Making Tracks

April 10, 2009 in Cakes with 10 Comments

The lovely class-factotum sent me a link to this, er, interesting wedding cake:

off-roading-wedding-cake

While I understand that the truck is supposed to be off-roading its way up the side of the cake, the colors chosen to represent mud or a stream bed or whatever that’s supposed to be makes it seem as if the vehicle has spewed hot and dirty exhaust particles onto each tier as it made its way up toward the top. Soiled wedding cake? Trust me when I say that it’s never a good look.

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10 Responses to “Making Tracks”

  1. LPC April 10, 2009 at 11:12 am #

    Oh. I thought the truck had crashed and that was the victims’ blood going down the side of the cake. Briefly I thought that.

  2. Melissa B. April 10, 2009 at 1:41 pm #

    Why do people insist on making cakes that don’t look like things you would actually want to eat? ::sob::

    Oh well. I’m sure the bride and groom probably loved it. (But did any of the guests eat the pieces cut out of the “muddy river rock” quadrant?)

  3. Omnibus Driver April 12, 2009 at 2:13 pm #

    Ugh! It looks like the SUV has farted out a ginormous hairball. Who could even THINK about eating a piece of that???

  4. Mary September 7, 2009 at 1:00 am #

    I was wondering if you actually do this cake with different wedding toppers? Because we are into off roading with our Nissan Xterra. If so could you please email me and let me know..
    Keep up the great work we love this cake …..

    Thank you,
    Mary

  5. Never teh Bride September 7, 2009 at 4:04 pm #

    Mary: Unfortunately we don’t do *any* cakes professionally here at Manolo for the Brides. We just write about them! A good baker should be able to replicate this cake for you, though. Good luck!

  6. Alex July 13, 2010 at 12:35 pm #

    You guys are ridiculous for not finding this cake attractive. You guys probably couldn’t even make something so intricate. It’s a clever idea and irregardless of the dirt effects, it’s made of cake. DUH.

  7. Christa Terry July 13, 2010 at 2:54 pm #

    @Alex Something can be intricate and skillfully made without being particularly attractive. I do not doubt for a second that the baker has talent and, yes, it is a clever idea. That doesn’t change the fact that unless you get close up that cake looks like it was burned in a fire.

  8. Linda pandori July 26, 2010 at 6:33 pm #

    I was just woundering how much your mud truck wedding cake was for my daughters sweet 16 birthday party

  9. Christa Terry July 27, 2010 at 11:18 am #

    I’ll tell you what I told Mary above, Linda: Unfortunately we don’t make cakes professionally here at Manolo for the Brides. We just write about them! A good baker should be able to replicate this cake for you, though. Good luck :)

  10. missmechanic September 10, 2010 at 1:11 am #

    I would totally eat a piece of that cake. I have a blazer that looks just like that truck on the cake. But… I wouldn’t have that as a cake at my wedding, well, maybe as a grooms cake.