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Divorce cakes that are such a very tasteless way to celebrate
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THE party was in full swing when Emma Hurley cut into her ornate cake. Her two young sons were eager to get their hands on the icing decorations. But these were not any old cake toppers; they were tombstones decorated with the words "RIP Matt" and "RIP Twit" — references to the children’s father, Daily Mail reported yesterday.
Emma, 40, from the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, was celebrating the end of her seven-year marriage with a divorce cake designed to look like a graveyard, complete with a coffin containing her wedding and engagement rings, the report said.
While many would consider the theme to be more than a little tasteless, Emma insists the cake was a good way of moving on from her ex. Moreover, she felt it was appropriate sight for her children, who were still coming to terms with the divorce, according to the report.
"They didn’t ask any questions about it — I don’t think they associated it with their daddy — and they enjoyed eating the sugary headstones," she says.
She divorced Matt on the grounds of his adultery, and other inscriptions on the tombstones were decorated with "Liar", "Cheater" and "Hate", according to the report.
It seems that while previous generations may have considered divorce a failure, something to be ashamed of, it is now regarded by many as an occasion to be marked in much the same way as a wedding — with a cake carrying a far from uplifting message, the report said.
Like so many trends, it originated in the US, where for several years divorcees have been celebrating the end of their marriages with icing brides and grooms being massacred on sponge cakes, according to the report.
British bakers are reporting a growing number of requests for sugary representations of carnage between ex-husbands and wives, the report said.
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