Ok I Confess - I Cried Like A Baby!
Decorating By amberhoney Updated 24 Aug 2007 , 2:04pm by fmcmulle
Never again will I ignore my gut - My latest customer wanted white chocolate mud cake with white chocolate frosting. I made them one once before and liked it. They also wanted a topsy turvy cake. I thought 'uh oh... the white chocolate mud cake is heavy and crumbly, and the frosting is quite soft...and I've never done a topsy turvy before...' but of course I said 'yeah no problem!!"
The cakes baked fine. They carved fine. The problem started when I made the frosting and it wouldn't thicken. I used a whole bag of icing sugar and by this time it didn't taste so much like chocolate any more! But I had run out of icing sugar so I thought I'd better get started. Well I didn't think about the fact that this is clearly a non crusting buttercream, and I was planning to fondant over it. So of course it wouldn't stick and was sliding all over the place. It was bulging and tearing. Then I tried to stack it, and forgot the wedge shape that was going to hold up the middle tier.
By this stage I was a bit of a wreck. And yes, I did cry. I didn't blubber but I cried. My DH, bless him, said 'it will work out, you can do this' and sat with me at the breakfast bar while I tried to recover. So in the end I stuck lots of shapes and flowers, and beads all over it. I nearly forgot to dowel it too. I was so grateful he was there to talk me through it. I am a very lucky lady that he has more faith in me than I have in myself.
I drew this cake first for the customer and then a friend asked if I can make a four tiered one like it for his wedding. So just as well I got a chance to practice! Oh and a lady from work saw the drawing, said 'oh you can't do that!' and now I have photos to prove I can, so there!
I just had to post this, I always read the 'distaster stories' and think this will never happen to me but now it has so I can relax in the knowledge I have joined the ranks. The pic is in my photos. I have never quite worked out how to resize so I can link them in a post.
Hope you have all enjoyed your weekend!
Well it's adorable and poo poo to the lady who said you couldn't do it. : )
You've done tons of beautiful cakes. I looks at your pics and your the BOMB girl 
your really good and 
that lady that doubted you. She obviouslt doesnt know what your capable off... The cake still turned out Great! Im so scared to do a tipsy toppsy cake. IT looks like it would be desaster if i tried it!
That cake is ADORABLE!!! You should be very proud!
The cake is beautiful! You should be proud. I think most of us has that one cake that did us in. I had to do a tire for a grooms cake and I cried several times but he absolutely loved it when he saw it.
We are always our worst critics. You are very talented! I can't wait to see your next cake. Keep up the great work.
Faye
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