Hey guys I was just wondering if anyone else has had to tweak a design a few hours before a delivery. How do you handle it with a client. I practiced and practiced worked out my recipe but inevitably the one thing that did not work out this morning was using a diamond mat on my buttercream. The bottom tier was supposed to have diamond and the top scrolls at this point I am considering doing all scrolls I'm sure it will look good just not exactly what the client asked for. Anybody?

Whats happening with the diamond effect? Maybe we can help you get that effect on there

Well when I practiced the other day I used dummies to make sure the buttercream consistency was right but when I iced it last night and let it settle for a bit it started slumping. So I remade the buttercream and let it crust a bit but when I used the mat even just the tiniest bit of pressure is making it break/crack (NEVER had that happen before) and towards the bottom it still seems to pool a bit because the bottom is sticky. And one side in particular JUST ONE ( I have already dubbed the back side LOL) is slumping again. from the top edge it's seperating and sliding down. It's iced with the same buttercream the same way. It's just weird!?!? The top tier coated and smoothed fine but the bottom one is giving me ALL the problems. I am putting chocolate covered strawberries around on parts of the cake but not enough for all the issues I'm having at the moment. I do have a couple of other cakes going out today one white white buttercream and diamonds that came out PERFECT so I can't spend a WHOLE lot of time on it but I didn't want to deviate from the design either.

WOW....I'm trying to think of what could be the problem but I haven't arrived at anything yet...smh.... It can't be the temp bc you said that you already iced top tier with the same icing, right? OMG...I'm so sorry that yr having this problem. Did you let the initial coat crust before you added the 2nd coat?

You know, sometimes when my BC is too soft for me, i put it into the fridge for a bit until it thickens from the cold air and then I ice my cake, it seems to work too.

I wish I had a better solution for you right now.

Tell me about it Lol so I don't know what happened but I made a 3rd batch of chocolate buttercream and completely re-did the tier and thank God it worked!!!! It's not as clean as I would have liked it to be but it is done. Thanks so much MsThang I think I just needed some moral support I'll post a pic as soon as I get a chance

CONGRATS!!!!

I know how it feels to have just 1 thing go wrong and things are down to the wire.
I'm soooo happy that it worked out for you Yes, sometimes thats exactly what we need and even though I didnt have a solution for you this time, I'm glad that I could be here to listen

So this is what I ended up with....like I said not as clean as I wanted but I got the design I needed. FINALLY

Ok can't post the image but it's in my gallery Again thanks for the help/support

YOU DID IT!!!

Your cake looks great Wooohooo, go Bellacakecreations!!

yr welcome, anytime