Oh Yeah!! Bad Cake Week! I Hope It Is Not An Omen...
Decorating By pscsgrrl Updated 29 Sep 2006 , 3:44pm by pscsgrrl
So yesterday, I was completely unable to make piping gel. First batch I cooked to the bottom of the pan. The second batch, I ended up melting the plastic container I was putting it in. I still don't think it would have turned out. I bought piping gel today. One thing down. I made the MMF yesterday which seemed to be okay. I guess we'll find out tomorrow.
The big disaster is that I baked my first paid cake (1/2 sheet) tonight, and it COMPLETELY fell apart when I tried to take it out of the pan. I used 2 white cake mixes, a box of pudding, and some milk, in addition to the eggs, water, and oil (water and oil in reduced quanities). Maybe the cake was too moist?? Or I wasn't liberal enough w/the Crisco when greasing the pan?? The cake is very yummy. I just don't get why it wouldn't come out of the pan. I waited btw. 10 and 15 minutes to take it out. It was dense but flimsy.
The child the cake is for has a severe peanut allergy, and this is the first time his mom has ever let anyone else make a cake for him. Here I am screwing it up. Luckily, it's not due until Saturday so I have time to bake another one. Somehow, I will salvage some of this one and make a cake for dh to take to work.
On top of that, I have a cold. I am subjecting myself to drinking Alka Seltzer which I think has got to be the worst tasting stuff ever. It's like drinking a cup of baby aspirin. If it didn't work so well......
Thank you for listening to my rant. I am so frustrated. DH will be so happy that I have to go spend more money on cake mix tomorrow. I think I will leave a note on the disaster cake in the fridge telling him not even to mention it....lol.
Definitely sounds like too much moisture/liquids in the cake. Use the disaster cake to make cake balls!! Hope things get better for you.
Oh no, sounds like you had a terrible day! After having a few fall apart at exactly the wrong time (middle of night-and heading to store that is open all night for more supplies!), I have been using parchment paper to line the bottom of my sheet pans and they really come out nicely. Maybe tommorrow will be better-hope your cake turns out great 
I always use parchment in the bottom of my half sheet......for some reason they always stick....also.......be careful what cake mixes you're using for nut allergies........I read on here somewhere where Duncan Hines can't say it DEFINITELY does not have any nut products anymore.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-26867-nut.html+allergy+duncan+hines
I called DH, and they said that by law they do not have to state that there is a chance of cross contaimination. They make all their cake mixes on the same line, but they "clean" in between. Wow!! That lessens the chances, doesn't it? I really laid into the poor girl on the phone. I mean, nut allergies and other food allergies can mean death within minutes.
I dedided to make the cake from scratch so I guess the cake falling apart last night was a blessing not an omen.
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