misplaced, excited organs--hee hee!) - October 15, 2009 at 4:32 PM
I'm sorry to say that today I had to read the comments in order to see what was so subtly wreck-y about these cakes.
My sincere thanks to those folks whose minds, without the gutter, would be homeless. - October 15, 2009 at 4:55 PM
RE: Yesterday's post
Now that I've seen the actual cake, the baker's response, and the sample it was supposed to be modeled after, that cake was STILL a wreck.
Here's the sample, for the curious: http://www.sugarbutterflour.com/products/enlargednew/wedding/WhiteLace.htm
What happened to the "lace" on the actual cake? I think that's where the miscommunication lies. Even swastikas would not have been so obvious (and offensive) if they had been incorporated into the lace.
And I thought the turkey cake was adorable...until DH pointed out the...uh...yeah. Oops. - October 15, 2009 at 4:58 PM
You should submit those to www.accidentaldong.blogspot.com
LOL!! - October 15, 2009 at 5:15 PM
I have to wonder if they tried to make a ummm male part cake if it would look like a nose...
I have to share with you the horror that I experienced today. I always hop on over here at 9:30am for my daily laugh, much better than an apple for keeping the doctor away, only to find out that my company had blocked the site! Guess I told to many people in the building about it and everyone was visiting the site. Man I really need to learn to keep the good stuff to myself... - October 15, 2009 at 5:27 PM
The ONE day I don't read CW and I miss out on controversy. Of all the luck... not that I'm into contributing, I just wish I knew what the heck everyone else is talking about. Anyways... can't wait to see everybody get wang chung on their cakes this coming season, eh? eh? bahaha, I crack myself up. I'm sure no one else is laughing though.
- October 15, 2009 at 5:42 PM
lmao! I think these are a cry form these decorators' subconscious for some , eh-hem, "attention" !lol Where these cakes made on a Friday, perhaps? lol Love your site!- Frank :)
- October 15, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Askkk abouttttt myyyyy weenerrrrrrr
- October 15, 2009 at 5:43 PM
The wreckerators knew what they were doing - it was a 'private' joke.
Jen and John, cheers for showing your truly classy nature by taking down the problematic post.
And extra cheers for a post that allows us all to make juvenile phallic jokes, then turn around and tell you how classy and tasteful we think you are! :) "Congradulalations" (in red) - October 15, 2009 at 5:46 PM
- Jen said...
Oh my goodness those are so funny!!
- October 15, 2009 at 5:56 PM
I *had* to send the link for today's post to my best friend. We are professional adults who have the sense of humor of 14-year olds. I mean, really, sometimes penises are just funny.
Most of the time, actually. :P - October 15, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Oh my god do I ever love cake wrecks! Ha ha wouldn't you just love to see one of these cakes on your table? The turkey actually looks kinda cute until you look closer...
- October 15, 2009 at 6:17 PM
I had to eat the "Speedo" on a birthday cake for a retired bodybuilder once.
- October 15, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I see the artist who drew Disney's Little Mermaid poster now works as a cake decorator ;-)
- October 15, 2009 at 7:28 PM
- Unknown said...
The bride should have scribbled out the ninja throwing star that looked like a swastika when she gave the baker the example images.
But that doesn't let the bakery off the hook. The piping work was amateurish and it looked nothing like the sample lace cake. I would have considered it a minor wreck (considering it was done by a professional bakery) even without the swastikas. I decorate cakes for my niece's birthday every year and I think I'm terrible at it, and that looked like something I could've done. - October 15, 2009 at 7:36 PM
- Unknown said...
Odd thing is that I just came from the "It's a Cock" blog, and thought that I was back at that site. I had to double check the address.
- October 15, 2009 at 8:05 PM
- Diagnose Rachel said...
Oh, that turkey cake is the cutest cupcake cake I ever did see! Great use of color and the circle shape, why is it ...
Well, it's just like the little mermaid movie scandel.
Remember those lovely castle spires? Or the wedding priest who had an obvious hard on during the ceremony. Oh, good time. Obviously REALLY good times.
Love the comments about yesterday's post. It really helps me understand why I didn't get cake yesterday. I NEED MY CAKE! - October 15, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- Unknown said...
I am glad you took the post down. While the cake itself fit the site, I was very disappointed that CW made this woman's contact information readily available (via the link to the mom's blog) so that other's were free to torment and harass her. It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye (or their job).
Fortunately that baker owns her own business, but had this been my mistake, the publicity would likely have lost me my job.
I would laugh if one of my cakes landed here, but not so much if you provided my name and employer information. I hope in the future you won't be doing that. - October 15, 2009 at 8:43 PM
- Tara Jackson said...
John & Jen,
Though I didn't get an opportunity to see yesterday's original post, based on your description of it all, you did the right thing. And don't ever feel like you will lose integrity by doing the right thing. If people lose respect for you for standing up for what you believe is the right thing to do, that's their own issue. Bravo & Brava to you both! - October 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM
It's actually kind of tough. Include the link so that people know the story is real, and you risk getting the baker in trouble. Don't include the link and everyone complains it's fake all day. Ahh well.
We really didn't think it would get as bad as it did. And I hope you know that we never intentionally link to a a baker unless it's Sunday Sweets.
john - October 15, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- Unknown said...
For everyone who (like me) missed the cake controversy yesterday there's a picture here: http://community.eharlequin.com/content/cake-wrecks-really
Others have posted the yelp link to the baker's side.
I think that taking it down was the right thing to do. The baker clearly just followed directions and meant no offense, although I think that in any profession we have set limits on what we'll do for a customer. The bride is clearly also to blame for sending the sheet with the symbols. Obviously nobody meant any harm or offense and anyone who writes hate mail to a baker over something like this needs to watch the news for more deserving targets.
Keep the wrecks coming! - October 15, 2009 at 9:44 PM
Love, love, love you. Love your blog. Prayed for you through your recent trials. Having said all that... the phallic symbol posts are getting really, really old. Please raise the level of class on this otherwise amazing (my favorite) family-friendly blog. I really hate to criticize and do love Cake Wrecks dearly. But please consider putting this category to rest for a while.
- October 15, 2009 at 9:48 PM
About yesterday...
I feel you did the right thing regarding yesterday's post. After reading all that I did, it seemed to me like an unfortunate and embarrassing misunderstanding - certainly not some diabolical plan.
Aside from the obvious, I felt it was the mother of the bride who was truly offensive and not the baker. She has every right to be upset that she and her daughter didn't get the cake they wanted and paid for, but her slandering of the baker and comments in her blog insinuating that "goth, alternative, or whatever else holds for wacky these days" couples would be happy with nazi swastikas on their wedding cakes were ignorant and upsetting.
I realize this was her personal blog, but every one of us needs to realize that ANYTHING we post online is PUBLIC, and we should think twice about what we type.
So, bravo Cake Wrecks for caring about integrity while still being hilarious! - October 15, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Haiku Joy said...
Wrecks that say "eat me!"
Here are more stick jokes than you can shake a dick at.
wv: fessit
I'm going to have to fessit this cocky haiku in a fessit box. - October 15, 2009 at 10:47 PM
- mandi said...
OK, the cake drama is over... John, how are you feeling?
- October 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
- Kristen said...
I'm just going to say, in Lorelai Gilmore fashion, "Dirty!" : )
- October 16, 2009 at 12:03 AM
Actually I got back to Orlando from Dallas and went right back into the hospital with an infected lung. Bummer. I'm out now and feeling much better. Looking forward to finishing the tour. The cough should go away withing a few years;}
Thanks for asking!
john - October 16, 2009 at 12:21 AM
- Amanda said...
That monster looks like Thomas the Train with a bad case of the stomach flu!
- October 16, 2009 at 12:35 AM
I randomly ran in to an article about this site and tried to quietly cry (from laughing so hard) at work. Thanks for adding a little humor to my day,
- October 16, 2009 at 12:40 AM
- Shannon Chamberlain said...
Re: the swastika cake, it's a shame that everyone fixated on the swastika, because the real crime was just the cake. I'm not the first person to say this, but WHAT LACE PATTERN? A 10-year-old with a frosting kit from the grocery store could have done the decorating job on that thing, and it sounds like the bakers are pulling things from photostreams to make it seem like they've done work that they haven't. Okay, maybe the customer inadvertently provided the swastika. That doesn't excuse the rest of it, which was a hot mess. And if you look at the other Yelp reviews, it sounds like this bakery has a real problem with consistency and customer service (not writing on the cake correctly, and other vaguely wrecktastic categories of offense) and then claiming that it was all the customer's fault. So I have to say, I'd take that little Yelp explanation they posted with the proverbial grain of salt. I don't know. Hate mail is obviously inappropriate and lame, but maybe these people need to learn to take the heat if they're going to decorate a really bad cake in their kitchen and then charge someone money for it.
Personally, I just ordered a bunch of different kinds of dessert, undecorated, from Finale in Cambridge. The photo op wasn't as good, but the cakes were better, and I think that it's probably one of my top ten pieces of advice to the newly engaged. - October 16, 2009 at 12:44 AM
Oh my gosh! I laughed so hard I almost peed.
- October 16, 2009 at 1:51 AM
- AlisonH said...
Thank you Mandi for asking out loud, and thank you John for answering, and there is nothing Wreckier than hospital food. (Warm, diabetic no-sugar Superball-strong jello. Shiver.) Stay well, and thank you for all the laughs here!
- October 16, 2009 at 2:22 AM
- Wolverine Girl said...
I can see that turkey's giblets. Tehehehe!
- October 16, 2009 at 3:05 AM
Oh WOW. These are freaking HILARIOUS. Either the bakers have no clue whatsoever, or these are partly intentional. *snerk*
- October 16, 2009 at 3:15 AM
Re: yesterday's post, it wasn't cool for people to send hate mail, but like many have said, that was a WRECK! They should've called it the Zapf Dingbats cake. All that was missing was the Euro symbol. There was no subtle ninja stars or even blatant ninja stars for that matter. One would think if they weren't sure what a ninja star looks like and the sample the customer gave was questionable, either do as they say and just make it lace (which there was none) or look it up on Google. And putting plastic ninjas on the cake didn't help.
- October 16, 2009 at 3:48 AM
- Unknown said...
Eeeeew! The images are bad enough, but combined with the colours! Pass the sick bag.
- October 16, 2009 at 5:18 AM
To the uplifting cakes in today's posts: hehehehe... phallic nose.
Having read both sides, and seen the cake, I'm going to say that the ninja star cake was unfortunate judgment on both sides.
Obviously the jewish decorator did not intentional or maliciously sneak swastikas onto the cake. Obviously the bride did not intend her fun ninja star cake to have an offensive symbol on it.
The mother in this case probably needs to take a deep breath and calm down. The bakery gave them a refund, apologized... why the need to smear someones business over a miss communication and poor judgment? - October 16, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- Katy said...
sweet heavens... I looked at this post 3 times before I realised there was anything sinister about those cakes!! i just thought they were a bit rubbish.
does this mean I'm too sweet and innocent to notice? - October 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Censorship sucks. Oh well. Back to the uncensored web, where net nannies don't get all flustered.
- October 16, 2009 at 9:21 AM
- Katie said...
I think I almost spit out my drink when I scrolled to the turkey cake...holy moly!
- October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Unknown said...
Actually, it's not censorship. Censorship is generally done by an authority figure onto someone else. I suppose you could say they self-censored, but more accurately what they did was self-edited.
Censorship is bad indeed because it is someone telling someone else what they can say. It is a limitation.
Editing is a series of professional choices designed to put out the best product possible.
Cake Wrecks edited, they did not censor. They made an educated, weighed, and professional decision based on the situation at hand. That is a very good thing and something more blogs should consider doing more often. - October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM
Thanks Kimberly,
I honestly didn't get the connection between taking down yesterday's post and censorship. I thought he was talking about the disclaimer above the comment section.
Ah well. Thanks again.
john - October 16, 2009 at 10:07 AM
No wonder Frankie's sad--just consider where his nose ended up.
- October 16, 2009 at 10:23 AM
- Gary said...
"... anyone who writes hate mail to a baker over something like this needs to watch the news for more deserving targets."
I like this comment.
I'm tempted to suggest some more deserving targets, but since this isn't a politics blog, I won't. - October 16, 2009 at 10:40 AM
I think it's perfectly fine that the post was taken down.
The cake was badly decorated and the baker made a really bad decision. But, if she is Jewish herself, for her to get racist responses it's quite disgusting. It was a stupid mistake (from both parties) and that was that. Didn't need to take it any further.
As for this post.. I literally LOL when the reindeer(?) popped up. - October 16, 2009 at 10:45 AM
You sure could leave the crude comments UN-POSTED. There's enough garbage on the Internet already, why add to it?
- October 16, 2009 at 11:29 AM
LOVE LOVE LOVE these phallic cakes. To me, they are among the most hilarious. Ya know, it's part of life that people have bodies, instinctive urges, desires, and best of all, a powerful unconscious component guaranteed to bring this stuff out now and then.
Thumbs up to your healthy approach and ability to acknowledge and appreciate the humor in being human. :-D Yall are the greatest (Jen & John) and these cakes are among the most hilarious. Ginger - October 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Woodys life said...
Thank goodness my son is still alittle naive he thought frank was the hulk, and all he saw were cupcakes!! I on the other hand say way too much!! LOL
- October 16, 2009 at 4:23 PM
The previous day's post surprised me - I saw that it had been taken down, which was disappointing, but didn't see that there was an explanation here until today. Anyway, it's not the post that surprised me, it's the reaction. I thought it looked pretty clear that the baker had just put various shapes on the cake that looked vaguely star-ish, and one just happened to be the same as a symbol of a very bad group of people. It's kind of like Frank's nose in this post - it wasn't intended to look like a particular thing, but it did. And it's funny for that.
As for the hate mail, that just sickened me. We live in a culture of offense - which means that if someone decides they're offended by something, our society informs them that they're absolutely right and should act on that immediately. Don't bother checking out the facts. If you were offended, you must be right. The other person must have deliberately offended you. So you have every right to extract whatever vengeance you so desire. A mistake on a cake is totally worth hate mail. Send death threats, too. That way they'll know that your way of seeing the world is the only right way. Ever.
Seriously. How immature do people get??? - October 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I think I peed a little. I'm typing this from the floor. Oh my hell, those are hilarious.
- October 16, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- peewee said...
I actually think that as far as ccc's go...that turkey was good! But oh, poor anxiety ridden franstein...widdle monster needs zanax!
- October 16, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Amber said...
That looks like "The Passion of the Frankenstein."
- October 17, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Pandora said...
I actually like the turkey one. It's pretty darn cute!
- October 19, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Those are greatly gross and weird! I love this site (my friend sent it to me via facebook). I try my best when making a cake to "see" it in my head BEFORE I make the cake!
- October 19, 2009 at 7:18 PM
The green Frankenstein looks like something from an English show called The Mighty Boosh.
There's a character called Old Greg that looks like that green monster.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/530183/old_greg/ - October 20, 2009 at 2:50 AM
- miss leigh said...
the one thing no one said is that regardless of the symbols, the ninja cake looked horrible and the design in no way resembled lace of any kind... whoever decorated it didn't know what lace is
- October 21, 2009 at 2:43 AM
- myusikah said...
Lovely, because family-time cakes made for Thanksgiving and Christmas are meant to have strange-looking male append--
You know what? That's just wrong...
It's so effing hilarious, though. xDDD - October 29, 2009 at 3:04 AM
- Bre said...
I think people aren't getting laid enough and it's on their mind too much while their working
- October 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM
I hate to start mass panic.... but I beleive the uh turkey (slap) is *dum dum duhm!* a cupcake cake
- October 31, 2009 at 9:12 AM
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OMNI #3096 Treasure Isle
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OMNI has become a favorite go-to thread for longarm quilters. It is a cleaner, brighter, and stronger alternative to other poly-wrapped poly core threads. This means that you will spend more time quilting with far fewer interruptions of broken threads and skipped stitches. OMNI is a 40 wt. polyester thread that is designed to withstand the rigors of high-speed quilting and is available in a wide array of 172 solid colors to match any possible color need.
Tex 30 (approx. 40 weight) poly-wrapped poly core thread. Designed for quilting, serging, and sewing. Poly-wrapped poly core thread. 6,000 yds.
- Thread Weight: 40 wt. 2-ply
- Fiber: Polyester
Recommended for quilting.
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