| Cake Catastrophe |
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| After seven years of making cakes it finally happened...my first cake catastrophe. It was a Curious George cake for a first birthday. My customer was going to pick it up at 10 a.m. the next day. At 9 p.m. the night before, I was sitting in front of the t.v. relaxing with popcorn and a glass of champagne. The cake was almost complete , I had handpainted all the decorations for a special painted effect. Curious George was sitting happily in his corner of the cake waiting for me to add the final touches in the morning. Suddenly I heard a soft "plop" coming from the table behind me. My husband and I both looked at each other in surprise and I just said, "You know who that was don't you?" I turned around to find this: |
| Repaired corner and scraped off arms. I was able to reattach corner using thinned buttercream as glue and a dowel inserted horizontally into the cake. |
| Luckily his head was still in tact with just few bald spots and a couple of tiny facial lines. I repositioned the head to the center of cake and piped on the basic arm shape. |
| The basic body shape has been piped on and he's now ready for his "hair". |
| Two hours later!! Repair completed and my cake has been saved. I had to pray for my mama's help on this one! |
| The finished product... What's he smiling about?! My husband was amazed at how calm I was throughout. I think it was the champagne! |
| Egads!!! How the heck was I going to fix this disaster??! My first thought was to call my customer and tell her the cake was ruined, but I knew she was expecting a really special cake for her son's first birthday. I tried not to panic, I had to at least try , so I just got to work. These are step by step photos of how I was able to save this little brat: |
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