The Pink Trim Was a Nice Touch

Heidi wanted a pizza cake, and so asked her local bakery to make one. The encounter went something like this:

Heidi: "Hi, I'd like to order a pizza cake, please."

Baker: "A pizza... cake?"

Heidi: "Yes, you know, a cake that looks like a pizza."

Baker: "I'm not following."

Heidi: "It's a round cake, decorated like a pizza... but with icing. Lots of places make them."

Baker: "Still not with you."

Heidi: "No, see, it's really simple: it's just a single layer cake, but with icing toppings and sauce and stuff to make it look like a pizza. A pizza cake."

Baker: "Huh. Well, I guess I can make that. But you better bring in a reference photo."

Heidi: "Of a pizza cake?"

Baker: "No, of just the pizza. So I know what kind you want it to look like."

Heidi: "Oh. Well, it can just be a plain cheese pizza, but... sure?"

THREE DAYS LATER:

[sigh]

And for those of you who like to peer down the road not traveled:

Maybe you dodged a bullet, there, Heidi. Thanks to Heidi L., Greg, Leah R., & Kris D. for proving wrecking baked goods is a pizza cake.

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P.S. You know what's way snugglier than a pizza cake wreck?

A pizza blanket.

Soft Flannel Double-Sided Pizza Blanket

You can also choose a tortilla version, to make all your human burrito dreams come true. (You know, to BE a burrito. Not to make someone else one. Please don't eat your roommates that will make this weird.)

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And from my other blog, Epbot:

Guess. That. Cake Kit!

If you've ever ordered a kids' cake from a grocery store, odds are it was made with some kind of plastic accessory kit. Cake kits are the bakery's way of guaranteeing us that every cake we order from their picture book...

... will NOT look this good.

Ever.

If by some chance you at least get the correct toy, then count your blessings - no matter how the rest of it looks.

Trust me, this really is your best case scenario.

How much worse can it get?

To answer that, let's play a game you have ZERO chance of winning, but that I guarantee will delight me to no end.

Ready?

Here goes:

Guess what character cake kit this is supposed to be!

Did you guess?

Oooh, not even close.

Want to try again? 

Or should I just give you the answer?

Good choice.

Ta daaaaaaa.

Ready for another one? We'll call that the practice round.

Here goes:

Study those ambiguous glowing arrows. STUDY THEM. Do they remind you of anything?

Now... what'd the customer order?

BOOM.

Yeah, I have a few questions on this myself, actually.

 Eeesh, I tell ya, minions, when bakeries don't include the toy (which is surprisingly often), you can really see just how whack-a-doodle the actual cake parts are:

Can you guess this character kit? 

You should, since I've dedicated an entire post to just this cake design before. ::meaningful glare::

Remember this?

Yep, Frozen again. Let's not delve into the mystery of why Anna & Olaf are floating down a very non-frozen river in the first place, though.

Since you're not winning this game anyway, let's go back to the funnier way where first I show you what the cake is SUPPOSED to look like:

And then there's a dramatic drum roll...

::imagine a dramatic drum roll here::

... before we all let out an exasperated, "OH COME ON."

OH COME ON.

It's almost cathartic, right?

Thanks to Jevin W., Steph L., Meredith P., Pamela D., & Karri G. for reminding us we can't believe everything we see in bakery books.

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And from my other blog, Epbot: