I had no intention of sharing this cake.
Everything that could go wrong, did.
The multi-colored roses are oddly resembling a pile of mush. Â The touch of green leaves is a more of a massive green undergrowth and has a life of its own.
And the inside… well.  Lets just say that was not my best work.
Its completely tilted over.
Why on earth would it do that? Â Maybe because I used the wrong cookie cutters when preparing my cake and they were too tall for the pan so I had to improvise and create a “wall” around the cake with parchment so when I poured the extra batter over the letters it wouldn’t spill out the sides which didn’t really work and the batter did spill out on all sides resembling a square mushroom that took 70 minutes to bake and ITS CROOKED.
CROOKED!
This cake that I spent many hours dreaming about and baking and decorating was a total failure.
But then I shared this picture on Instagram with the caption, “Guess what I am up to.” Â and the adorable @achewycookie said,
“Spreading some JOY!”
And I was humbled. Â Because most people don’t care about the dumb details like I obsessively do.
They just feel loved and appreciated when someone makes them a cake. Â As they should.
So here it is. Â The cake that should have been something else but isn’t so it is what it is.
Merry Christmas. 🙂
I actually love the letters at an angle! I think the cake is beautiful.
It is a great cake and you are an inspiration always. Don’t be too harsh on yourself. You have always inspired me to to have fun while baking and accept that I am not perfect.
A bad cake day is like a bad hair day, I guess! 😉
I think it’s beautiful too!
Aw, I love this post! Maybe it doesn’t look like what you planned, but it’s still impressive to me! And I really love the idea behind it. 🙂
It’s beautiful, creative and I want to duplicate it…crooked letters and all! As an amateur baker it would be a monumental success for me. 🙂 You are inspiring to me in all you do. Bringing JOY…that’s you.
I think you are being way too hard on yourself. You have a real talent for baking and decorating beautiful things that even when they “fail” as you, are still beautiful and make people so happy. Merry Christmas.
It looks like the letters are so full of JOY that they are dancing 🙂
I think it’s wonderful! This cake makes me happy! Thanks for spreading the joy.
I LOVE it!! It actually made me teary as I read some of the reviews. We all do some things imperfect, but sometimes things like this can turn out to be SO PERFECT after all. I loved the “spreading the joy line–how cute!!
I love the crooked words! It’s so true – I’m always so hard on myself when others don’t even notice what I’m upset about or some silly imperfection. This cake is so festive and fun – perfect for the holiday mood right now!
You are so kind Ashley. Thank you!!