What with the
recent conversations about comparing ourselves to others, I couldn't help but think about Deb when I was frosting Ben's cake the morning of his birthday. In case you didn't know, Deb is the reigning
cake decorator extraordinaire (seriously, click on the link to see her fab cakes, if you haven't already).
Deb, I hope my cake (made from cake mix, thankyouverymuch) and it's mediocre styling makes for happy comparing. ;)
I'm not saying it's terrible. It's fine and colorful and the boys like it, which is all that matters. But this close up clearly shows that my lettering is a tad on the sloppy side.
Little did I know it would get even better. Since this cake was on a plate and not still in the pan, I wasn't able to cover it with foil without ruining it. I didn't want it sitting out all day either, so I put it inside a big round tupperware container. After I picked the boys up from school and they were all out playing, I decided to go ahead and take it out. This is what I saw:
Apparently, cake + sealed tupperware container + hot Arizona kitchen = melted mess. Sheesh. I'm so glad I didn't wait until the last minute to take it out or I would have been in a panic. I just scraped it off and redid it, and it actually turned out better than the first. Not
Deb better, but you know, better. :)
6 comments:
That cake looks great, give yourself some credit! The last one just looks like a blury picture, LOL. Lots of birthdays close by = chaos!
Beautiful cake! I think you did a very spiffy job. :0)
What are you talking about? that's a great cake. If it makes you feel better I messed up on the writing on Smith's cake like three times. That's why the writing is so thick, it's covering the other messed up letters. And I made sure to take the picture from somewhat of a distance to be forgiving.
Sorry about the melting thing. I ALWAYS put my cakes back in the fridge because I prefer my cake to be cold when I'm eating it.
I think that's terrific "frosting handwriting!" Look at the supposedly professional way they wrote on Mitch's baptism cake - it's poo. Looks yummy, too! And thanks for my shout out. Cross your fingers that I sell a million!
Your cake looks awesome!! Delicious too.
Ummm. . . I would pay you to do the writing on my cakes for sure!
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