Comments on: Stupid Wal-Mart Cake: or How to Have a Happy Cake!

By: Around the PF Blogosphere: June 20, 2007

Around the PF Blogosphere: June 20, 2007 — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:14:39 +0000

[…] Mapgirl’s Fiscal Challenge complains about Wal-Mart’s cake, then shows how to get a happy cake. […]

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:38:24 +0000

My mom was the queen of birthday cakes as far as my siblings and I were concerned. Never once did she buy special pans shaped like Disney characters, or special cake toppers (or a cake for that matter). She had three round pans, a square pan, and a rectangular pan. And a 1970’s era frosting squeezer with four attachments to make various types of squiggles on the cakes. She made all our cakes from scratch because she likes to bake, but a cake mix does the same thing. She would use the frosting squeezer to draw whatever picture we requested on top. We didn’t care that she was not Picasso. I remember my little brother’s third birthday, when my mom made several different colors of frosting in little bowls, and then turned my brother and his five-year-old friend loose on the cake. When they were finished, it was covered in a rainbow of squiggles that only the pre-school set could come up with. It would not have won any prizes for cake decorating, but the birthday boy and his friend had a blast, and the cake tasted great.

By: M~

M~ — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:32:53 +0000

Forget a cake…cupcakes are the way to go!!!

By: 3bean

3bean — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 03:39:21 +0000

I agree that baking a cake isn’t hard, but when you find yourself short on time and cakeless, there are alternatives to Walmart. Check out this post on how to disguise a Pepperidge Farm cake: http://likemerchantships.blogspot.com/2007/06/how-to-disguise-pepperidge-farm-cake.html

However, sometimes you need a grocery store sheet cake– as I recently did for our secretary’s baby shower. After pricing out options, Wegmans was cheaper than Walmart’s 1/2 sheet cake– and their whipped cream icing and custard filling was delish.

By: Cap

Cap — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:38:42 +0000

what!? the cake from walmart isn’t mastery crafted to perfection?

I’m so shocked that I’m not even going to try and be sarcastic.

and yeah, I personally will eat that cake w/o an issue. if I was a kid, I mean. yeah. totally would.

By: savvy

savvy — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:54:46 +0000

I agree. Make a cake or splurge a little for a really good one. I would be that Wal-Mart’s cakes come frozen, like most grocery stores, and they just decorate them.

By: Single Ma

Single Ma — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:47:45 +0000

“Sometimes I don’t know why The Consumerist doesn’t tell their readers to STFU.”

LMAO! You crack me up! Wish I could have read your first draft. Ha!

And let me find out you a lil Ms. Betty Crocker, jr. LOL

BTW, I will probably call you tomorrow afternoon for more instructions. You know I’m “directionally” challenged. LOL