Cake Wrecks come in many forms, but there is one form that has proven itself to be particularly insidious in the world of baked goods. Where for most cakey creations the Wreck is the exception, in this guise it proves to be the rule. I’m talking, of course, about the cupcake cake—or CCC for short.

As the name suggests, a CCC is a cake (or “cake”) made up of cupcakes. Innocent-seeming in theory, this construct of unspeakable proportions, flawed breeding, and misguided conception has entranced the U.S. population with its promises of “less mess,” “equal portions,” and “fun for all ages!” and now has begun creeping inexorably onward to other countries. It is a roving terror, bent on the destruction of decency, clean Angers, and proper cake-to-icing ratio.

What, you don’t believe me? Ah, then perhaps you are one of the blissfully uninitiated in these culinary catastrophes! Allow me, to walk you through the unholy assemblage of a CCC.