I purchased a 3D duck cake for my sister's baby shower a couple of weekends ago...I know you're thinking, why didn't you make the cake yourself? I'm just starting out,didn't want to tackle that yet!! Anyways, I go with my 2 y.o. to pick up the cake. It looked gorgeous! It was a double layer oval pan with another doubled layer (6 inch round) on top for the head. I noticed that the icing was cracked a little around the neck,and the lady at the shop (not the one who made the cake) tells me--- I'll let you handle taking that out to your car". I brought the cake out and the head started cracking more------so, I went back in the shop and asked for them to come out and take a look. The lady who made the cake came out and looked at it,she picked it up and told me she'd fix it. She took it in and came back out with it 20min. later, she said she put some extra dowels in and it looked a lot more stable. So off I go....VERY CAREFULLY...driving to this shower. I get there right when the shower is starting and open my trunk-------the duck was demolished!!! The head fell off and rolled sideways. My other sis and I repaired it the best we could, but chocolate crumbs do not go well with yellow BC icing. When we cut the cake it pretty much crumbled apart and we served it that way---a pile of cake crumbs with icing. It was delicious and the girl offered to give me my money back....But I'm not going to take it. I know she put a lot of work into the cake. Just thought I'd share.
Do you think it had to do with the cake just being too moist? Or was the cake not doweled correctly? I'm terrified of this happening to me and I don't want to make the same mistake.
Crystal
that's why I never make 3-D chocolate cake, they're too moist. I'm sorry that happened to you and like you, I dont think I would take the money back either.. but next time if I were you I'd do the cake. lol
that's why I never make 3-D chocolate cake, they're too moist.
I have to say I don't agree with this. I've made a lot of 3D cakes from chocolate and some even from cheesecake. In my opinion, it doesn't usually matter what kind of cake youu use as long as your support is good. I think the duck cake probably didn't have a good support structure.
I agree with gleep, 3-D chocolate CAN be done. I've done a 3-D Duckie before (see my pics), I used the Wilton pan. I did a trial run before the event, and the duckie kept trying to decapitate himself! In the end, I ended up running a wooden dowel rod diagonally from his forehead down into his neck and into his body. I iced it lightly, since it seemed in the trial runs that the icing kept weighing it down. And when we cut it, I cut off his head first because I was terrified the whole party that it would just roll right off the table! LOL
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