I guess it could be worse. It is, however, like a Monet painting. From far away, really pretty. When you get closer, you can see aallllllllll of the imperfections.
I have been baking away this week. My son's high school is hosting an indoor guard/percussion competition, and we are having a bake sale. So on top of that, because I am a little crazy, dumb, overzealous, I decided I would make this cake for the judges room.
It seems that karma/reality has a way of knocking you down a few pegs occasionally. I was feeling so prepared for this cake to just zip together perfectly. I was organized, I was prepared, I had allowed myself ample time and then BAM! Karma, Murphy's Law, whatever you want to call it. My chocolate cake is super moist and it did not like being stacked and crumb coated for some reason. It kept trying to behave like an earthquake cake.
I went with my go-to chocolate and vanilla cake recipes. I used a basic buttercream to crumb coat. Earlier in the week, I made the marshmallow fondant and then the flowers. Finally finished fighting with the cake at about 2:30 a.m. and here is the final product.
