Zebra Stripe Sixtieth Birthday

What a nightmare cake this was. Bottom was red velvet, but it didn't turn out quite right. The layers didn't rise very much during baking and then as they cooled they deflated a bit. Was a very weird texture for some reason. The top tier was lemon and turned out wonderful. You can see the height difference, although they were made to be the same height.

As I left my driveway to deliver, on the turn the cake fell over, I screamed out loud lol - back into the house to repair, the bottom tier had cracked in half, the cake was too moist and was falling apart. Pulled it apart, added a few more bubble tea straws (which could have made matters worse, but didn't)..Thankfully my buttercream was crusted well :)...Repaired, delivered and whispered the cake fate to my daughter (she was hosting the event)...She surveyed the cake, giggled and said don't stress mama, it looks awesome...yikes my daughter needs her eyes checked or she is the sweetest baby girl in the world :)

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