Crisis! Please Help Me Salvage...
Decorating By MandMCakeDesigns Updated 22 Apr 2007 , 3:40am by MandMCakeDesigns
Hi, ladies. I was asked to do a cake this weekend about a month ago. There was a Ladies Retreat at my church that I had already paid for, so being new at this, I was hesitant to try a cake the same weekend. The lady assured me the cake was small, so I committed to do it.
Needless to say, a cake for 30 turned into a cake for 50. ...I am tired, don't feel so great and I fell asleep and let my BC crust over for too long. It is all bumpy and cracky and I can't get it smooth. What's the best way to fix it? Can I frost over it or should I just call the lady and ask it if can have fondant over it? --which I know would be unprofessional, but I am REALLY new at this and only do cakes for friends....
I just need help....PLEASE tell me I don't have to bake it over or anything horrendous like that....
Yes you can frost over it very carefully. If you have a quick icer tip that would be best. Or You can take a paper towel, soak it in warm water and wring it well. Then lay it all over the surface of the cake. That should moisten it up a little. Run a spatula under hot water, shake off excess water and smooth icing. HTH
-Rezzy
several options:
most drastic -- scrape off the icing and reice
less drastic --
spatula heated in hot water, wiped and then used to smooth -- sort of melts the icing smooth -- must keep reheating
or
a trick I learned from my Wilton teacher -- a clean (used for nothing else) spray bottle full of HOT water.
Mist the cake and use the hot spatula -- the water rehydrates outer layer of frosting and also helps keep spatula from sticking.
OR
just don't wipe the spatula after heating it in hot water.
I prefer the spray bottle as can get lighter, more even mist of water than w/ a wet spatula.
just be careful to spritz only a little bit.
then let it recrust some and use the melvira method or viva paper towel method.
viva method: http://www.cakecentral.com/article10-How-To-Create-Faux-Fondant-The-Paper-Towel-Method----Viva.html
melvira method:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-49423-method.html
http://forum.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-47753-method.html
HTH
( P.S. -- anyone know where I can get a GLASS spray bottle -- have already melted two plastic ones heating them in microwave!)
Thanks so much! I already tried the hot, dry spatula, so I will try the rest and see how it goes. I'll let you know how it works out..
p.s. Doug--- have you tried a beauty supply store-- like Sally Beauty Supply or some other place that sells stuff to hair stylists? Probably your best bet--- or at least you can stock up on cheap plastic ones... 
So the cake is finished. I broke down and covered it in fondant. I worked with it for awhile and it just kept getting worse. She won't mind the fondant and I figured it was the best and quickest way to a cake I will be proud to deliver. It was going to have fondant buttons and baby booties on it anyway, so it seemed to fit. So even though I feel a little like I "copped-out" the cake is cute...it's in my photos under Molly's shower cake.
Thanks for your help!
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