Why can't a cake just be a cake? 

You know, round with frosting with a couple of sugary roses to make it look pretty.  Before I started dieting in 1981 I remember cakes vividly.  They were good and you wouldn't ever mistake one for anything else.

This page is devoted to cakes with an identity crisis.  They don't want to be just a cake.  They'd rather be bunnies or spaceships or even a tree.  They're wanna-be's and I picture the women behind these confectionary nightmares to be like mad scientists without access to anything but sugar and flour.

Actually, freakish cakes have played a part in my history and the story behind my dad's bunny cakes are legendary. Follow the bunny to read the whole story.