Only a fraction of what is sent in is post-worthy, she notes.
Yates's daily blog entries, each with one to six cakes, are as popular for the pictures as they are for her comments, both caustic and kind. A couple more fortuitous links and "it just kind of snowballed," she says. Her hobby quickly became a full-time pursuit when it got linked on Cake Central, a popular site for professional and amateur cake decorators two months after she started. "I started just because I thought it was funny and I liked writing," she says. Now, Yates is back with Wreck the Halls, a fresh mix of fan favorites and plenty of never-before-seen holiday wreckage. "I actually really do love looking at cakes," Yates says on the phone from her home office, where she wades through about 60 submissions a day of what is for some, a confectionery crisis.
Jen has been a clown, a cash office accountant, a Jungle Cruise skipper, a business owner, a childrens book inventory expeditor, and a house painter. The main criterion is that someone paid to have the cake made. Yates now offers up this inspired photo collection with over 150 Cake Wrecks, including 75 percent never-before-seen content. Most defy description and must be seen to be believed. Now there's a book, Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong hitting the shelves.īy Yates's definition, a cake is a wreck when it's unintentionally silly, sad, creepy or inappropriate. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.īoth comments and pings are currently closed.It was the icing on the cake that wrecked it.īut the infamous dessert that literally read "Best Wishes Suzanne, Under Neat that We will miss you" – a picture of which was emailed far and wide – has led Florida resident Jen Yates on an 18-month odyssey to share professional cake disasters with the world through her daily blog. On Thursday, October 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm and is filed under 2009 - Fall, Humor. Amazingly, libraries are showing copies on the shelf.Ĭake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong If you’re looking for a readalike, try The Gallery of Regrettable Food. The NYT recently put together a slide show of prime examples and, of course, there’s also the blog. You’re unlikely to get your hands on a copy, since holds are heavy in every library we checked. The new book Cake Wrecks, based on the inspired blog, shows he could have done worse. If only he’d lived to learn that he’s not alone. That was reinforced the time he proudly came home bearing a cake decorated with the words “Happy Boy’s Day.” Sending him on an errand could be dangerous. If questioned about what he said, he’d just get angry and repeat it exactly, but louder, MUCH louder. A friend’s father had a heavy Russian accent, but had little tolerance for those who couldn’t understand him.
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