My Whimsical Tilted Cake Tilted Too Much. Lol
Decorating By jo_ann Updated 24 Oct 2006 , 5:23pm by jo_ann
I made a 2 tier whimsical tilted cake for my daughter-in-law. I did a few things different(obviously wrong). I made a steeper tilt to both layers, I baked and filled and iced it within and hour and 1/2. I think I should have let the cake cool and set in the fridge overnight. And I added a candy heart on the top which was obviously to heavy for the cake. I was looking at the cake as it's tilting more and more. Told dh "I don't think it's going to make it" and to grab a plate so I could get the top tier off before it ruined the bottom tier. We managed to save the bottom tier, fix the icing and put the heart on it. Called and explained what happened, she just laughed. She loved the tier she got and we (dh & I) got to eat the evidence of the disaster. LOL. It was a sight to see. I wouldn't have laughed if it had been a paid order.
Even paid orders you need to laugh. If only to cover up the tears. 
Next time let the cake cool. If needed in a hurry place in fridge for an hour. Then make sure you put a dowl rod down the middle to keep them from sliding. But keep on laughing it is healthy.
I did dowel both the bottom layer and put a dowel through both but I could feel the the dowel throungh both layers was too "wobbly". I think it moved while hammering it thru the board. It wasn't fitting in there snug. You could see a gap in the hole the dowel was in. It was definitely funny to watch.
I use 2 layers. The first I tort level and fill, then the 2nd layer I cut at an angle and put the 2 fatter pieces together for the tilt, add filling to the top of the bottom layer and put the tilted layer on top.
I've also cut both layers even and made the tilt by adding more filling to one side of the cake.That's how the WBH book describes to do it.
I've made a mobile cake before too! Mine was for my daughter's 6th birthday, so not too disastrous! Still tasted good! I laughed with the other parents and got some great advertising out of it. I explained that I have to do all my experiments on my kids! They still loved it!
Anywho, back on topic, I also followed the WBH instructions for that one! I made my 2nd one this past weekend and it was perfect!! I followed the tutorial on CC for this one! Basically, cut our the bottom layer so the top one still sits level. They're both cut at an angle, so they still look tilted, jsut stationery (which from what I understand is the ultimate goal of most cakes!) 
I think I'm going to try it that way next. I finally got an 11" round pan so my next project, when I have nothing to do is to make one like in the tutorial. I like the decreasing layers in each tier. And a plus with disasters is you can eat the evidence.
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