I have to step up my techniques though because I have offered to bake a cake for my friend Ali's baby shower in November. It is still several months away, but I want Ali's cake to be perfect--so I hope to find my inspiration, then practice, practice, practice.
Last night, I was looking for some ideas and found a hilarious blog-- Cake Wrecks. It is a "professional cakes gone wrong" type of site and is the funniest thing I have seen in a long time. I had tears rolling down my face.
This is one cake that I will not be making for Ali's shower:
I'm sure she'll be relieved. I can't even bring myself to post the picture of the cake that depicts, in icing, a woman actually giving birth to a baby, but you can check it out here. I can't imagine the look on Ali's face if I were to show up with THAT cake!
This isn't a baby shower cake, but the story behind it definitely had me laughing until I cried, just like it promised. If you want a good laugh, read it here.
I spent too much time looking at the ridiculous cakes, which means I didn't come away with a good design idea for Ali's cake. I still think it was time well spent though. I'll keep looking and will keep you posted on what I find. Then, I will spend the next few months practicing and Bryan will be my willing taste tester!
6 comments:
I love watching Ace of Cakes! The cake you made for Evan's birthday looks fabulous. I can't believe that was your first attempt! Good luck with the cake for the shower. I'm sure it'll be great.
I read the fireman cake story. The "hose" part was really funny, but I can't get over the hat on the fireman. Is it really supposed to be a hat or is it a giant bow? Don't they do a test run with their cake decorators to make sure they can actually decorate before hiring them??? I've seen the picture of the woman giving birth cake before. Too funny! I would think it was hilarious if someone showed up to my shower with that. Haha.
Those cakes are pretty funny! Wow! I can't believe you made Evan's birthday cake. It looks so professional. Seriously, you could open a business.
This is hilarious! I never knew you wanted to bake cakes too - I have always wanted to get into it and learn all about fondant. The birthday cake looks awesome! Good job on your first try!
Evan's cake was just gorgeous. I am so excited to see what you will create for my shower! Oh yes, and I will gladly volunteer myself to be your helper and cake-tester when Bryan is unavailable. :)
Thanks Mindy for setting the bar so high for first birthday cakes, and here I thought I could get away with a store bought cake for Hailee's. Well, not now. :-) Seriously though that is awesome, you did a great job!
Girl - you are talented! I'm sure Ali's cake will be beautiful. (And if Bryan ever tires of his role as taster, I'll be happy to be a stand in.) I had no idea that Ali was expecting - so congrats to her!
Thanks also for sharing the fireman cake story. I was laughing out loud too. Good stuff.
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