Hi Everyone,
Well I have been asking lots of questions about the cake I wanted to make..I planned and planned. It was the cross cake from the Wilton 2000 year book. I planned on putting it on a sheetcake.Covering both with fondant..I did a practice cake with the cross cake, the fondant went on sooo easy!!! I thought it was going to be easy to do the real cake..WRONG!!! So I crumb coat the cakes and ice the sheetcake, I figured it would be harder than the cross, but not as hard as it was..I copuld not get the fondant to roll out and go on..It took me like 2 hours to get it on.I almost started to cry..The fondant was dry, so I tried everything, and I didn't have enough space to roll it out and have the cake close enough to get it on..I knew if I could just get it on I could cover any mistakes..FINALLY I got it on, but it looked like a mess..I kept looking at it and I was sooo disapointed!!
I really thought about scraping the whole thing, and doing something else, but I wanted to make this cake so bad..( For my son's Christening tomorrow) I put so much time into it, so I took a deep breath and figured I could make do..I just wanted to get the cross covererd, so I rolled out the fondant, and got it on..Then a little while later I relized I only crumb coated the cross, I never iced it...I figured who cares at this point I was almost ready to hurt someone...I thought about having a drink, but it was only like 9am...Well, all in all I think the cake came out great!! Here's a link to see pictures ( I don't know how to resize, and my brain isn't working now) and some centerpieces I made with cross cookies and image cookies using a picure of my son's face!! www.cakepics.shutterfly.com just click on it and then click view pictures..Sorry this is so long, but I sure some of you can relate!!
Thanks again to all of you who helped me!!!!

JoAnn

Too Funny.....I feel like you watched me make mine. I felt the SAME way. I often fell like just dumping a cake and picking one up at the supermarket. But I always get soooo determined I just get through it. Like I had said I think your cake came out AWESOME. Great job. Just think now people will be asking YOU for advise after they see your pic!

You did a great job!! It looks fantanstic. And your son is sooo cute!! I love his little face on those cookies! Nobody would ever know all the trouble you had because your finished product looks so good.

It looks beautiful - kudos for taking a step back and regrouping, you did a wonderful job

You must be really proud. Firstly for having that cute and pretty baby. Next , for all the work done.The cross cake looks beautiful and the cookies idea is wonderful.
I really enjoyed looking at your album.So, what disaster? Congrats!

Everything looks wonderful! Love that little face on the pops!

Debbie

Your cake is really beautiful!! I love the presentation of your cookies, too! Job well done.

The cake is beautiful! And I love your flower pot centerpieces. I can just see your party all put together! What lovely work!

You did a wonderful job on everything, your celebration should be perfect! Janice

You did a great job on everything, you should be proud! I have to tell you that is one of the cutest babies I've ever seen!

Your baby is beautiful and so is your cake!!!! I love the center pieces.

I could just hug your little guy, sooooo adorable!
Best wishes for a lifetime of happiness.

Your cross is beautiful. It's hard to believe you had problems creating it. Elegant!!

IN the end, all that matters is that gorgeous cake of yours turned out BEAUTIFUL!!!

And yes, the same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I made my first fondant wedding cake. On the middle tier, I had just finished covering it with fondant and set it aside. I was preparing the bottom tier for icing, when I looked over and saw a red hole tearing through the fondant of the cake I had just finished. The berry filling had burst the dam and bled through to the outside! My first instinct was to PANIC! But I remembered my cake teacher told me ," the wonderful thing about decorating cakes is that if you make a mistake, just scrape it all off and start again." And so I did. Filling and all. Second time was a charm.

And on the bottom tier, my fondant became so dry it began to tear every time I tried to transfer it to the cake. My husband asked me to put it aside for a few minutes, and come back to it.
First I kneaded about 1 Tablespoon of White Karo Syrup into it, covered it, ate dinner and came back. It worked perfectly after that. I don't know why I tried the syrup, but it worked. The fondant became more silky and managable.

Like I said, the end result is all that matters. Here is a pic of how my near disasters turned out.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=allby&uname=couturiere&cat=0&pos=2

I did, however, enjoy a couple glasses of wine, when it was ALL finished!

WOW! what an awesome job you did on everything........you should be very proud of yourself..........and your son is adorable.......i know it will be a day you will always remember........give yourself a big pat on the back.....relax and enjoy the day!!! Donna

As I was looking through your pictures the cake came up and I said outloud (not even realizing it) Oh wow, that is beautiful. I got an odd reaction from across the room =) I love that cake it is just beautiful. If you don't mind I am going to save a copy of it to my computer for future inspiration.

Great job and those center peices are such a great idea! just adorable.

Leily

Thanks everyone for all the nice comments!! I couldn't wait to put the pictures on here!! No one knows what it feels like to be finished, especially when things weren't going so good, like everyone here does. I love this site, and without everyones help, it would not have turned out so good!! Thanks for saying the baby is cute, he is so big!! I love those cookies, and I can't wait until the party!!
JoAnn