I have read on here before about this subject, but I thought I was going to be very careful...oops! 
I have just posted a picture of my niece's wedding cake, but it didn't look like this the night before! I had the bottom layers on the turn table at the first tilt angle when I changed tips on the bag...all I heard was a big KER-PLUNK and saw the whole thing slide off onto the counter top!
Hubby came out to investigate 
and started laughing, then all I could do was laugh along with him! (mind you I didn't laugh when it first happened 
)
The top layer, 10", had slid off the bottom 12" layer enough that the cake was showing from underneath, and the 12" layer had shifted so that you could see the bulge of the filling in the front. And I just finished putting the swags on the cake too...
Because I had the cake board underneath the 10" I was able to lift it off, re-shift it back in place, scrape off the swags, tidy up the icing and away I went. The bottom layer shifted back nicely, again I scraped off the swags and re-did the icing. Not too bad after all!
TC can vouch for that, I sent her a picture of it while it sat slouched over to one side on my counter!
Hubby's idea was to put the very top layer on at the odd angle and present it like that...no way! Even though it was family, couldn't do that.
This whole cake started out badly because I was going to try new things in my baking, and I'm not too crazy about baking chocolate as the large layers after this one, they seem to have an almost burnt smell to them. Think I'll stick to what has worked for me all along and if I do want to try something new, don't do it when a cake is due!
My friend called the same day asking if there was any way for me to have a cake made for her dad at his request for the same night...sure, no problem, I have an extra cake just because I screwed up at the beginning! So, no cake was wasted and everything turned out fine!
I have just posted a picture of my niece's wedding cake, but it didn't look like this the night before! I had the bottom layers on the turn table at the first tilt angle when I changed tips on the bag...all I heard was a big KER-PLUNK and saw the whole thing slide off onto the counter top!
Hubby came out to investigate and started laughing, then all I could do was laugh along with him! (mind you I didn't laugh when it first happened )The top layer, 10", had slid off the bottom 12" layer enough that the cake was showing from underneath, and the 12" layer had shifted so that you could see the bulge of the filling in the front. And I just finished putting the swags on the cake too...
Because I had the cake board underneath the 10" I was able to lift it off, re-shift it back in place, scrape off the swags, tidy up the icing and away I went. The bottom layer shifted back nicely, again I scraped off the swags and re-did the icing. Not too bad after all!
TC can vouch for that, I sent her a picture of it while it sat slouched over to one side on my counter!
Hubby's idea was to put the very top layer on at the odd angle and present it like that...no way! Even though it was family, couldn't do that.
This whole cake started out badly because I was going to try new things in my baking, and I'm not too crazy about baking chocolate as the large layers after this one, they seem to have an almost burnt smell to them.
Think I'll stick to what has worked for me all along and if I do want to try something new, don't do it when a cake is due!My friend called the same day asking if there was any way for me to have a cake made for her dad at his request for the same night...sure, no problem, I have an extra cake just because I screwed up at the beginning! So, no cake was wasted and everything turned out fine!
, and no, I didn't take it wrong!
