Comments on: Our Very Own Cake-Wreck

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:36:24 +0000

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TORI….with many, many happy returns of the day! Love you.

By: Barbara M. Lloyd

Barbara M. Lloyd — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:09 +0000

Love it….just love it. You will remember this cake…while you forget all of those beautiful cakes in years past. Besides, cake is incidental after a good steak dinner….and daddy looks as if his were very good.

By: Rutland95

Rutland95 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:42:09 +0000

Tori! I think this is just about the best cake “story” I’ve heard in a long time! “Normal” is boring, so when events beyond your control happen it’s like a power higher than us is trying to get it through our thick skulls, that “This is a moment made for a memory”…DON’T MISS IT! And I have a feeling this Father’s Day memory will be around for the Timms/Taff family for years to come. Hope someone in the family is a scrapbooker…that one’s definitely a keeper!! Loved the cake too!

Blessings – Your cyber bud – Melanie Rutland
http://www.melanierutland.blogspot.com

By: carsmith

carsmith — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:36:04 +0000

Happy belated birthday Tori. Glad you got “new wheels’. We are leaving today for a conference in Vegas and I’ll be wishing I had pivoting rollers on my luggage.

Jonny, I’m impressed with the cake. You done good. Reminds me of standing at the local wally world and listening to someone order a cake. The bakery was very busy and assigned a new employee to take the order. She didn’t speak very good english and I always wondered what that customers cake looked like. The customer was pointing to the picture of a baby cake but telling the employee to make it for a birthday.

Love the picture of your Dad, he’s a handsome man. He looks so happy to have his family with him to celebrate. If that is his hand holding the corn it’s too cute. The fork in the steak and corn in the other.

By: BrownEyedGirl

BrownEyedGirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:36:09 +0000

Too funny.

The first thing that came to my mind was this…

http://www.theginblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/walmart_cake1.jpg

store ordered cakes can be scary LOLOL

Wendy

By: jonny

jonny — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:16:40 +0000

Sorry, except for what the cat was responsible for, that cake seriously rocked!! I think others should start re-thinking their pre-conceived notions of what a Father’s Day cake should look/be like, especially from a loving son = )

By: themema

themema — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:26:48 +0000

You tell Jonny that NO ONE could have done better! He made Father’s Day very Special. Add another Memory to the family log. l o l .

By: justThelma

justThelma — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:18:57 +0000

I’m so glad you had such a wonderful Father’s Day with your family. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.

But I have to admit, I was giggling the whole way through the cake-ordering process. For what it’s worth, any cake is a success if there’s chocolate involved. LOL

We only get cakes for birthdays in our house, and since there’s only my husband and me, we don’t get too fancy. Just a cake and a birthday card. However, each year he insists that I buy my own cake “to get what I like”. And I figure if I’m paying for it, it’s going to say what I want on it. So for the past 10 years, my cakes have wished me a “Happy 29th Birthday”.

By: gracelynn

gracelynn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:56:57 +0000

OMG Tori – I am laughing so hard. I cannot wait for Wanda to read this. She is working now in the bakery at BJs and is involved in cake preparation and decorating. She will absolutely roll when she reads this blog. I was about to die laughing when you said he chose the full sheet. ROTFL I can just see my dad or brother having to do this. Of course, by the third question dad would have cussed the whole place out and placed a definite swearing on the cake too. My brother would have been more likes yours – just uncertain as to his answers. Of course his idea of preparing a cake is to just go and pick up one that is already fixed anyway – forget names and sentiments, just eat the cake! Usuallly they just send him to go to Wal-Mart and get me a cheesecake variety for my birthday cake! I can just see that cat sitting in the cake too.

So glad you had a great time together and you can add that tale to your memories for years to come. Praying you through.

By: LindaB

LindaB — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:48:21 +0000

Wow! So many questions asked for a CAKE!!! When I order one, it’s just, “Ma’m, so you want a dozen Hostess Cupcakes and a few Ho Ho’s thrown in???” And when I pick it up at the day old bread store, they usually add, “You want some of the 100 Calorie Packs added on, Chubby?” (Did I mention we live in Clio? It’s a tough neighborhood!)

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:40:48 +0000

Sorry-MADI. I was just on the other ‘Maddie’ site.

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:19:14 +0000

Hey, your Dad looks really good!

I always order the cakes now–usually online. My husband has ordered BD cakes for the kids and would get something weird, like chocolate with orange-flavored icing or something. It’s a family joke that for my BD cakes he ALWAYS puts my age on the cake! The ladies at the bakery tried to warn him that that wasn’t cool. It’s a good thing I’m not sensitive about how old I am.

We have recently discovered an awesome bakery so we get double chocolate layer cakes and cheesecakes now. Much better.

Get Maddie a special cake for her BD–and gummy bears in her ice cream!

By: Phyllis S

Phyllis S — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:51:20 +0000

Oh Tori,

Giggling as I type, this is a story that will be remembered for a long time at family gatherings. Thanks so much for sharing.

Keeping Dad, Mom and all of your family in daily prayer.

By: MostlySunny

MostlySunny — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:29:41 +0000

Great cake! Great story! Great memories to crack you all up for years to come!!!

And a great picture of your Dad with his plate. Priceless!

P.S. I think I should get a piece of that cake as a reward. I’m home sick today and I logged on here from memory…THE FIRST TIME! As everyone on this blog knows, that’s no small feat! I wasn’t sure where the 6 ( % or X went in order with the rest of the login password stuff, but I got it right!!! I think I’ll take the day off to celebrate!! Now, where is that Dayquil stuff I need right now?

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:51:00 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the comment above – great cake! Looks delicious to me, and I reckon my family would give yours a run for their money when it comes to cake eating – well, make that any kind of eating really.

Thanks for making me laugh.

By: rockin robyn

rockin robyn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:49:59 +0000

Oh! I think your brother done good!!! It’s a very masculine looking cake for Father’s Day. It looks mighty tasty too! It’s all about looking back at the story… your brother played a wonderful part in a story of laughter and fun that will go down in your family history memories. Thank you for sharing your daddy’s day with us.