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!