Oh My God! - It Was All Going Too Well
Decorating By masarost Updated 16 Apr 2007 , 3:34pm by masarost
I'm in the middle of making a shower cake - supposed to be white icing with ganache sotas and ganache shell border - a heart shape centre of homemade chocolate roses - and the worst possible thing has happened! 
My piping bag exploded all over the cake - the seam split - I was in the middle of doing the sotas - I just stood and looked at the cake for about 5 minutes - I couldn't move from the spot and didn't have a clue what to do - so I did my best and spread the ganache all over the cake and then covered it with light chocolate sotas - this is going to be one rich cake! I could just cry though
Sorry to hear about your cake. There must be something in the air today. I'm having the WORST cake day I have ever had! Helps to know I'm not the only one. Just remember....you are your own worst critic....your client will not know its a mistake...they will only think its artistic license!! 
Oh brother!! That is awful!! Your post caught my attention because I have feared this very thing and wondered how often it happens. I am so very sorry for you!!! At least you were able to salvage the cake!!
What brand of bag were you using? The reason I ask is because I had one split on me while I was finishing a border and the horror of what you have just experienced crossed my mind at that point. Wonder if they are the same brand bag or if this just happens every great once in a while due to the nature of disposable plastic bags. I am assuming it was a disposable plastic bag.........was it?
Good! Glad to know it was not the same brand as mine was. I was using an Ateco disposable and I have used lots and lots of them without incident, so, it must be a occasional blip that happens to all of us sooner or later.
Hey, on the brighter side of things, you and I have had our "bad bag" experiences for the year so that is a good thing! 
This happened to me also, but is was an older Wilton bag and not with ganache.
I am really sorry this happened to you, but it sounds like you recovered from it well. Like ChefStef said, we are our own worst critics.
When doing cakes I always start with a plan, but I rarely end up where I thought I would. I tend to make adjustments as I go. Remember, you are the artist and have the right to make artistic adjustments.
so sorry it happened
BTW: did you charge extra for the extra rich and thick chocolate coating (hey...gotta make some good come out of this!)
hah Doug, you always get the angles lol!
So sorry to hear but I was thinking it'd be pretty good if you put it in the fridge to harden and then add some more icing and start again lol.... nice marble when you cut it!
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