Hi,
I made this huge seven tier wedding cake... rich fruit rum cake with marzipan and home-made fondant.
The color scheme was red, white and black. I worked long and hard on this one and it looked so beautiful.. broderie anglaise lace on each tier, with blood red roses and black satin ribbon trim.
The tiers were set on a cast iron stand , the cakes spiralled around a central pillar. We had little candles on the cast-iron part that ran around the outside of the cakes. It looked absolutely gorgeous!
Unfortunately, one of the candles got too close to the broderie anglaise , and to my mortification, the icing caught fire.
My husband quickly put out the fire but in the process, burned his hand pretty badly.
Never again! No more candles! My poor husband!
Karen
Oh man! That must have been scarey!! Hope your husband is doing better!
Oh dear, I hope he heals quickly. That's terrible. At least the fire didn't spread!!
This was a few years ago... I just remembered it while going through the Disasters Forum, and HAD to post!
Unfortunately, this happened at the reception, just as the bride and groom were ready and waiting to cut the cake.
My husband had some huge blisters, poor guy, but he recovered quickly.
Thanks for caring,
Karen
Luckily, my husband was close to the cake, and noticed it at once...
He put out the fire and then I just broke off 2 four inch peces of the broderie anglaise lace icing, which were just too close to the candles, and the rest of the cake was fine. It looked great, albeit missing a couple of pieces!
Karen
Wow! That would have been aweful.... and your poor husband. Yes..... I don't think anyone will ever forget that wedding cake. Sounds beautiful!
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