I can't believe after over 8 hours of work on this it fell appart during transit. The entire cake slid on the board AND the top layer shifted to the side AND every tower fell. They still thought it was a cool cake, but it was dark in the room. So funny to set it up and tell my daughter "ok, now give me my first aide kit" which consisted of a pre-filled bag of frosting. With about 20 programmers standing around who all thought it was cool (and said something like it's like watching the cake doctor on tv). I didn't get the frosting in the first batch the same color as the second so the "rocks" were totally different shades too. Ugh. I'm definitely NEVER transporting another castle cake. Here are some before and after photos (the ones with the characters in them are at the office). You can see the door even shifted and the "bricks" are bulging on the side......

I'd be scared to death to transport this cake. I always tell my husband that the worst part of cake decorating is the transporting!!! However my fellow CC member, you did a fantastic ''doctor up job" on this cake. I couldn't tell which picture was which! Keep up the good work!-rhondie

Great Cake!!!!! I think the finished product looks great. I can see why the people loved it anyway. You are your own worst critic. I think you did an expert patch up.

I agree with the others. I had a hard time seeing the damage in the after shots. You did a wonderful job doctoring it up. I kind of like the after cake better, it's more rustic looking.

I know that must have been so stressful at the time, but rather than labeling that a cake "disaster", I'd call that a redemption! You totally took what sounds like a disasterous transport and were able to fix it to the point that it looks better than what most people could do in the first place AND the people receiving the cake were happy. Good save!

Thank you. You all are to kind. We kind of joked and said it was a result of the hord storming the castle! LOL. But I'm definitely not going to transport a cake like that again. The photos don't show the damage as well as in person. I'm so glad my son's party is here since his cake will be rather elaborate too.

I agree - you did an excellent recovery on that one! Very cool cake!!!

Very nice! You can't tell which is which! How did you do the "rocks"?

Pipe different sized "balls" of frosting with a #12 and then press them flat after they crust up. Thanks. My wrist is still hurting today from the 8 hours of piping those things. the door was a FBCT. I should've done that in advance with royal icing. Now I know better

Good recovery! I, too, couldn't tell which was which at first.

Sarah

Great job! I couldn't tell which pictures were the before and which ones where the after. You did a great recovery job. I can see why everyone liked the cake.

Thanks. If you look, you can see the flattened "bricks" on the first shot really well IMO. My husband is already talking to me about doing one for one of the departments at work who usually only get the leftovers of my cakes. They've never seen one in person. Trying to decide what I can make that's close to the theme of their work (they write games for computers) that will transport easily. I don't want another disaster like this one! I need to figure out a better system for transporting too. This is the first time I've delivered a cake in my new van and I've discovered from this that the bed in the back of the van is not totally flat. It's at an incline. So I need to devise something to put in there underneath it so the cake will set totally level.......

It still looks great...great save!