Bosses are never happy to learn they suddenly need to hire and train someone new, so why not ease the bad news with a slice of cake? Baker Chris Holmes recently quit his border agency job at a UK airport with a “resignation cake” — he wrote out his resignation letter in icing, announcing that he was quitting his job to focus on his cake business, Mr. Cake. Hell, why not? If you can come out as gay to your parents via a cake, you can quit your job via a cake. By the way, Amelia, I’m taking Friday off to go to a museum with my nieces. You’ll be getting a cupcake about it tomorrow. [Standard UK via Eater]
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Have Your Bed And Eat It Too At The World’s First Cake Hotel
It took a team of 14 bakers, pastry chefs, and candy artists nearly 3,000 hours to create the world’s first edible pop-up hotel in Soho, London. The Willy Wonka-esque wonderland welcomed its first guests this week, a couple who enjoyed a carpet made of meringues, bouquets of sugar roses, fudge windowsills, spongecake pillows, 100 pieces of edible art, and a clawfoot bathtub full of caramel corn, which sounds incredibly uncomfortable, especially if a stray kernel found its way into one of your body cavities, but that’s neither here nor there. Check out a few more pictures of this massive sugar coma waiting to happen, after the jump! Keep reading »
Is This Piñata Cake Awesome Or Excessive (Or Both)?
I can vaguely remember a time in my life when a cake stuffed with candy might seem a little strange and excessive, but that was Before Pinterest (B.P.) completely desensitized me to the phenomenon of desserts stuffed with more dessert. Now, the idea of a piñata cake actually seems kind of tame, at least compared to the cakes-stuffed-with-pies-stuffed-with-truffles-stuffed-with-ice-cream that I routinely repin with comments like, “So nice for a party!” This piñata cake, though, it did give me pause. Not because of the high levels of sugar, but because of the candy wrappers inside. Call me picky, but I generally prefer there not to be plastic in my food. I don’t know, what do you guys think? Is the piñata cake an awesome idea or an example of excessive desserts gone awry? [A Subtle Revelry via Neatorama]
Loading ...This Is How Sofia Vergara Got Ready For The Golden Globes
Sofia Vergara tweeted this picture of herself “getting ready” the night before the Golden Globes. Yesss! This is how I like to see a celeb prepping for the red carpet: with massive amounts of frosting. See, and she still looked bangin’ in her blue mermaid-y number. Let them eat cake! [WOW]
Gwen Stefani Carries A Cake, Tempts Fate
Geez, Gwen Stefani! I know you’re a musical idol and a style icon. But has nobody ever told you how absolutely dangerous it is to carry around a cake without a cover? You are seriously just asking for trouble here. Also, I’m not sure how I feel about the red Japanese Chinese-style dress you’re wearing, either, so that’s two strikes against you. [Photo: Fame/Flynet]
Miley Cyrus Eats Liam Hemsworth’s Penis Cake Like A Pro
Last week Miley Cyrus celebrated boyfriend Liam Hemsworth’s 21st birthday by licking a confectionery replica of a penis. My, what a large cake. She looks like she’s done this before. It’s all that any man could wish of his 19-year-old girlfriend — that she be well-versed in giving cake jobs. See the NSFW version after the jump. [TMZ] Keep reading »
Assault With A Deadly Ice Cream Cake At McDonald’s
A fight broke out at an Indiana McDonald’s yesterday … over an ice cream cake. Police were called to the scene when a woman slapped one employee and threw ice cream in the faces of others. I know what you’re thinking and no, this was not one of those staged food fights or a clown show for a child’s birthday party. So what enraged the suspect to the point of assault with a deadly ice cream cake? Allegedly her cake, which the McDonald’s employees agreed to keep in the freezer, had melted. Well in that case … [WFIE] Keep reading »
Thanksgiving Dinner For The Lazy
Slice of Thanksgiving layer cake anyone? Just think of all the dishes you won’t have to wash. That’s truly something to be thankful for. [BuzzFeed] Keep reading »
Is The Pumpple Cake The World’s Most Perfect Dessert?
Stuck as to where you stand in the cake versus pie debate? Now you don’t have to choose! A Philadelphia bakery has created the pumpple cake — an apple pie and a pumpkin pie baked inside a vanilla and chocolate cake “fused together and surrounded by buttercream frosting.” The whole concoction clocks in at 15 lbs. and 1,800 calories, but the owners of the Flying Monkey bakery say that it ideally feeds four people. Just four?! More importantly, how does it taste? Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb got to taste the dessert on “The Today Show” this morning and Kathie Lee described it as “obscene — that is delicious.” Of course, she was probably drunk. [MSNBC] Keep reading »
