The 10 Ugliest Wedding Cakes

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10. Is the blissful couple who ordered this cake on the short road to divorce?

Blame reality TV. Years ago, a wedding cake was a series of stacked-up circular sheet cakes frosted in white with maybe a frosting flower or two and a little plastic bride and groom on top. But the need to generate something visually arresting (in some cases, shocking), on shows like Ace of Cakes and Amazing Wedding Cakes has spawned a whole new era of nuptial pastries. Here are some of the worst Fork in the Road could find, as a cautionary post for Wedding Week.


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9. A wedding cake made to look exactly like the bride? She doesn't look too happy. The groom was later found humping the cake.

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8. The glasses of poison on the left are for the bride and groom to drink after they see their cake. And how the hell do you cut the thing?

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7. A cake made out of imitations of cheesy snack cakes is a concept the entire wedding party will want to drool over. At the reception, you won't need a knife to cut the cake -- just dismantle it.

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Jessica
Jessica

#1 was not a wedding cake. It was for a French client's birthday that is huge Picasso fan. You should get your facts straight before printing articles.

DJ
DJ

#10 is not a wedding cake. I am an infrequent reader of Cake Wrecks, and I seem to recall that the cake was one of two made by professional bakers for a Cake Wrecks book signing in a book store. Two bakers got instruction sheets with similar directions: "Four tiers, purple iris detail, creative piping". The second baker is known for wacky cakes and since his instruction sheet (accidentally?) said "four tears" instead of tiers, he went with it. It is a deliberately "wrecky" cake. (The other baker made a straightforward four-tiered cake with purple iris flowers and scrollwork icing piping details.)

Even so, you can clearly see there are four tears, the eye has a purple iris, and that is indeed some very creative piping.  

Jillian
Jillian

If you're a nerd and get the reference, #3 cake is totally awesome.

Rsietsema
Rsietsema

I am a nerd, Jillian, and I still don't get it. Please enlighten us!

DJ
DJ

It refers to the game Portal, Rsietsema. 

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