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Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong

by Jen Yates

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Staff Pick

In this day and age, any book that can make me laugh out loud earns top o' the list. Some of the pictures in this book are hilarious in themselves, but Yates adds captions with humor ranging from subtle to over-the-top. Keep Cake Wrecks handy for when you need a little lift.
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Publisher Comments:

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.

Review:

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

Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis:

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

Jen has been a clown, a cash office accountant, a Jungle Cruise skipper, a business owner, a children's book inventory expeditor, and a house painter. She currently lives in Florida with her husband, John, and their two cats. Despite the daily cake carnage she chronicles, she really does like cake.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780740785375
Author:
Yates, Jen
Publisher:
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Author:
Lansky, Doug
Subject:
General
Subject:
Courses & Dishes - Cakes
Subject:
Cake decorating
Subject:
Humor : General
Subject:
General Humor
Copyright:
2009
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
20090931
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
160
Dimensions:
6 x 9 in 20.65 oz
Age Level:
from 18
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Product details 160 pages Andrews McMeel Publishing - English 9780740785375 Reviews:
"Staff Pick" by ,

In this day and age, any book that can make me laugh out loud earns top o' the list. Some of the pictures in this book are hilarious in themselves, but Yates adds captions with humor ranging from subtle to over-the-top. Keep Cake Wrecks handy for when you need a little lift.

by Kelly L.
"Review" by , "I haven't laughed so hard in ages."
"Synopsis" by , 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.
"Synopsis" by , Presents pictures of and commentary on cakes with mistakes, organized into such categories as literary lols, beyond bizarre, and wedding wrecks.
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