Cake Disaster

Well here it is. The cake disaster. I was attempting a few 'firsts' with this cake. My first square cake and my first layer cake.  Maybe I overdid it!

This picture was taking early in the afternoon. It got worse the closer it came to the party. You can see the bottom starting to bulge a little, especially on the middle block. The sides were coming away because it was sinking and pushing on the fondant.

Here you can see the lean that it had. The night before they all stacked on top of each other nicely. the only thing that I had done in the morning was put the decorations on the blocks. i do like how they turned out. I also really liked the colours.

Here is a close up of the fish. I made the scales by using a straw to cut out the circles and they a lightly pushed them onto the fish. I was so proud of this fish.

Here is the Teddy Bear. I think he looks very cute. From this angle you can see the bulging starting to happen a bit better. Also it you look closely you can see the skewer sticking up inbetween the layers. The night before they were level with the top of the cake. It goes to show how much that is actually sank.

Lastly, here is my whale. another cutie. Again with the skewer. So that's it. That is my cake disaster. The reason that it sank, I believe, was the cake. I didn't make the cake. We got a chocolate mud slab cake from a bakery and cut it into the blocks. I even froze them, but it was just too moist. It was incredibly soft and crumbly and moist. Next time, if there is a next time, I will take the time a bake the cakes myself.

Incredibly, I did make it to the baby shower with a cake. I bought a mudcake from the cheesecake shop and decorated it with chocolate, all in less than an hour and half! i didn't get a picture though!

So, I know that it has been awhile since I blogged. I got caught up reading so many other wonderful blogs that it made me think that mine is so boring. I guess I got writing block! Anyway after looking through some recent photos I found a few things that you might find interesting.

After my Doll cake turned out ok I wanted to try using fondant on another cake. It was my Nana's birthday so I made her a mini cake. I used my Sprite cake recipe and a mini pan. I also had the idea to make it look like a present by adding a bow. I had read a bit about it and it didn't sound very hard. Once the cake had cooled I put on a layer of frosting and then roller out my white fondant. There was a couple of marks in it, but I was happy with how it went. I then rolled out the pink fondant. Using a ruler and a pizza cutter I made my ribbons. To help the bow stay up I rolled up some tissues and put them in the loops until they had hardened up.

All in all I was happy with how it turned out. 

My next cake was really a disaster, but I'll leave that for next time!

Monday Mayhem

Today, like every Monday, is a little crazy, but I wanted to post some of the cool blogs that I've been looking at recently.  I love to look at blogs. You can get some many ideas.

The first one is had some fantastic, easy and cheap decorating ideas for your homes.  I want to try so many of her ideas. One day, when i have a house of my own, I will be able to start and I can't wait!

Now for some yummy treats. I found Bakerella's blog awhile ago (Thanks mum) and just love it. She is so creative. I have tried her cupcake pops and loved them. So just comes up with the coolest ideas.

I found this cool website called Parent Hacks. Parents write in with things that have worked for them. You can search through a variety of categories are are sure to find something to help. Since we are working on organisation and cleaning at the moment I just loved this one.

Well that's enough for now, I better get back to cleaning my house. Hope everyone has a good week!