Another post made me question my cake driving skills....

Usually I am a great driver...kids in car....very cautious...never missing stop signs or tearing around corners.

BUT------put a CAKE in my CAR...and I am Danica Patrick on a wicked mission to get a cake somewhere like it should have been there yesterday!!!!

What the heck? I become the one screeching around corners, finding distant potholes, all the "LONG WAYS", the hills, the traffic, and the "sunniest lanes" north of the Ohio River.

I have no cake driving skills. Have never lost a cake, but that's because where I lack in cake transporting skills I manage to succeed in cake supporting skils.

FOR NOW........

LOL I am quite the opposite. Put a cake in my car and its all I can do to stop myself from putting my hazard lights on and driving 45 on the highway!

That is me totally! Careful as can be under normal circumstances - - - put a cake in the car and forget it. I some how loose my mind!!

I usually bring my creations to my BFs house which is all highway driving, people behind me wish they never got on the road. I drive super slow and look at my precious cake the whole way.

Ya know, we should all make a sign that looks like that "baby on board" yellow sign instead saying "cake on board", maybe people would back off!

I'm extra, super careful (read: crazy paranoid) when I drive with a cake. I could walk a turn faster than I drive it - that's saying something considering I have legs like a dachsund.

When my hubby - who is careful, but normal - drives, I carry a small paper bag with me so I can take slow deep breaths on the trip.

I'm hoping that I'll get better as I get more experience....or before I'm bald and my license is revoked.

I am glad to know that other people drive slow when there is a cake on board. I thought it was just me. If my kids are with me, I put them on cake watch until we get to our destination. If my husband is driving I usually white knuckle until we get there.

When I transport a cake I usually have a line of cars into the next county behind me. I could buy stock in Rubbermaid shelfing liner as I tuck that under EVERYTHINNG to make sure nothing moves. I'll go faster on straight, smooth roads, but I can never seem to find any!!!

I do tend to get in the car and go. I pay close attention to turning and try not to "slam" on the brakes. Going 20 mph goes against my nature I had to deliver a cake 8 blocks once, we used my grandson's car because he had a jeep with a flat surface in the back. Poor kid drove so slow, it took 15 minutes to go 8 blocks! He was so sure the cake would fall over. I have had a couple of mishaps in my time, but they were actually more my fault than the driving.

I'm with ya all the way!

Heck i even wanted to get a magnet for the back of my car that had my bakery emblem on it or a "cake on board" sign, so people wouldn't push me! But my kids threatened to disown me!!!

so, every time i get in, i recite this: "i will not throw the cake out the back window. i will not throw..."

it's like driver's ed alllll over again!!

I've said I more carefully with a cake on board than my newborn babies...at least they're strapped into a carseat that's strapped onto the car. They won't fall over if I take a sharp corner, but a cake on the other hand...yikes! I'm SUPER paranoid with a cake on board

My husband would often drive and for whatever reason one time I drove and he rode and oh my soul what a difference! Because I was in control of which potholes to hit going how fast. It was a stress reliever for moi.

Instead of sitting there becoming more and more petrified--if I have something to do like drive I'm much better off.

LOL, you guys are cracking me up! I drive all crazy slow and cautious too...but just the way you all refer to your cake driving is funny
Just glad I'm not the only one

I'm usually pretty careful with turns, curves and do not slam on the brakes as well as driving very defensively.

I had a student arriving at her first Course 1 Wilton class said that on the way to class a car ahead of her had the hazzard lights on and driving very slowly. When the student got closer to the car, she saw a big sign in the back window - "please pass, wedding cake on board".
Needless to say we had a good laugh. First time I've heard of that but it makes sense.

You guys are funny. Since switching to SPS we drive normally and never even think about the cake in the back, becasue we are certain nothng's going to happen to it.

I'm glad I'm not the only one - it is the most stressful part of all cake decorating - delivery!!! My hubby usually drives too and I'm constantly giving driving "hints" After I leave the cake, I take a deep breath and sometimes cry (Big baby me) I hope I can get over this - maybe I should try the SPS system. I, too, feel better if I'm driving, but the road sure is rougher with a cake in the car

I have a sign that is put on the back of the vehicle.....in BOLD letters -
CAUTION - WEDDING CAKE ON BOARD. I am also one who is better off being the driver - being the passenger is too stressful for me.

I second Leah's comment. I too use SPS, and though I do slow down a bit turning corners and don't stop or start too quickly, I drove a fully assembled 5 tier square wedding cake (in my pics) 30 miles down a major highway doing about 70. Not because I was in a hurry, but because that was the speed limit. On straight roads, if your cake is properly supported (thank you SPS), you should have no worries.

I also go verrrry slow, hazard lights flashing and sign on the back wedding cake on board patience please. People get right up behind or right beside and try peeking in the windows to get a look at the cake. Whewww when I get it there.

the last time I delivered a cake with my DH on board, he said "Honey, you'd better go...you know your van will overheat if you idle too long" Mind you I was DRIVING to the venue LOL I guess he thought I was going pretty slow! Do you know how many potholes there are in Ohio?? i have to swerve in and out of them and if you do that fast your cakes will fall......even though they aren't stacked already lol

I totally trusted leahs. I made a 5 tier (1st time) fully assembled & didn't even consider there might be a problem since I was using the SPS. It never crossed my mind to worry about it, now my husband & the other 2 guys that were actually transporting it were nervous. They just didn't believe me when I said "no problem, leahs said".

Thanks again leahs!

I have to add that its the other drivers sometimes that are the problem.
The baker transporting the wedding cake to a friend's wedding was hit by another car (not the bakers fault) and totally destroyed the cake. They ended up with a dummy at the reception and sheet cake served to the guests.

I agree, no matter what system you use, if you are going the speed limit and you have to slam on the brakes, something is gonna move. It is better for my blood pressure (SPS or any other type!) for me to go slower.