My son's 2nd birthday party is today at 2:00, and he wanted a Spongebob cake.
I have spent at least 8 hours on this cake. The treasure chest is a 4 - layer chocolate and yellow cake covered in BC with fondant accents.
The top of the chest, spongebob, and patrick were rice crispy treats.
1st disaster:Spongebob took a nose-dive off the cake. I had inserted a wooded dowel through him and into the cake. The dowel came up through the front of the cake and out the top and spongebob fell.
2nd disaster: I propped the rice crispy top of the chest on top of spongebob with some supports and that seemed to work until I put Patrick on the cake. I put a dowel in him and into the cake and 1 behind him at an angle. I looked back at the cake 5 minutes later and the whole back of the cake was wiped out.
3rd disaster: So I repositioned Patrick without the dowels, but with some frosting and the support of the treasure chest lid. Then the side of the cake started sliding off. So I just removed Patrick and forgot about him. Then there was Spongebob and the lid.
Hopefully final disaster: This morning I wake up to find the lid broken in 2 pieces. I have taken the lid off, and now I am at a standstill. This cake has been a disaster. I do not know what to do with the back of the cake. Should I just but the back to a wall and hope no one notices? My husband is going to the store to buy some more chocolate coins, so I can cover the top of the cake. I have about 2 1/2 hours to repair it. Any ideas? I hope my pictures will help.
Do you have pics to post of this??? I'm confused!
How heavy were SB and Patrick?? I'm surprised that they did that, sounds like everythings too heavy maybe??
Fix it time! Try to post some pics! Good luck!
Sorry!! I just looked in your profile and there they were!! If I were you with such a time restraint. Try your best to cut the back of the cake to make it straight and ice the back of it. Leave the support dowels you have in the back of SB and put that to the wall!!!
The front looks great though!! Good luck!
They didn't seem heavy at the time but I guess they were. I tried to post the pictures here, but I couldn't. I posted them in the birthday gallery.
Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try my best.
Not that it's going to help you right now but maybe for future reference, what type of cake did you make? Maybe you need a denser cake next time for extra support? I wouldn't think the rice krispie treats would be that heavy to bring the cake down?! 
Try your best to cut the back of the cake to make it straight and ice the back of it. Leave the support dowels you have in the back of SB and put that to the wall!!!
The front looks great though!! Good luck!
I agree, that seems to be the best option right now.
Good luck and don't stress too much, after all the kids don't care what it looks like. 
I used DH with the enhanced recipe (yellow and devil's food). Plus I put pudding in the middle of each of the 4 layers. Looking back, I don't think that was a good idea.
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