They will look like a 5 year old's creation and be so yummy or look wonderful and be almost inedible. Case in point, my latest disaster cake. So I didn't actually make this one from scratch and maybe baking karma kicked me in the butt for that. Yes, I made a box cake, but in all fairness, there is something to be said for a boxed triple chocolate cake with chocolate icing. So in celebration of Vicki's birthday I decided to make her a simple super chocolaty cake. While icing the top layer my cake started to split into three. WTF? It's not like I've never iced a cake before. Anyway, I panicked as I do when almost every time I bake. There was no way this was going to be patched. Shit was a hot mess. So I reluctantly cut off two of the chunks and stared at what could only be described as a jagged 30% slice of pie chart. The only option in my failure-induced mind was to shape it into lips and outline it in pink icing. Baking another cake wasn't an option and since I was already almost a month late celebrating my best friend's birthday, how is an irrelevant shaped cake going to be any worse. And because she has such a knack for making people feel good, she said she loved it. I love you Vicki. So without further ado....
before (note the fork: I was sad and chocolate cake fixes sad)
disclaimer: I don't condone this type of decorating. I just made lemonade from the proverbial lemons.
Sara, I love it! I wouldn't have thought to fix it in such a creative way :)
ReplyDeleteIs sure was delicious!
ReplyDeleteHaha! I love this! Good for you that you didn't give up. I am super anal when it comes to baking and have been know to childishly throw out entire batches of macarons if they aren't perfect, so I admire that you were able to make the best of it. Nice to meet you!
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