Well, I have spent countless (literally I couldn't begin to count) hours on a cake for my dad's retirement party. He is a firefighter and has been for 32 years. It's kind of a big deal. After setting my sights on a specific design, I planned out this week to a tee. The cake was going to be a fire hydrant with a fire coat draped on the back of it. i was also going to try to make a fire helmet. I have 2 other jobs and create cakes as a hobby, so my "cake weeks" are pretty hectic. However, for this cake I even took off work. I spent a lot of time and money plus I enlisted a friends help, who has helped me before. The cake was for a Friday evening party. We worked all
thursday night until 7:30 am Friday morning. After changing the design twice (to save time), we finally had to take a serious break. Not only were we both exhausted, but we were out of fondant. This cake was heading south with no turning around. I laid down for a few hours and woke up to an even bigger disaster. The cake had settled and was slouching (I thought I had plenty of support between the layers). My fondant was rippling and the entire cake began to look like a child made it. There was absolutely no recovering. I finally had to call time of death. This is my first cake flop. I am grateful this cake was not requested, I volunteered, but it is still very embarrassing and disappointing. Many lessons learned from this.
thursday night until 7:30 am Friday morning. After changing the design twice (to save time), we finally had to take a serious break. Not only were we both exhausted, but we were out of fondant. This cake was heading south with no turning around. I laid down for a few hours and woke up to an even bigger disaster. The cake had settled and was slouching (I thought I had plenty of support between the layers). My fondant was rippling and the entire cake began to look like a child made it. There was absolutely no recovering. I finally had to call time of death. This is my first cake flop. I am grateful this cake was not requested, I volunteered, but it is still very embarrassing and disappointing. Many lessons learned from this.
