Just got home from work (12 hour shift) to find that my refrigerator door was not closed all the way. Three cakes for delivery TOMORROW! Only one cake has been affected- 30 th birthday for a friend-she ordered the cake to "treat herself". It was a small oval with strawberry filling (so not real stable to begin with), and I made 30 small roses & covered the top with roses & leaves, the sides were basket weave. It WAS adorable! It NOW has slid- the icing softened as it warmed up and now the 'basket' is very contorted! I tried to cover the worst spots with more leaves and moved a couple flowers around- but you can tell! What would you do? I'm exhausted, but could still run to the store, get more supplies and start over, stay up half the night making another cake- simpler design of course as my day tomorrow starts again at 5:00 am for another 12 hour shift. Or would you give her the cake-free of charge because of the flaws, and accept the fact that disasters do happen? What to do!!!!!!!!
I would so do it over... I know, GREAT! 
I don'tlike to give anything to anyone if it's not the best it can be. Just not me. 
, maybe you could just scrape off the icing and frost it again. If not, to speed up the process, start the roses while the cake is baking. When it's done, level it about 10 minutes into cooling and leave it open to the air in the pan... speeds up cooling. When it's luke warm, put it on the cake board and pop it inthe fridge for about 20 minutes and you're good to go. Good luck.
You should just go with your gut. I'm sorry this happened to you- how awful! At least it wasn't a total loss for all 3 cakes!!
Is there a chance that the cake is no longer safe to eat b/c of the temp? If you feel fine with that, then I would refrost it (maybe freeze it a little bit first to firm it up) -- Did she ask for the design that you gave? Maybe you could do something a little simpler? Since its small, that wouldn't take long..
You know what it looks like--if you would be embarrased, I wouldn't give it to her-- its better to give it to her a day late (and you can always pick up a pastry or doughnut or something and stick a candle in it as a peace offering until the real cake gets to her) - :O)
Well, thanks for the replies! I've been busy trying to salvage the cake- with some degree of success! I slid it back together, saved most of the flowers, froze the cake to firm it up, then cut/scraped off the problem areas. Did another layer of basketweave- it is two layers thick in spots to even it out! Made a few more roses and have patched it together. I will give it to her- certainly at no charge, and explain the story. She is a friend and will understand. If it was not at all salvagable- I'd be busy baking another right now! My other option is to call off work tomorrow- huge expense for me at time & half weekend pay rate and I have no sick time to use! If this was for an event ( or not for a friend) I certainly would do whatever it takes, but this was just meant to be a treat for her and her husband. Not that it still isn't important! I'm trying to make myself believe that I'm making the right decision! And I haven't convinced myself yet! 
If she's your friend she will understand. I say that and I'm a perfectionist! Most of my friends would tell me "it's gonna get cut anyways, so why worry".
Cake was delivered- she ABSOLUTELY loved it (despite the flaws!)!
She said if I hadn't pointed out the problems, she would have thought it was supposed to be that way.
We are our own worst critics! I still feel that not charging for the cake was appropriate because it wasn't my best work. I wanted to do it for her for free anyway, but she wouldn't hear of it.
At least I have learned from my mistake! Life is one big learning curve!
Thanks for all who gave advice and support!
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