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Cake Wrecks
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| Name(s): | Cake Wrecks |
| Abbreviation(s): | Cakewrecks, CW |
| Scope/Focus: | cakes |
| Date(s): | May 2008-current |
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Cake Wrecks is a very popular blog by Jen Yates that features unintentionally hilarious cakes. It has received numerous awards and led to two books and several tours.
Fannish Engagement
Fans recreate their favorite wrecks, often with great skill, and sometimes combine several wrecks into one. During the Cake Wrecks tours, fans are invited to bring cupcake versions of their favorite wrecks which are then judged in a contest. Jen Yates calls these copies "wreckplicas".
Fans have also made t-shirts[1], a "dress a wreck" game [2], vids[3], poems [4] and other fancrafts. The Carrot Jockey, a legendary wreck that became the logo of the site, is a frequent subject. Fan tributes are regularly featured on the blog.[5]
On Sundays the blog occasionally features fannish cakes.
Gallery
Wreck-inspired Halloween costume by Lauren
Carrot Jockey carved in a pumpkin, by Harry F.
Crocheted cupcake wreck by Christy, for the Tour 2010
Cake with an old carrot jockey (that also references other wrecks), by Burton
References
- ^ for example: 13.2.2010, Rockin' Wrectators on cakewrecks.com, featuring a Halloween costume, an apron, a tie, and several cakes
- ^ 12.3.2011, Dress A Wreck on cakewrecks.com
- ^ for example: 20.3.2010, Wreckin' By The Book on cakewrecks.com
- ^ 10.9.2011, Ode to Carrot Jockey
- ^ tagged with fan feedback