WRECK THE HALLS

When Professional Holiday Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong

by JEN YATES

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New hardcover book, published 2011, 220 pages, colour photos throughout.

A hilarious new collection of holiday-inspired dessert disasters by Jen Yates, award-winning blogger and author of the New York Times bestseller Cake Wrecks

From thankless Thanksgiving turkeys and confusing Christmas conundrums, to less-than-happy Hanukkah horrors and New Year's meltdowns, Wreck the Halls has an icing-smeared disaster for every occasion. With additional chapters on Black Friday, family communication, and navigating the murky waters of politically correct cake greetings "Winter!", Wreck the Halls combines Yates's signature blend of wit and sarcasm with the most hilarious frosting fails this side of winter solstice. Find sweet relief from the holiday madness, not to mention plenty of laughs, with Wreck the Halls.

Contents include:

• Acknowledgements and disclaimers
• Here We 'Go'
• Let's Talk Turkey
• It's All Relative
• Black Friday
• Danger: High Yuletide
• Child's Play
• Chappy Chanukah!
• Holiday Wreck Creation
• Winter, Underlined
• Watch Me Be a Rebel
• Santa Scare Tactics
• Real Characters
• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
• Now We're Eve'n
• Signs and Wonders

What is a Cake Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

About the author

Jen Yates has been a clown, a cash office accountant, a Jungle Cruise skipper, a small business owner, a children's book inventory expeditor, and a house painter. Since May 2008, Jen Yates has been blogging about such confectionery calamities at her popular Web site CakeWrecks.com, winner of the 2008 Blogger's Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, and three 2009 Weblog awards (Bloggies) for Best Writing on a Blog, Best New Blog, and Best Food Blog. Despite the daily cake carnage she chronicles, she really does like cake and the people who make them, especially if they share.

Jen currently lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband, John, and their two cats. Wreck the Halls is her second book. Her first book, Cake Wrecks is also available - click here for more information.

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Wreck the Halls: When Professional Holiday Cakes go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates, author of Cake Wrecks