Tonight’s outing — Cake Wrecks…
A while back I stumbled across the fact that Jen Yates was on a book tour for her book, Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. Then I noticed that one of the stops on the tour was in Bethesda, Maryland. I marked my calendar.
I’ve enjoyed the Cake Wrecks blog since I stumbled across it a year or so ago. I check back every so often for another hit of Jen’s humor and a look at how some things can just go so wrong. So, hearing of this event, I knew I wanted to go. The blog said there was a slide show and cake would be served. How could anyone pass this up.
Google Maps said that the trip should take us about an hour and 10 minutes. So, we left in time to get there about a half hour early. Good thing we did because the trip took over two hours (traffic was just really heavy) and we got there just in time for the Q&A and the cake. However, there was a large crowd.
Not only was there a fairly large crowd of people but it completely filled the seating area and was standing room and filling up all the aisles and walkways between shelving units. If you look closely you’ll note that Hyperion and I weren’t the only WSFAns there.
Of course there was cake:
It was a great cake and obviously Leslie has a wonderful sense of humor. It was chocolate cake and I believe a mocha frosting. It really tasted great. Everyone there got a piece of the cake. (For you people who play Portal, the cake was not a lie.)
Of course there’s a Wreckplica contest. People bring a cupcake that is based on a cake wreck. The three winners were The Lenin Cake (Grand Prize), the bloodshot eyes cake, and the foot (which included the nails).
I seem to have lost the photo of the third prize winning cupcake. Sorry.
Jen and John then signed books.
Though we missed the slide show, we did hear the Q&A and it was quite interesting. They’ve only had 7 requests to take down a cake and they get about 50-60 photos of cake wrecks a day. They actually check to make sure the wrecks aren’t intentional. Leslie said she was appalled when one of her cakes made it on Cake Wrecks but then saw the humor of it and got over it. It just happens sometimes that what you think is a great cake just doesn’t work for others.
It was a fun evening and I’m glad we took the time to go, even though we missed the slide show. Jen and John are good people and try to keep the blog light, funny and not mean. Check if out.
By the way, I also really love the Sweet Sunday posts where they post pictures of beautiful cakes — not a wreck among them. Works of art that it’s a shame to think someone is going to cut into it and serve it to people.