This last cake (my first order) was hell! 
I need to start from the beginning for this. On last Thursday 7/27/06 I took a road trip to almost Kansas City, It was a long and uncomfortable trip and I was not able to make up much sleep from the night before (due to packing). We got to the hotel and the wooden uneven floor was more comfortable than the bed. So for the 4 days I was there I was really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed. I got back on Sunday at about 8pm and had to stay up to make a cake and frosting for my final in Wilton I class so I got to sleep around 12 am than back up at 4am. All week I have been planning on going to sleep early and failed because of one disaster or another. So last night I started on the Jelly Roll Diploma for my client. I have never made one before and I was tired from the start. I made the first one and it STUCK to the pan. Ok I thought I can cut off the bottom and it will still be good. I think I cut on a slope when I am tired. So I had to run to the store and get more cake, just to be safe I got 2. 
The second cake came out fine looking good so far. I let it cool but maybe not enough and than I rolled it and let it sit a little longer while I made roses. I unrolled it to put in the filling, there were a few cracks but none too bad. I filled it with a strawberry jam mix and a little whip cream in the middle. I rolled it up, a little thick but what do I know. It stayed for about a second and than collapsed in to a 3 layer mess! 
So I cried for a min. (insert tantrum hear) I decide that since I have one cake left I will do a traditional round cake and cover with the gnash. It cooked ok I filled it with jam leaving about half an inch. I than covered it with the gnash, that was a whole new world of fun and as soon as I started the cake started to leak jam but only on one side. At this point it is about 12 or 1 I don't remember well and I got home early from work to make this cake (about 4 pm) so I am way past the I don't care stage. The gnash will not set! 
I put the purple roses around the cake (6 of them) and try to write in congratulations, I never really realize how long that word is. I Failed and had to scrape it off. So I run to the store, because while on my trip when I came across the perfect backup for when gel fails my BF said it was hackney and I did not get it. All I could find was the little candles that spell out the words. I got them but they would not match so I took what was left of my red gel and wrote congrads again. It looks so bad but my head was collapsing and my back was hurting so bad that I just gave up and put it in the fridge. (Side note I also had to make cheese cake for the person allergic to gluten during this time) So now hear with maybe 12 hours of good sleep over the past week, I am so depressed because I know it could have been much better than this. I am offering them a refund, I doubt they will take it but I am still offering it since this is not what they wanted and the mini cheesecakes got destroyed in the transportation. So I am very sorry for putting this on all of you but I really needed to vent and if anyone has any bad days like this that would also be nice to hear so I don't feel so bad. I will try to post the pics that I took but it may be a day or too.
This was meant for cake disastersshows you just how tired I am. Sorry 
I'm so sorry you had so many problems!! It always seems to happen at the worst possible times too .. when you need sleep, you don't feel like doing a cake because of lack of sleep and then the cakes just won't cooperate... I feel you pain!! hang in there cause it will get better... get some rest!!
I am so sorry that happened to you! We all have bad days! We had record heat in Fresno last week and the top layer of my 2 layer cake MELTED! Grrr, I had to decide to deliver it or not bring cake .I decided it was better to bring it. They liked it anyway, but I was sooo mortified! I am not going to let that get me down or color my love of cake decorating. Sometimes stuff happens, we have a good cry and move on. People appreciate what we do, and with food, stuff happens!
((((HUGS)))) what a rough week! I haven't had a week quite that bad. I've had a few bad days here and there. I retook the wilton classes with a friend and when I needed to bake a cake I had to bake three because the first two just weren't coming out. It was so frustrating because I couldn't tell that I had done anything different, the cakes just had issues. There's also one cake I did that I had to do roses for and for the life of me I couldn't make roses that day. I made three different batches of icing before I got some to turn out. Roses are usually easy for me so again totally frustrating.
I don't do many cakes for $ because it just stresses me out. I like everything to be perfect and can't seem to understand that to other people a cake looks great even if I see flaws LOL.
Don't take any orders right away and get yourself some sleep!!!
just a bit painful. Thanks for all the support I just need another good cry when I get home and some good rest. I think I will be ok after that.
I understand about the roses, after about the first two hours of practice I have them down, if I had had too many problems with them last night I might have given up. They are not perfect yet but I think I am doing them ok, everyone seems to love them and I am too tired to criticize them as well.
ok I think I let the acid in my stomach die down a little now. I am still not happy with the work but they loved it and that is all that matters.Quote by @%username% on %date%
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