Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong

by Jen Yates

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If it wasn't for my sister-in-law dragging me to the cakewrecks.com website, I never would have stumbled across this book. (So although I kicked, screamed, and groused...I guess I owe you: Thanks, Cathy!)

I love a pretty cake. But for some reason, I also enjoy cake-tastrophies. Does that make me evil? (

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KatLowe | Apr 3, 2013 |

almost too funny (

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TeamDewey | Apr 1, 2013 |

All the famous cake mistakes from the website, in a handy, non-electronic version. (

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Murphy-Jacobs | Mar 30, 2013 |

When looking at our nonfiction young adult section I happened upon this book. As a very amateur baker it caught my eye. I will say that I never realized how many cakes "gone wrong" there were in this world. The author also has a blog that I may follow. We have lots of teens trying their hand at cooking and baking and feel that this book would be a real confidence booster for anyone who has had "flops" in the kitchen. (

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TeamDewey | Mar 6, 2013 |

LOL book. My husband kept asking what's so funny, so I showed him some of the book so he could laugh too. (

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loverlypurple | Apr 14, 2012 |

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Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the ultrapopular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits, Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.

Since May 2008, Jen Yates has been blogging about such confectionery calamities at her popular Web site CakeWrecks.com, winner of the 2008 Blogger's Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, and three 2009 Weblog awards (Bloggies) for Best Writing on a Blog, Best New Blog, and Best Food Blog. Yates now offers up this inspired photo collection with over 150 Cake Wrecks, including 75 percent never-before-seen content.

"I haven't laughed so hard in ages." --Mary Alice, from the Food Network's Ace of Cakes

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Presents pictures of and commentary on cakes with mistakes, organized into such categories as literary lols, beyond bizarre, and wedding wrecks.