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About
Apology Cakes are cakes people exchange as a way of apologizing to another person, often for something humorous or trivial. Online, Tumblr users often will digitally edit cake photos to have an apology written on them in Comic Sans font with an apology for the content of their blog.
Origin
Photos of apology cakes have appeared online as early as June 2008 when Cake Wrecks[1] posted an apology cake in which someone was apologizing for being stupid.
Spread
In 2009, Cake Wrecks continued to post apology cakes[2] and in 2010, a viral image of a cake with the text “Sorry I got semen in your eye” began circulating the web, appearing on image sharing site FunFoll[3], FoodBeast[4] and FunnyJunk[5] that year. In 2011, Buzzfeed[6] featured 20 photos of apology cakes from across the web, a handful of which reappeared on FunnyJunk[7] and Pop Hangover.[8] In 2011 and 2012, additional apology cakes appeared on the Examiner[9], Dorkly[10], Cake Wrecks[11] and College Humor.[12]
On Tumblr
Search Interest
External References
[1]Cake Wrecks – The Way All Apologies Should Be Made
[2]Cake Wrecks – The Apostrophe is Silent
[3]FunFoll – Sorry Cake
[4]FoodBeast – The Best Apology Cake
[5]FunnyJunk – Apology Cake
[6]Buzzfeed – 20 Cakes That Are Sorry
[7]FunnyJunk – awesome apology cakes
[8]PopHangover – 10 Hilarious Apology Cakes
[9]Examiner – Funny Photo: The best apology-cake of all time (yes, “apology-cake”) (Photos)
[10]Dorkly – Skyrim Apology Cake
[11]Cake Wrecks – 10 Oddly Specific Apology Cakes
[12]College Humor – UNUSUALAPOLOGYCAKE