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Cupcake bouquet with a side of Midol, please...      CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Disasters Author Message HeatherWantsCake Junior Member Joined: Aug 26, 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 2:36 pm  So, a co-worker orders some cupcakes for a baby shower at work. Her only specifications: Eighteen of 'em, in blue. Fair enough. I can work with that. I decided, after seeing great pictures on here, to try a hydrangea cupcake bouquet. Since I had everything I needed on hand for WASC I went with that. Plain old vanilla BC didn't seem fancy enough, though. Blue.. something blue.. I know! Blue Kool-Aid. Hm.. "blue raspberry lemonade" says the package. Sure, why not. This is long enough as it is, so I'll omit a paragraph or two of PMS-fueled whining about DH"helping" with assembling the flower pots and almost earning the placement of my hot glue gun somewhere uncomfortable, and how what started out as hydrangeas became "uh.. blue flowers" and skip right to the fun part. Transporting them to work. I found the biggest box I had on hand and every so gently packed up the three pots. I drove slowly enough to invite road rage from fellow motorists. I avoided construction and tiptoed the box into the office before allowing myself to exhale - made it!! They sat on my desk for an hour or two before I got up to move them to the party room. I took two steps away from my desk, hit the wall with a flap on the box, and one of the pots tipped over. Of course it flipping did. <sigh> And, naturally, one cupcake fell out of the pot, landed on its head in the box and was irreparably smooshed. And the lady who ordered them - a manager who runs hot and cold at the best of times - standing right there. She was fine with it - said we'd just turn that part of the pot to the back and it'd look fine. We did, and it did, but I was still just sick about it. I've never given a customer something that was less than the best I could do and had no way to fix this. Trying to convince myself that all was well and at least they'd taste good, we fast-forward to the baby shower luncheon and the answer to "why not" blue raspberry lemonade BC The first person to taste it - my boss and good friend - immediately makes a face and then scrapes all of the icing off her cupcake and plops it on mine. The next person to taste it - sitting two chairs down from me loudly states "Hmm. I'm not sure I really care for this." (though later said when eaten with a bite of cake, instead of just on its own, it was quite good. Well .. duh) Long story one word long: WAH!!!! (Below: At home.. before .. well.. everything..) vtcake Junior Member Joined: Jan 24, 2009 Posts: 83 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:28 pm  But they look so beautiful! Uniqueask Forum Addict Joined: Oct 02, 2008 Posts: 671 Location: Upstate New York Where it is really cold and a lot of snow Birthday: Jun 12 Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 3:44 pm  They sure do, they look yummy too rosiecast Frequent Member Joined: Jul 14, 2009 Posts: 236 Location: Hastings, NY Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:15 pm  Those look great. Love it. I don't like that flavor of kool-aid, but I would have eaten these. HeatherWantsCake Junior Member Joined: Aug 26, 2009 Posts: 67 Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:27 pm  Thank you VT, Unique and Rosie. That picture was taken at home and, for once, I actually thought they looked pretty spiffy, too. Then I smooshed one. I'm still just sick about it. I know that I'm overreacting just a tad (Hello hormones! Pass the Midol?) but can't seem to stop obsessing over this. sarahnash_14 Newbie Joined: Jan 29, 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Philippines Birthday: Oct 08 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:17 am  They're really, really pretty It must have been hell transporting them. I could only imagine. Kool-Aid and buttercream, though? I'm not a big fan of tangy-milk flavors... Bluehue Forum Addict Joined: Aug 01, 2008 Posts: 702 Location: Western Australia Birthday: Dec 12 Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:13 am  Awweeee, one fell Your arrangement is lovely and bright and for your first time - credit to you can't comment on the blue kool-aid bit - don't know if we have that over here - wellll i have never seen it. LOL at your DH and the glue gun adventure - Bluehue. luvmysmoother Regular Member Joined: Sep 06, 2009 Posts: 106 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:52 pm  Sigh - I know how that feels when you "try something new" and it turns out weird. I made doily covered cupcakes where the doilies became oil soaked from the cupcake liner (d'oily cupcakes) , made a tiramisu cake with really nasty tasting ladyfingers surrounding it on the sides (didn't realize they were awful until AFTER putting them on my cake - I never bother with any ladyfingers at all anymore - not worth it and they actually look better without them)...it's so mortifying thinking "everyone is just going to remember the bad cakes I make" but it's not true - people remember the good ones more so - you'll knock their socks off next time don't stress:) luvmysmoother Regular Member Joined: Sep 06, 2009 Posts: 106 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 7:54 pm  PS - the cupcakes do look beautiful though:) loulou2 Junior Member Joined: Sep 05, 2006 Posts: 80 Location: Alabama Birthday: Jan 02 Posted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:13 pm  I made the giant cupcake (Wilton pan) and it rolled over onto its side on the way to work because it was so top heavy!! I patched it up best i could & added more sprinkles!! I feel your pain & frustration-at leastn the lady was nice about it. Display posts from previous:   All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year  Oldest FirstNewest First     CakeCentral.com Forum Index » Cake Disasters You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You can attach files in this forum You can download files in this forum Translation: