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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Calling All Evil Wrecks Henchpeople...
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
(Sure, had it been left up to me I would have placed Cake Wrecks in the 'Best Humor Blog' category, but it wasn't, so I couldn't. [shrug] The powers that be at the Weblogs place each blog in only one category as a finalist, so we can only bow to their superior authority and, as they say, "go with it". Besides, far be it from me to look a gift award in the mouth, right?)
Oh, and here's the best part: unlike the Blogger's Choice Awards, you don't have to register to vote! Nope, all you have to do is click the link and then click on Cake Wrecks. Bada bing, bada boom. You'll even see real-time results of the polls after you vote, which currently look like this:
I'm sure that together we can shake those numbers up a bit though, 'cuz you know the best bestest part? You can vote once every day, playahs! Polls close Tuesday, January 13th, so 'til then why not make voting for Cake Wrecks part of your morning routine?
Thanks in advance, my loyal lovelies. You will all be rewarded in the coming Cakey Kingdom...
UPDATE: Oh, and while you're at it, I've just been told that the 2009 Bloggies are now accepting nominations. Honestly, I had no idea there were so many different award sites for blogs! Still, maybe for the Bloggies one of you henchies could nominate Wrecks in a more appropriate category? I mean, I feel kinda bad for the more legitimate "food blogs" on the BCAs. Not bad enough to spoil my fiendish glee at CRUSHING the competition, mind you, but still kinda bad.
Speaking of which, thanks to all of you for voting and for being the a$$-kickin'est group of readers a blogger could ever ask for. I am feelin' the love, guys, and believe me when I say it matters - it really does.
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- CREEP STREET™ said...
- January 6, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- WendyB said...
I'm voting right now! Please vote for me for fashion blog :-)
- January 6, 2009 at 3:05 PM
- Kristin said...
Woohoo...this means 2 of my favorite blogs are in the running for an award!
- January 6, 2009 at 3:09 PM
- Joanie said...
I voted! As of 3:12pm ET, Cake Wrecks is ahead by about 140 votes! Woo Hoo!
- January 6, 2009 at 3:13 PM
- Amie said...
37.7% for Cake Wrecks! YAY
- January 6, 2009 at 3:16 PM
We now have Cake Wrecks leading a close 38.8% to Serious Eats at 27.6%.
- January 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Starry Eyed Designs said...
YAY! You're in first place right now :) Good luck!
- January 6, 2009 at 3:20 PM
- Persnickety Ticker said...
That poll you posted is way, way off. You are so in the lead I feel sorry for the rest.
Way to go Cake Wreck Groupies!! - January 6, 2009 at 3:30 PM
The link to vote isn't working for me.... Am I the only one?
Julie - January 6, 2009 at 3:45 PM
I'd be happy to vote...but the links are not working.
- January 6, 2009 at 3:46 PM
- Darth Rob said...
I voted. Long Live the Wreck!
- January 6, 2009 at 3:47 PM
- Jen said...
Sorry, guys; the voting site is pretty bogged down right now. Give those links a try a little later, and hopefully they'll work then.
And thank you for your support. ;) - January 6, 2009 at 3:50 PM
hee hee! Is over 40%!!!! Whoo Hooo!!! Wreck on!!
WF- tstabow
"Do you want that gift wrapped?"
"Nah... tstabow" - January 6, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Tiffany Dyer said...
Holy smokes, I voted - and it appears you are definitely not in 2nd place anymore! Let's keep it that way.
- January 6, 2009 at 4:14 PM
- The Kitchen Gadget Goddess said...
You're weening! You're weening!
- January 6, 2009 at 4:22 PM
- Ream O Rama said...
Woohoo! 52.3%
Go Cakewrecks! - January 6, 2009 at 4:33 PM
- Epijunky said...
Cake Wrecks is kicking butt and taking no prisoners.
I never comment here, but I'm a faithful lurker. Ya'll deserve this one! - January 6, 2009 at 4:36 PM
I voted :3! Good luck, Jen!
Apparently, since your post, CW went up about, oh, a thousand votes. How amazing is that?
You've pretty much won xD! CONGRATS IN ADVANCE. - January 6, 2009 at 4:41 PM
- Zitny Clan said...
Ok, so the link in the post didn't work, but if you click on the icon to the side where it actually says Weblog Awards, that should get you there. So when I voted, Cake Wrecks had 1372 votes (over 53%) and the nearest (non) competitor was only at 546! Woo hoo! Let's hear it for Cake Wreck Cyber Bullies! im
- January 6, 2009 at 4:43 PM
- Dangerous Lilly said...
I just voted and holy shnickes its a landslide for Cake Wrecks :)
- January 6, 2009 at 4:44 PM
- MamaTink said...
Worked for me! Cake Wrecks is WAY in the lead with 54% of the votes!!
May the best blog win!! (where best blog = Cake Wrecks!!) - January 6, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Sandi said...
52% ahead! It hardly seems fair. . . Who could compete with Naked Mohawk Baby Carrot Jockeys? They are the perfect spokespeople (spokesbabies?) for food!
- January 6, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- Tatersmama said...
I just voted, and Cake Wrecks is leading with 57.1% !
Now, I don't know if I voted completely fairly, because I've never even "read" any of those other blogs. Why bother?
See, my motto is :
Why mess with the rest, when I've already got the best? - January 6, 2009 at 5:15 PM
I voted! Good luck
- January 6, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Janet Selman said...
Have you seen the numbers NOW?? Oh yeah! Go Cake Wrecks! (But seriously, how is Amuse Biatch not listed? Or Skillet Doux?)
- January 6, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- Amy Mae said...
58%!!!! Go Cake Wrecks!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:20 PM
- Haley said...
Just voted! Cake Wrecks is now waaaaay ahead! Hooray!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:34 PM
- Rubber Ducky said...
Cake Wrecks will totally win! Currently, it's winning over second place by over 1,000 votes. I think it's a landslide.
- January 6, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Voted! You're smokin' the competition!!!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Samantha said...
Cake Wrecks: 62.1%
Serious Eats: 17.0%
YAY! :D - January 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM
- Another Whiner said...
I think your call to arms worked. :D
- January 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- January 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM
- Ferah said...
Done, done, and donner! Thanks for a great blog!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:45 PM
lurker, voted, love ya!!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:49 PM
67%. That's just comical! Go Cake Wrecks!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:56 PM
60%!! WOOOOOOOOO! Yer kickin' butt!
ReginaG - January 6, 2009 at 5:58 PM
I have to agree on the comedy part since this website makes me laugh so hard I sometimes need Depends. It's good for me though cause now I don't have to choose between you and bossy! Good luck!
- January 6, 2009 at 5:59 PM
63% for Cake Wrecks and climbing, Jen your evil, uh, I mean brilliant plan is working!
- January 6, 2009 at 6:01 PM
- Toni said...
Jen, you're kicking cake. Deservedly.
- January 6, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Hey I just voted...you have 65.9% of the vote! Go Cake Wrecks, Go!
- January 6, 2009 at 6:14 PM
- Donna M. said...
Happy to report that I was vote 2,541! Right now Cake Wrecks has 66% of the votes :)
- January 6, 2009 at 6:17 PM
5:16 PM Central time...CakeWrecks up to 2,550 votes. Yay!!
- January 6, 2009 at 6:18 PM
You've stomped the vote at almost 68% now :)
- January 6, 2009 at 6:43 PM
68% now.
And how were those of us who know nothing about blog awards supposed to know to GO there and vote had Jen not posted this 'call to arms' as it were? - January 6, 2009 at 6:48 PM
- Jen L. said...
You are totally winning.
- January 6, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Newbie here but so enjoy the sugar and snark....just like a southern sorority. Of course I voted for you.
- January 6, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Maggie said...
good god, talk about kicking ass--Cake Wrecks has 70% of the vote with 3184!!
- January 6, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- Mama H said...
WOW Over 70% of the votes are yours! You deserve 100%... this blog is AWESOME! Thanks for the laughs you bring to us! :-)
- January 6, 2009 at 7:16 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
I am voting every day, starting right now!!!
You MUST win.
Make it so. - January 6, 2009 at 7:18 PM
- shadow said...
You're rockin' about 71% of the votes, Jen! I think this one's in the bag. :)
- January 6, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Mark said...
Go go go! :-)
- January 6, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Totally! I just voted a couple hours ago, and the standings were(/ are) 50% in your favor!
- January 6, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Misha said...
Way to go! You're spankin' the competition. :D
- January 6, 2009 at 7:51 PM
- Jennifer E. said...
I'm actually sort of glad you aren't in the humor category. Having to decide between cakewrecks and the comics curmungeon would have resulted in massive inner turmoil.
Good luck. I'm off to go stuff the ballot box now. - January 6, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Wow - you're at 72% of the votes now! WTG cake wrecks :o)
- January 6, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Hard to say "every vote counts" when I'm one of 3,564 (as of now), but I'll say it anyways: every vote counts... and you got mine!
- January 6, 2009 at 8:01 PM
- Her. said...
I think you're in the lead. ;) 73%!
- January 6, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- Becky said...
I certainly hope the anonymous poster who sounded very ugly and mean was just kidding. Nobody would have known that the award blog existed if you hadn't posted this!! And it's not like you twisted our arms to go and vote, WE LOVE YOU and you totally deserve to win!!!
And may I just say, you're winning!! Woohoo - January 6, 2009 at 8:18 PM
- accidental altruist said...
holy cupcakes! Cake Wrecks went from 25% of the vote to 73% in 6 hours!
- January 6, 2009 at 8:28 PM
- dmontag said...
Cake Wrecks is still kicking some serious backside in the voting! It was at 74.1% when I voted just now. Yow!
- January 6, 2009 at 8:36 PM
- WM said...
Just voted...5:35 PST...CAKEWRECKS has over 74%!!!I'm votin' every day...YEA!!
- January 6, 2009 at 8:38 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Anonymous said...
"Guess you lost sight of the real reason you are here - for fun and making people smile. Now it seems that it is all about fame.
You shouldn't have to ask people to vote for you."
January 6, 2009 6:13 PM
WhatEVER, Dude or Dudette!!!
Who SAYS she can't have her (wonderful wrecky) CAKE and eat it, too?!?
Stick that in your pseudo-righteousness pipe and smoke it!
I see a BLUE RIBBON, #1 cake being made somewhere! Yayaw! - January 6, 2009 at 8:42 PM
- Michele said...
As of my vote Cake Wrecks was 74.1% and the next closest was 11.6% That's cause this really is the BEST blog OVERALL in my opinion!! lol
- January 6, 2009 at 8:46 PM
- Contact: said...
just voted, and yeah, now you have 79.4 % of the vote,
- January 6, 2009 at 8:59 PM
- Andy said...
As of my vote, 75.1% of the vote has gone to Cake Wrecks. That gives you a 3700 vote lead over Serious Eats!
- January 6, 2009 at 9:09 PM
- sendingtheclowns said...
Why SHOULDN'T a fantastic thing such as this recieve a bit of a pat on the back for making SO MANY PEOPLE so happy?
It's all in fun, anyway.
Anything that can make us laugh and feel good (on a daily basis, at that)is deserving of some praise, in my book!
I'd never heard of this place before.
What a year--Obama AND CakeWrecks!
Life is good.
WV: "nowliest": this blog is the nowliest thing going, as in current, in-tune, etc. So very NOW. LOVE it. - January 6, 2009 at 9:10 PM
- queenb said...
Whoop! Whoop!! Cake Wrecks is @ 76.1% in the polls!!!!
- January 6, 2009 at 9:33 PM
- Christa said...
ok so you currently have 77% of the vote... can you say "SLAM DUNK!"
- January 6, 2009 at 9:45 PM
at 6:49PST, its at 79% of the votes.
holy moly - January 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM
- Toni Alexis said...
Oh My Heck!! I just voted and Cake Wrecks was blowing the copm. out of the water!!! Wreck On!!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:03 PM
- Fusion4Future said...
OK, so now nobody has a prayer in Hades of winning this category other than CakeWrecks, which is perfectly fine by me! I've been following your blog for months, and it's one of the only blogs I read every day. Here's hoping you win...my vote is in!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- Shelley: the Dread Pirate Rodgers said...
As of 1/6/09, 7:12 PST, Cake Wrecks had over 5100 votes and was at 77%. Just shows the power of the blog. :-)
-Shelley - January 6, 2009 at 10:14 PM
- loisgroat said...
You are now like 5000 votes in the lead. You should run for President in four years.
- January 6, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Whoa! 77.7% for Cake Wrecks! Go trashy cakes!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:25 PM
- Always an Adventure said...
Your crew of readers have sure bumped you up there! I'm sure you feel loved. I've never posted on here before but I get my daily laugh from your blog. Thanks and good luck in all you do!
Jenn - January 6, 2009 at 10:34 PM
- April said...
Just voted...again...and you have 5,396 out of 6,920 votes. Wreck on sista!!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM
78%. Now imagine if you used your Cake Wreck platform to execute real change!
...or...you know. for more cakes. I'm game for that one.
Mwaahaha. Gastesse. That would be the french word for a comely young lady with a predilection towards flatulence. - January 6, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- angie said...
Cake Wrecks is smoking everyone! Let hear a woot woot!!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Jen said...
Wow - you are ahead by MILES!!!
Go Girl and keep up the good work - January 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM
- Unknown said...
Yeah! 78.2% :) And very well deserved!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Wowza...leading by nearly 5,000 votes!! Clearly you have a large fan following, of which I am a proud member! :) Thanks for making me laugh!
- January 6, 2009 at 10:54 PM
- Diana said...
Hooray! I was definitely 5 thousand something! LOL - lurker here, but had to show my support!
- January 6, 2009 at 11:26 PM
my suggestion.... put a link at the top of every day's post, and i will definitely be voting for you each and every day. i love this blog, and i check it daily. unfortunately though, i do have a pretty short memory span, and need reminders :P
- January 6, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Laurie said...
79.1% now. I'll vote again tomorrow :)
- January 6, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- AJ and Dexter's Mom said...
I love this blog and of course, I voted for you.
It's really too bad about the anonymous negative voter. You definitely aren't the only blogger who let her reader know about the weblog awards.
You make me smile every day. I hope you win, and therefore, I helped return the favour!
Keep blogging! - January 6, 2009 at 11:56 PM
i'm pretty sure you're going to win this one ;)
- January 7, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- Unknown said...
Well, I cast vote number 6,146.
You may just scrape through.... - January 7, 2009 at 12:15 AM
So I deleted the comment by anonymous since I'm the husband of the blogger and I can. Oddly enough, Jen was the one who let it go through, though I usually require that negative posters at least have enough courage to put their name down.
One final note to anonymous: Jen's not in this for the fame, I promise. She started this blog on a fluke and now gets a kick out of hopefully making your days a little brighter. I can tell you that Jen is filled with humility and gratitude at the many thousands of wonderful readers who continue to read Cake Wrecks.
Wreck On and thanks for voting. You guys really are the best.
john - January 7, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- Milu said...
Wow, you're way ahead of all of the other blogs. You deserve it and I hope you win, I'll make sure to do my best to help you!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:40 AM
Ask and ye shall receive! Cake Wrecks is at almost 80%!!! Woohoo!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM
- Kayleigh said...
Totally just voted. Holy cow...you picked up votes fast. You're kicking the other blogs' TRASH!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:43 AM
- punxxi said...
well it's 9:43 pst, and cake wrecks is over 78%, are you aewesome or what!!?!?!??!
the vword is you all over:niftical! - January 7, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow, I just went and voted and your totally in the lead now!!
Great start :) - January 7, 2009 at 12:47 AM
%80 Yeah baby Yeah!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:00 AM
- M M said...
Hurray! I'm glad to see that Cake Wrecks is winning now. It was thanks to a commenter on another blog that is up for a weblog award as well (consumerist.com) that I found out about this blog.
- January 7, 2009 at 1:10 AM
- Sarah said...
80%! I'm proud my teeny vote is a part of it!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:26 AM
- Frank said...
As of 10:35 pm today Cake Wrecks is WAY in the lead!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:36 AM
Cake wrecks has 6,848 votes of the total 8,504 as of 2:05 AM CST January 7. That is a pretty big lead I would say...
- January 7, 2009 at 3:01 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
Holy Guacamole! You are currently at 80.6%!!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:08 AM
- Alisa @ A stitch in between said...
I voted and we are winning!!! YEY!! At least I can vote in this election while not being American citizen, feels so good to make a difference ;) Boo to the anonymous poo-poo head who couldnt even put down their real name. Yey for John the hubby who seems super sweet and YEYEYEYE for Jen who makes my day, everyday!
- January 7, 2009 at 3:39 AM
- A.G. said...
In the time since this has been posted... Cake Wrecks has jumped to the ALL OUT FIRST! Everything else is left behind by a mile! WOot! -longtime cake lurker boogie dance- - January 7, 2009 at 6:14 AM
81% as of my vote.
- January 7, 2009 at 6:17 AM
CW has 10 times the number of votes of the nearest competitor - 81% to 8%! There's nothing in the rules that says a blogger can't mention the awards to alert readers to vote. I certainly wouldn't have known otherwise.
- January 7, 2009 at 6:19 AM
I had to vote, of course!! I just Lovelovelove your blog! I almost feel bad for not finding a wreck yet in my hometown...
-A dedicated reader from Finland - January 7, 2009 at 6:37 AM
- M K Glass said...
Excellent. I wonder who's going to win? :)
And "Anonymous" was right... I mean, you should do what political candidates do, and just sit quietly in a corner hoping that people will hear about the vote and pick you.
Come to think of it, perhaps you should start a slander campaign. Yeah, that's it -- a video complete with black and white, scratchy film showing how despicable Serious Eats is, and how Cake Wrecks will bring about change, and a better future for our children.
ahem. sorry. Good luck in the polls ;) - January 7, 2009 at 7:40 AM
- Debbi said...
Wow, Jen ~ you are kicking some serious butt onthe polls! Way to go!
WV = miling. I am miling for you because you are winning! - January 7, 2009 at 8:13 AM
- Velvetgirlgjqs said...
KEEP WRECKING! I will vote every day as long as necessary! Too bad we can't vote more than once a day!! Don't forget a reminder at the beginning of each day, so us slow folks don't forget. . .
Thanks so much for the great big belly laughs every day! - January 7, 2009 at 9:02 AM
- The Chic Cakery said...
I voted for ya, Jen!
- January 7, 2009 at 9:06 AM
This blog is amazing and is well deserving of the almost 8K in votes it's received (over 82%!!).
- January 7, 2009 at 9:09 AM
- Cottagecheap said...
Okay...I think we have done pretty well and you need to change the picture, considering the vote percentage NOW! LOL
- January 7, 2009 at 9:16 AM
Wreck-on Jen! Your blog makes my darling hubby and myself lol every darn day just about. You totally deserve the award.
-Thanks from a long time lurker - January 7, 2009 at 9:20 AM
my vote is in :o)
- January 7, 2009 at 9:22 AM
- mere9 said...
over 9000 votes as of now (1/7/09-7.30am MST-> that means mountain time), and cake wrecks has 8000+ votes. keep it up!
- January 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Sarah said...
I voted for you, even though I hardly needed to... you are winning by 82.3 % (or 8,250 votes..)
Wreck on! - January 7, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Kelli said...
Congrats! You are kicking major butt! 83%!!! (of over 10,000 votes)
- January 7, 2009 at 9:48 AM
- Unknown said...
I just voted ( like 10am EST) and it was CW 8,548 votes to the 2nd place which had 770 votes. Cake Wrecks also has about 82.6% of the vote.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM
WOW, cake wrecks is totally kicking butt.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:04 AM
- MegRN said...
I tried to vote agin this morning but it hadn't been 24 hours yet so it wouldn't register...but never fear...I will be voting again this evening. I think it's hilarious that when I tried to vote earlier that CW had over 82% of the vote and the closest "competitor" had something like 7%. ;)
- January 7, 2009 at 10:09 AM
- Budgyrl said...
It is now 87% for Cake Wrecks! WOOHOO!!! You are kickin some serious butt!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:22 AM
Oh, you are SO cooking the books (so to speak) over there! We, your loyal minions, are doing our jobs well. Humor and cakes will always win!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:25 AM
- Liz said...
Nearly 9,000 votes and almost 90% of the vote! Much love for you and your hilarity, Jen!
Thank you for brightening each day! - January 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Ann said...
I just voted.. and I think you're in the lead by a little bit... or several thousand votes!!! Reading this blog every morning makes my day happier - keep 'em coming!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Libby said...
So I just voted and I don't think you are going to have a problem...it was at 82.9%. But I will continue to vote every day, just to be on the safe side.
- January 7, 2009 at 10:29 AM
- Natalie said...
Just voted...now you're at 83% of the vote! Winning by a landslide!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:39 AM
- Miranda said...
i b reprahzentin.
captcha word: stifiess.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - January 7, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Over 9000 votes, 83.2% as of my vote. Way to go!
- January 7, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Laurel Eby said...
You're currently more than 8,000 votes ahead of the second-place site -- I think you might have this one in the bag!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:00 AM
Ths lurker has finally got her act together and voted! As of when I saw it, it was Cake wrecks was also well past 80% of the votes.
- January 7, 2009 at 11:18 AM
haha cake wrecks has over 80% of the vote now
go cake wrecks! - January 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM
- Kaytee said...
Clearly, CakeWrecks readers are a loyal crowd... if only you were up for humor blog. I clearly don't come here for the food... it's the banter that gets me out of bed in the morning! Great job, Jen!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:32 AM
For the record, Jen didn't nominate herself, one of us did and a few more of us voted for her to get into the finalist list and the whole time she sat there all quietly and never mentioned it to any of ya'll till after the voting had already started.
Jen, Thanks for always bringing a smile to my mornin routine and thanks for the wonderful blog! - January 7, 2009 at 11:38 AM
- Erin said...
hmmmm....it's safe to say you are clearly winning.
- January 7, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- JupiterGirl said...
87% percent now. Go Cake Wrecks!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:46 AM
- Rhea said...
You currently have 83% of the vote. I think you have it ;o)
I love your blog, you deserve to win! - January 7, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Rhea said...
You're currently at 83% of the vote, I think you're going to win somehow ;0)
I love your blog, am always on the look out for some lovely English wrecks to send you.
Good Luck! - January 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM
- Mrs. F said...
Wowie kazowie! You pretty much have the voting in the bag with nearly 10,000 votes.
I read a few blogs authored by people who are up for a weblog award. They all have the trolls, too, so you are definitely not alone!
Rooting for you, cause your blog brightens my day! - January 7, 2009 at 12:10 PM
- Tamra Tyndell said...
Look at it now. Hoozah!!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Clair said...
Wreckporter D'alby here, the opposition are now mere cake crumbs. Cake Wrecks rules!!
p.s. I'll vote everyday to ensure ultimate domination! - January 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM
- TheDaughterOfTyr said...
Go Cake Wrecks!
Your blog is divine! - January 7, 2009 at 12:32 PM
- Koleslaw said...
I just voted and it said you had 84.1% of the vote. Yikes!
- January 7, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- Gillian said...
We're blowing them all away. Wrecktastic!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:04 PM
- Darcie said...
Just voted, Cakewrecks is at 84%... The vote-grubbing is pretty obvious now.
- January 7, 2009 at 1:18 PM
I just voted, and Cake Wrecks has 84.4% of the vote (the next highest only has 8%)
WV - Jokey: the chances of all the blogs up against Cake Wrecks - January 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM
84.4%!!! Over 10,750 votes!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Holy crap! There's like no contest anymore. I can't even see the others' stats! Go 'Wrecks!!
- January 7, 2009 at 1:43 PM
- Sweet Cheeks said...
84% as of 2:20.... wow!
- January 7, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Carol :) said...
Total votes = 13,019
Votes for Cake Wrecks = 11,000
I think you have it in the bag!!! - January 7, 2009 at 2:22 PM
- Unknown said...
I think you broke the poll already, but I am going to keep voting so we can see just how badly it can be broken.
I support your advertising of this poll BTW. It kinda almost seems like the whole point of these polls... - January 7, 2009 at 2:32 PM
- Tajh's Test Blog said...
I just voted. CW is currently at 84.5% of total votes. I think we have a winner!!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 2:34 PM
- Crafty Lady said...
I love it! You appeal to your readers to vote for you when you have 383 votes and 25.2% of the votes. The NEXT day you have 11,148 votes and 84.5% of the votes...your next closest competitor is Serious Eats with 869 votes and 6.6%! Wow, my two votes mattered!
- January 7, 2009 at 2:47 PM
- Katy said...
Erm, just do you know, I think you've won! Haha.
- January 7, 2009 at 3:19 PM
- Heather T said...
The other sites should be thanking you for the plug (before your link, less than 2,000 votes; 24 hours later, 10,000 votes). At least now I know there is a site "Serious Eats." I feel badly for "Sparklette" with a mere 14 votes. But I'm not going to those other sites, I just like Cake Wrecks. It's not about food, it's about making fun of food.
- January 7, 2009 at 3:21 PM
I voted! I voted!
Your blog keeps me and many of my friends entertained. Thank you. - January 7, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Gal Friday said...
First time commenting here, but I check in here all the time with my daughter. In fact, on Thanksgiving Day, I had the relatives gathered around the computer and laughing their heads off at the Cake Wrecks(I think I turned a few of those relatives into fans of Cake Wrecks, too)
Of course, I voted. :-) - January 7, 2009 at 5:05 PM
- Skerlie Bee said...
I feel a little bit bad because I love Serious Eats, but I love Cakewrecks far more, so I've already voted twice. You're kicking some blog @$$ there!! I love love LOVE this blog...having a serious baking hobby, I find that this "Failblog for Cakes" gives me endless hours of entertainment...it can pull me out of a funk, even...SO FUNNY. (And the commentary is what makes it the funniest! Please keep up the good work)
- January 7, 2009 at 5:40 PM
- Sara said...
holy crap, we're at 84.5% !!! LANDSLIDE!
Start baking the congratulatory wreck! - January 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
Wow! You've got 84% of the votes now. Congrats!
- January 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Sherry Pasquarello said...
i voted just now. you are doing great!
- January 7, 2009 at 6:50 PM
- Tooter said...
What a loyal bunch of blog-aholics you have!!! Wreck on!
- January 7, 2009 at 7:21 PM
damn i just voted, and i don't think you're going to lose!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 9:06 PM
- Aubrey Kinnaman said...
Congrats! You are killing the competition
- January 7, 2009 at 9:15 PM
you have over 12,000 votes. you definitely have this!
- January 7, 2009 at 9:19 PM
- kat said...
I just voted. Good luck Jen..as if you really need it. :-D
- January 7, 2009 at 9:56 PM
- Kat said...
holy crap, I just voted, and you are now at over 13,000 votes! The next-best is somewhere in the vicinity of 990.... I feel sorry for them. But not sorry enough to vote for anyone but CakeWrecks! Let's see if we can get to 99% !!!!
- January 7, 2009 at 11:34 PM
- Z. Cairn said...
WOOT! longtime lurker here, I just voted. GO CAKE WRECKS! : )
- January 7, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Wow, are you embarrassed by the INTENSE LEAD you have on all the other Weblog finalists?
I think it's just gotten EMBARRASSING how much you are murdering the competition right now.
I'm blushing a little. - January 8, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Oh yeah, baby. Since you posted the original "vote for this blog!" link, I'm pleased to see that Cake Wrecks went from 26% winning its (note it's not "it is", please) to a freaking 84% winner! Let's hear it for Cake Wrecks!!!! You have a mighty following. :)
Jules - January 8, 2009 at 2:38 AM
- Tatersmama said...
Cake Wrecks is at 84.1% ! - January 8, 2009 at 4:35 AM
there is NO way you could possibly lose ^^
- January 8, 2009 at 6:42 AM
- Women on the Verge said...
You are up at 84.1%!!! I voted.
- January 8, 2009 at 7:57 AM
- vmdesign said...
Vote # 14,266. I think you have that one in the bag!!
- January 8, 2009 at 9:42 AM
- Kelly said...
Just voted, and your stats are through the roof! Great work, and please know how many excited fans you have! Thanks for all you do to make us laugh!
- January 8, 2009 at 9:51 AM
- Nulono said...
- January 8, 2009 at 11:15 AM
I am a faithful lurker, and visit almost everyday! I have voted everyday for your blog because it rocks! You have 14,930, and at 84% by the count it shows right now! Serious Eats (your nearest competitor) has 1,129 at 6.4% I think you have it hun!
We still need to vote everyday, I looked at some of the other sites and they are also having their readers vote everyday (not that we need to apparently, but it wouldn't hurt much...well us anyway!) XD - January 8, 2009 at 1:03 PM
- Kate said...
Cake Wrecks is ANNIHILATING the competition.
- January 8, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Vote #15,348.
That one did it. - January 8, 2009 at 3:30 PM
- Amazon said...
::cue Mortal Kombat Theme::
CakeWrecks is kickin some serious food blog booty. I just voted and u are at 15,806. - January 8, 2009 at 5:57 PM
- dizzy mom said...
Woohoo! Vote #16,131...put you at 83.5%.
- January 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM
1,6757, 83.4%
Wowza! - January 9, 2009 at 12:48 AM
- Kristin said...
84% LOL one has to think it's in the bag! Clearly there are a lot of savvy people out there - this site rocks!
(and I'm happy to see F*** You Penguin in Pets doing well, too) - January 9, 2009 at 6:19 AM
- Caitline Greene said...
Cake wreks is at 87 percent!!! WOOT!
- January 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM
OK, I have to say that you were totally robbed from being left out of the humor blog category. The only one in humor that even comes close to cake wrecks is the comics curmudgeon. If they accepted write ins you would win hands down in that category too! Blog on, Jen! You're the best! CherylSO'N
- January 9, 2009 at 7:32 PM
- Chocolate, Vanilla and Caramel said...
I just voted and could not believe how many votes Cake Wrecks has! And here I thought it might be a close call, so I'd better vote to make sure Cake Wrecks had the best chance possible to win. My vote wasn't needed it looks like, but I was glad to cast it anyway!
- January 10, 2009 at 3:22 PM
- Jane said...
Look who has the most loyal fanbase... That's right, it's Jen. Thanks for being hilarious daily.
- January 10, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- verminjerky said...
LOL! I think you broke it... the poll won't load! Well, I don't think it matters too much. You're so obviously going to win. YAY! :D
- January 10, 2009 at 4:47 PM
As of about five minutes ago, Cake Wrecks had about 19,500 votes; the closest any of the other blogs have gotten is 1,000-something. Kudos.
- January 10, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- Lynn said...
My vote was #20,580, which put you at 82.4%.
I've never commented here before, but I figured now was the time to start. Thanks for the wit and entertainment! You deserve to win this. - January 11, 2009 at 1:59 AM
You're so in the lead it's almost silly. Apparently your competitors either didn't post a link to the poll or no one actually reads them lol. You've got about 21k out of 26k at this point.
- January 11, 2009 at 2:06 PM
- jurassicpork said...
Oh, yeah, hun. You've got this locked up.
- January 11, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Only 2 voting days left! I am vote #21,536 and I have to say you deserve every single one. I have the best time on your site. I think you're the only blog I've read all the past posts for.
Good luck! - January 11, 2009 at 11:32 PM
- Bethany said...
31,152 out of 36,960. 84.3%.
By a landslide. - May 16, 2010 at 7:28 PM
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A California woman's nearly $168 million award from a jury is "believed to be the largest for a single victim of workplace harassment in U.S. history," the Los Angeles Times reports.
Ani Chopourian, 45, who was a physician's assistant at Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, "worked in the hospital's cardiovascular surgery unit from August 2006 to August 2008, and claims she was subjected to filthy conversations among physicians and staff about their sex lives, unwanted sexual advances and touching, inappropriate and demeaning comments, including frequent comments alluding to her Armenian heritage," The Sacramento Bee writes.
After an 11-day trial and two days of deliberation, a jury in Sacramento handed down its judgment on Wednesday. According to the Times, jurors levied "$125 million in punitive damages and $42.7 million for lost wages and mental anguish." The hospital and its parent, Catholic Healthcare West, are liable — but have said they will appeal the decision and the penalties.
"In a statement," the Bee reports, Mercy President Denny Powell said "we do not believe that the facts support this verdict or judgment. We stand by the actions we took in ending our relationship with this former employee." The hospital maintained in court filings that Chopourian was fired for "multiple issues."
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The Miami New Times has a bombshell of a report, today: According to records leaked to the paper, a Miami clinic provided Major-League All Stars with performance enhancing drugs.
The list includes the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez, San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera, Texas Rangers' Nelson Cruz and the Nationals' Gio Gonzalez.
Big deal, you're thinking. Rodriguez, for example,already admitted to using steroids back in 2009.
Well the issue, reports The New Times, is that the records and interviews with employees of the now-closed clinic show that athletes haven't stopped doping and by the alternative weekly's estimation "the war on doping has been as futile as the war on drugs."
USA Today frames the report by saying Major League Baseball "may be faced with its most significant doping case since the BALCO scandal rocked the sport one decade ago."
The AP reports that Rodriguez denied the allegations, saying the documents leaked to the newspaper are "not legitimate." The National's Gonzalez said on Twitter that he has "never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind and I never will." He added that he had never met nor spoken to the owner of the clinic.
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- The National Institutes of Health recommends that tested and approved diet pills be used only by people with BMIs above 30, or those with BMIs above 27 and weight-related health problems. These drugs have negative side effects, and for people who need to lose only a few pounds, the risks likely outweigh the benefits.
- In similar fashion, The National Institutes of Health recommends bariatric surgery only for people who are severely overweight, namely those with BMIs of 40 or higher (or people with BMIs of 35 or higher who have type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or other serious weight-related health problems).
- This type of surgery also requires lifelong changes in eating habits and attention to good nutrition.
2. Be more active. Choose activities you enjoy, and try exercising with a friend for extra motivation.
3. Turn off the television. Watching less TV can give you more time to be active—and less time to be enticed by junk food ads. Two ways to cut back on TV-watching: Take the TV out of your bedroom, and make sure it's off during meals.
4. Stop the soda. Research suggests that children and adults who drink soda or other sugary drinks are more likely to gain weight than those who don't, and that switching instead to water or unsweetened drinks can reduce weight.
5. Tame your blood sugar. Eating high-glycemic foods that leads to blood sugar spikes may contribute to weight gain. Such foods include white bread, white rice, and other highly processed grain products. As an alternative, choose foods that have a gentler effect on blood sugar such as wheat berries, steel-cut oats, beans, nuts, fruits, and vegetables.
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20. Beshara, M., A.D. Hutchinson, and C. Wilson, Does mindfulness matter? Everyday mindfulness, mindful eating and self-reported serving size of energy dense foods among a sample of South Australian adults. Appetite, 2013. 67: p. 25-9.
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The state of North Dakota produces a lot of oil - everyday roughly a million barrels. But there isn't the pipeline capacity to ship all that oil to major markets right now, so the industry has been turning to the railroads. Tens of millions of dollars of new infrastructure has been built on western North Dakota's Bakken rock formation in recent years to transport all this oil. But after some recent derailments and explosions involving oil tanker trains, some are calling for a slowdown. NPR's Kirk Siegler has this next installment in our series on the North Dakota Oil Rush.
KIRK SIEGLER, BYLINE: I'm standing at a railroad crossing by Berthold, North Dakota. It is freezing - minus 5 - and I'm watching an oil tanker train creep past me. I've been standing here for about five minutes. This sucker is more than a mile long and it's carrying about a hundred oil tanker cars. And watching it, it's like a pipeline on wheels.
SIEGLER: This train is headed just up the tracks to a new facility owned by one of the oil industry's biggest players, Enbridge. More than 60,000 barrels of oil will be loaded there. And each day about 10 of these trains leave North Dakota for the West and East Coasts.
BOB STEEDE: My window's frozen.
SIEGLER: Enbridge's general manager of North Dakota operations, Bob Steede, hops out of his SUV to give me a glimpse of the company's new $160 million facility in Berthold.
STEEDE: It's created an interim solution for us to provide to our customers while we're working on additional pipeline infrastructure.
SIEGLER: Enbridge is a pipeline company but lately it's entered the crude-by-rail business because there's so much oil being extracted here. There isn't the pipeline capacity to ship it out to refineries in Seattle, Los Angeles or Philadelphia, where the bulk of North Dakota crude oil goes.
STEEDE: You know, pipelines take time to build. There's a lot of permitting, a lot of planning that needs to go into it, so it's usually a multi-year process. You know, rails got the ability to be a lot more flexible and happen quicker.
SIEGLER: Last year, more than 70 percent of all the oil produced in North Dakota left the state by rail. And with all that oil on these pipelines on wheels, if you will, there have been problems.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: A train collision in North Dakota causes a major fire and series of explosions, sending a mushroom cloud deep into the sky.
SIEGLER: In December, an oil tanker train carrying Bakken crude collided with a derailed freight train in eastern North Dakota, causing an entire town to be evacuated. For state lawmakers, like Kenton Onstad, it wasn't a matter of if but when.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE KENTON ONSTAD: Bakken oil is more flammable. It has a higher gas-oil ratio. It's always been a concern. Railroad, and you see them go and run on the track. You see these sparks and so on, and you kind of wonder is all of that safe?
SIEGLER: Onstad, who's the State House minority leader, has joined others calling for increased safety measures and tougher regulations on oil tanker cars. He also wants more money for emergency response, especially in rural western North Dakota towns like his, where just a handful of volunteer firefighters and EMTs are on hand.
ONSTAD: Western North Dakota is built by the railroad. All these little towns, they all got started because the railroad came in there. And so all these trains go through all these little towns, and every one of them now, because of that derailment we seeing, you know, I'm not too keen on living next to this railroad anymore.
SIEGLER: And for the most part, the railroad industry is supporting tougher regulations. Rail companies like BNSF are making big money shipping all this oil. It's a lot more expensive for oil companies to send it by rail than over a pipeline. And economics will likely curtail this booming trend. Frank Moseley is an industry consultant and energy consultant at Minot State University.
FRANK MOSELEY: If you had a wish list, you want to do it by pipeline 'cause it's the most economical and there's no moving parts. You know, you've got a pipe, got cathodic protection - it's in the ground - and it's relatively safe.
SIEGLER: And Moseley predicts the crude-by-rail trend will level off another year or so once companies like Enbridge finish their separate massive pipeline infrastructure projects to ship North Dakota's black gold far and wide. Kirk Siegler, NPR News.
MARTIN: Our Oil Rush series continues tonight on WEEKEND ALL THINGS CONSIDERED with a story on the effort to bring high culture to oil workers. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Consumers today are choosing environmentally friendly products to build, furnish and decorate their homes. Flooring and floor products are no exception. With a wide selection of products made from natural sources that are nonthreatening to our environment, that do not deplete our natural resources and that recycle old products into reusable ones, eco-flooring is a trend that is here to stay. Add on the fact that these eco-floors are durable, long lasting, beautiful and fairly in-expensive to purchase, these new floors are a win-win situation all the way around.
There are many types of eco-friendly floors on the marketplace today. For example, you can find hardwood floor alternatives that are eco-engineered, designed to look beautiful, last for years and use up to 30 percent less hardwood than conventional hardwood floors. You can also check out the reclaimed wood flooring that uses planks and other old floor products from buildings that are about to be demolished. This reclaimed lumber will create a new refurbished piece of wood suitable for flooring in any room in your house. The wood is refinished, sanded and cut into floor planks and then placed into position with nonpolluting glue. One final option for wooden flooring can come from left-over new wood that would otherwise be thrown away, abandoned or burned. By reusing scraps and pieces of left-over wood, meshing them together to form new floor boards, you will have a strong wooden floor that will last a lifetime. Whether it is eco-engineered wood, reclaimed lumber or the reuse of new wood scraps, the cost of this type of flooring is about one half that of conventional wooden floors.
Cork is considered to be one of the environmentally safest materials for flooring and other building products. Cork bark is carefully harvested by hand every nine years throughout the forests of Portugal and Spain. This careful harvesting does not harm the tree in any way. This bark is then treated, processed and cut into planks for use in our homes. Cork has so many other benefits as well. For example, cork is resistant to all liquids and keeps moisture out, is insect resistant, germ resistant and will not absorb dust or give off harmful chemicals. As far as providing and maintaining warmth, cork is a great insulator not to mention, it absorbs sound making it an excellent barrier for sound-proofing any room in your home. With regards to the cost, cork flooring works out to be one half the cost of other flooring materials making it the perfect choice not just for the environmentally conscious but also for budget conscious shopper as well.
Bamboo flooring has many great features much like cork. Because it grows in a tropical country, bamboo is moisture resistant, warp resistant, spills and stain-repellant making it a good choice for the well-used kitchen or bathroom areas. Bamboo is also resilient to high temperatures such as radiant heat systems, something that other floor systems cannot tolerate. As far as replacing the bamboo-resource, bamboo grows very quickly in its natural habitat and can be harvested every five years or so. Most importantly, the cost of bamboo flooring is about one half that of regular flooring and a bamboo floor will tolerate years of family traffic long before it ever shows signs of needing replacement.
Leather flooring is a very hot consumer trend these days. Leather left over from factories that manufacture leather goods (coats, belts, purses) is put to good use by recycling it into leather floor panels. The same engineering used to manufacture cork or bamboo floors is used to produce leather floors that resist moisture, are highly durable and beautiful as well. Recycled leather floors require no extra steps in cleaning or care than traditional floors do. With the wide range of colors (leather can be dyed) and designs, leather floors are suitable for almost any room in your home. The best part though is the cost – recycled leather floors cost about one half that of a traditional floor and if well cared for, they can last several decades.
Eco-friendly linoleum and carpets are also available to the consumer today. Eco-linoleum today is made from linseed oil, wood flour and from rosin (sap). One of the best things about eco-linoleum is that it is biodegradable and when it decomposes, it does not release dangerous toxins into the soil. If this linoleum is installed professionally, it can be installed with little or no toxic glue. Another great feature about eco-linoleum is that it is relatively easy to maintain – dust and dirt does not adhere or attract to it and the linseed oil component of this flooring resists bacteria growth. Eco-linoleum is an excellent choice in flooring where allergies exist. The cost of this floor is very inexpensive and if you purchase linoleum tiles, you might even save more money by installing them yourself.
Probably the worst option for flooring is traditional carpet. Two of the biggest concerns with regards to carpeted floors are that they are a breeding ground for allergens and toxins brought into the house by ordinary shoes. Chemicals used to clean a traditional carpet adds more toxins into your carpet and these toxins often remain there until the carpet is placed into a landfill. In a landfill, carpets take up to 20,000 years to decompose while depositing harmful chemicals back into the earth at the same time.
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Economic, scientific and environmental cooperation were grouped together in the 1975 Helsinki Final Act and form the economic dimension of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Based on the view that trade, as well as scientific and environmental collaboration, enhance security, OSCE efforts in this area are designed to facilitate and build on the transition from command to market economies, to lessen economic disparities between participating States, and to combat economic and environmental threats to security.
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Additionally, this dimension includes cooperative efforts in the fields of science (such as physics, chemistry, meteorology, oceanography, space research) and technology (e.g., energy, new technologies, computer technology). With respect to the environment, participating States have committed to study bilateral and multilateral environmental problems and ways to increase the effectiveness of national and international protection measures. Areas of specific interest include trans-boundary air and water pollution, marine protection, and protection of the Mediterranean environment.
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Thursday, July 24, 2008
The Name's Wreck. Cake Wreck.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
This cake may technically be a wreck, but it's a freakin' sweet wreck. And get this: it's a wedding cake. Awww yeeeah [cue Bond music: dum da da dum da da da...].
Check out the details, folks: from the crashed plane and face-down henchman (my favorite) to the bad guy scaling the back and the bullet holes peppering the second tier, this is one detailed Bond diorama. And don't get me started on the blasted-off columns of the top tier: that's an engineering marvel all on its own. So sorry, but I haven't got a single criticism to offer here: just wanted to share a rare diamond in all this cake roughage.
Ann W. & Dayna B., nice one.
UPDATE: Thanks to David Malki !, the cake's designer, I can now tell you that this work of art was created by Mike's Amazing Cakes. The top layer is indeed styrofoam, and the plane is actually a model of one David flies. You can visit the original site here, where you'll also see the coolest idea to hit a wedding in a long time: an entire wedding party in coordinating Converse sneakers. Awesomeness.
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what the heck is keeping the top layer from sliding off??
- July 24, 2008 at 5:13 PM
- Margie said...
Wow. That is some detail. I cannot hate on that. I only wish I had done that for my own wedding but with a Star Wars theme. For example, what about me and Han utop the cake? I love me some Han and he knows!
- July 24, 2008 at 5:15 PM
That is awesome! If I ever get married again...
- July 24, 2008 at 5:22 PM
I love your site!
nichole - July 24, 2008 at 5:24 PM
This is so cool. I am amazed, too, by the broken columns. very cool.
- July 24, 2008 at 5:35 PM
Oh my. That's brilliant. As a wedding cake, well, slightly disturbing. But in general, that's something else entirely. Is it an interpretation of On Her Majesty's Secret Service? Fascinating.
- July 24, 2008 at 5:41 PM
If loving this cake is wrong, I don't want to be right.
- July 24, 2008 at 5:42 PM
- Faith said...
If, by any chance I were ever to get married again, I would have that cake. It is made of sweet awesome!
- July 24, 2008 at 5:45 PM
- Robin said...
It makes me almost want to get married again so I can have a cake like that!
- July 24, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Is the groom-- is he PUSHING the bride off the side of the cake?
- July 24, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Dammit. I got married three months ago and I would TOTALLY have had that cake if I'd seen it first.
- July 24, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Nice! Where did this one come from?
- July 24, 2008 at 6:34 PM
I just found this blog on the Ra Cha Chow blog. LOVE IT!!!! I laughed so hard at a couple of the cakes that I just cried!!! I'll be looking forward to the daily posts!
- July 24, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Moominmama said...
Not what I'd want at my wedding, but full marks for execution.
Geddit? Execution! Ba-doom boom! - July 24, 2008 at 6:57 PM
- Rain said...
That is worth whatever the bride and groom paid for it. Almost makes me want to plan another wedding...nah, nevermind.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I wasn't sure if you were going to hate this cake, cause at first look I really liked it. Granted, it's not MY choice for a wedding cake, but if the bride and groom are into that sort of thing, it's a way cool thing. It kind of reminds me of a cake that would be done on the show "ace of cakes." They do some whack stuff! Absolutely unbelievable. So yes, I liked this, especially the tilt and the explosion residue. Very cool.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:29 PM
OMG -- I want to go to their wedding! Too fun!
- July 24, 2008 at 7:30 PM
- oº˚ Homeschool Mom˚ºo said...
I love it -- I got into baking last year -- I've only made birthday cakes for family and some holiday cakes and one baby shower cake -- I love I make a mess but it is all worth it.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:31 PM
- Tracy said...
Very cool but I wish I knew what would possess someone to have that as a wedding cake.
- July 24, 2008 at 7:36 PM
awesome cake!
- July 24, 2008 at 8:42 PM
- Christine said...
This is the funniest friggin' site I've seen in a long time. I found you via someone I don't know on Twitter, because Twitter is majorly messed up right now. Will be visiting a lot!
- July 24, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Awesome cake! Thanks for sharing! That must have been a fun cake to make! What talent!
- July 24, 2008 at 9:41 PM
I'm glad you gave us the back story, Jen. On first glance, seeing that crashed plane, the corpse, the explosion around the columns, and the generally kinetic activity of the figures, I thought this cake was intended to represent a mini 911. And I thought, "I am so glad I do not know this couple."
- July 24, 2008 at 10:08 PM
- Erin Wild said...
That's awesome!!
- July 24, 2008 at 10:14 PM
- BentonQuest said...
That is just incredible!
- July 24, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- MaryO said...
Great cake! I love it!
- July 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM
This is very, very creative!! I can SO see my son, a James Bond fan, dreaming up a cake like this when he gets married. God help his wife, that's all I can say!
Thanks for sharing :) - July 24, 2008 at 11:31 PM
- Sarah said...
That is the absolutely coolest cake ever.
- July 24, 2008 at 11:44 PM
- Allison Lawless said...
Love it!!! Prop's to the decorator on this one!!
- July 24, 2008 at 11:45 PM
- woolywoman said...
Oh, man. I need one of these for my upcoming family reunion. ( Not that the family would like it, I mean, they buy their cakes at (shudder)Costco.)
- July 25, 2008 at 1:48 AM
Wow. I sure do love that cake. Just one of those layers would be fantastic, but their powers combined equal delicious hijinks.
- July 25, 2008 at 8:37 AM
- Chris said...
Not a very good omen on the future of this couple's marriage. It's like it was baked for Mr. & Mrs. Smith. Is there gun powder in the filling?
GREAT site, by the way. You're newest on my favorites list! - July 25, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- dykewife said...
i love this one!! i want it as a birthday cake! well, without the bride and groom.
- July 25, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- Dea said...
LOVE this one! I agree with others, though - not my choice for a wedding, but hey, it COULD have been worse, as we've seen! LOL!
- July 25, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Any way to find out where this cake came from? Just love it!
- July 25, 2008 at 11:33 AM
- badfae said...
Too. Cool.
- July 25, 2008 at 2:37 PM
I have to say, this is the coolest cake ever! Wish I would have thought of something like that, not that my family would have let me do that.
Love it! - July 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- regis said...
oh my god.
it's ... it's *beautiful*. - July 25, 2008 at 8:21 PM
- kisekileia said...
It'd be a perfect divorce cake.
- July 25, 2008 at 10:17 PM
- Seoul Brother said...
Well considering what happened to James Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," I'd have to say that any Bond-themed wedding cake isn't exactly a good omen.
- July 26, 2008 at 7:54 AM
I really like this one. It's different, really different. And after reading that first blog (Freud blah blah blah) I gotta say I've seen worse lol. Cool Blog, I'll be back!
- July 26, 2008 at 12:15 PM
this is david malki !'s wedding cake! he's the author of Wondermark, a webcomic thats also featured in the Onion. http://www.wondermark.com
he's a pretty rad dude if you ignore the exclamation point at the end of his name. - July 26, 2008 at 6:42 PM
- Solanah said...
I'm thinking this is the best wedding cake ever.
- July 26, 2008 at 10:38 PM
- Subhangi Arvind said...
So cool!
- July 27, 2008 at 3:18 AM
- Sally-Tsar said...
Malki !'s cake really is the best cake
- July 27, 2008 at 8:03 PM
- Unknown said...
apparently the top layer was frosted styrofoam for weight reasons.
- July 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM
- Rockstarbride said...
awesome cake.
- July 28, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- jenniferofthejungle said...
That is awesome. I just found your blog and I love it.
- July 28, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- Amanda said...
OMG thats so neat!
i love your blog!
=^_^= - July 29, 2008 at 5:04 PM
This is Sweat! Wish I did that for my wedding.
- July 30, 2008 at 6:22 PM
This is such an interesting topic for a blog! I really like this cake- a lot of detail and funniness!
Nice job on the blog and keep posting!!! - August 1, 2008 at 9:13 PM
- elizabeth engelhardt creations said...
This is one great cake!!!
- August 2, 2008 at 3:59 PM
- Kristi said...
After following the link in the update, I have to say that the entire wedding sounds pretty flippin' awesome to me.
- August 2, 2008 at 11:57 PM
- Milo Johnson said...
Matching sneakers? Did they all drink poison and hop on Hale-Bopp after the ceremony?
- August 7, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- A Dilettante's Perspective said...
Love the blog, love the cake. May be a bad omen to have at an actual wedding, but it may also be a great conversation piece.
- August 7, 2008 at 2:15 PM
My wedding cake was made by the same baker. They are amazing!
- August 8, 2008 at 12:42 AM
- August 8, 2008 at 7:12 PM
This is a fine cake.
Unfortunately not a cakewreck™
:-( - August 13, 2008 at 4:32 PM
- Latina Vega said...
This is the FUNNIEST blog I have come across. I'm in tears. This cake however is AWESOME! What a cute couple, they must be a lot of fun!
- August 15, 2008 at 1:41 AM
This is an awesome wedding cake. And the wedding itself looked pretty cool too. See, those people are real artists. Not like the fruit compost heap wedding featured above.
- August 15, 2008 at 12:27 PM
"If loving this cake is wrong, I don't want to be right."
Marc- will you marry me??
DWW-3 kids..... Hey wait- has anyone seen "Spy Kids"- this would have been the perfect cake for the one when the parents got married.I can't ever think "James Bond" because then the "Wizard of Oz" cake comes to mind - goldfinger! - August 22, 2008 at 2:07 AM
- AGblogger said...
It kind of looks like the top layer of the cake was photoshopped. There's no other explaination for how they pulled that one off! :)
- August 29, 2008 at 5:34 PM
- Cat said...
I just shot a wedding where the guys all had Airwalks. I want the same pair. They're too cute. I love this kind of crap. http://catmanchackphotography.zenfolio.com/p605307466/
- September 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM
Actually, my wedding party all have converse sneakers too! (Mine are pink). Dang, I thought we were original....
I only wish my wedding cake were that wicked cool - September 16, 2008 at 2:00 PM
That's a truly awesome cake, and I shall have to show it to my boyfriend as soon as he gets online. I want one.
- September 29, 2008 at 4:53 AM
I love Wondermark! So I'm not surprised that this cake is so great. :3
- October 1, 2008 at 4:34 PM
That's so fantastic! I wonder where they got it made, do you know? My husband to be is REALLY into Star Wars and wouldnt it be awesome to have an exploding Death Star cake in the same style, with people climbing around and shooting... hmm... on the other hand it might be a kind of hard shape to pull off easily, and the death star was pretty big to have people on a scale like that. I've been looking around on
http://www.gatheringguide.com/ec/wedding_cakes_bakeries.html trying to find someone who will do a cake like this, but have been seeing a lot of traditional bakeries. Maybe I'm not looking hard enough. Any ideas where they got this done? I really want to use this same style for my own cake! You've inspired me! - January 16, 2009 at 12:12 PM
- Unknown said...
OMG a Pocket Dragon cake! How sweet!!
- January 18, 2009 at 7:05 PM
As David's mom, I assure you that the top layer was a real fake. Actually, the whole cake was awesome. David has been drawing exploding stuff since he was about three,but it's all on paper and harmless, he's actually a nice guy (sorry to give away your secret, Dave) and Nikki jumps right into his weird stuff. And yes, everybody was in Converse (at the bride's insistence), and I tell people that mine are from a wedding when I wear them.
- May 17, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Wow, a fandom two-fer... Wondermark guy and Mike's Amazing Cakes, who I see on Food Network all the time!
- September 22, 2009 at 11:04 PM
- Joel Bradshaw said...
Woah. This cake just showed up in my "Comics" folder of my Google Reader, quite far away from my Cake Wrecks feed, because I also happen to follow Wondermark. Crazy how worlds collide.
- October 20, 2009 at 5:10 AM
- Vanity Fare Catering said...
That is completely stellar. What an awesome idea. Haha I know sometimes I felt like I was being sabotaged by carefully trained assassins when I was planning my wedding. What a fun wedding-- and the coordinating converse is darling; you know that couple's got a lot of personality.
- July 27, 2010 at 12:19 PM
- catering mequon said...
That wedding cake is so freakin' awesome! I'm really impressed. When I get married I'm going to make sure that my cake is as awesome as this. Maybe I'll just buy that exact same cake. We'll have to see if my future wife approves.
- August 9, 2010 at 1:38 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
Top marks for the detail. A lot of talent required for that im sure. x
- October 7, 2010 at 3:30 PM
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