I hate cake...

Or at least decorating them... I volunteered to make a book cake for a get-together I'm going to tomorrow. I thought it would be easy, right? Flat cake, icing on top & sides?

Yeah, great. Too bad I can't get the cakes the same freaking size OR height. I need 2 9x13 cakes side by side to make 1 big book. The first cake turned out beyond perfect. It rose evenly & like I was meant to be a baker. Second cake didn't rise at all. AT ALL! Its lumpy and gross. And dry (DH cut into it to taste it... tastes fine, but its like chalk for dryness).

Cake #3 is now in the oven. Yay. It had BETTER work. IF it works, I have to cool it & level it, put it next to the perfect cake, level them together, ice them, then lay over fondant (which is my first attempt at fondant ever...). Yay...

I am already exhausted, frustrated and p-oed. DH came home and asked (innocently, not rude at all) what was for dinner. I just looked at him and said "I don't know, but whatever it is, it won't be made in this kitchen!"

He's gone for the take-out .

Yeah, cake suck... Good Luck!

LMAO..."oh, moooooom"...

You're a braver woman than I am. Good for you for attempting it! And if the fondant doesn't work, just throw tons of icing on it. That always works.

mmmm cake.

I never have any problems with my box mixes...heehee The Pillsbury with the pudding in the cake is da bomb!!!!! :thumbup: Homemade cakes usually DO mess up on me...it's so frustrating...I hope you get your cake situation figured out!! ((HUGS))

you should turn the dry chalky one into cake balls. i'm sure frosting will help hide the dryness

oooh good call Mimi. Hope it works out hon!!!

If they are uneven, just use a large knife to "shave" off the stuff that's bumpy and higher than the rest.

Well cake #3 was also *perfect*, so my cake is flat! I was SO glad!

I had a run-in with the fondant (it was too dry & tearing & ripping), and I was threatening it with eternal destruction for a while. I even had my foot on the trash can step and the fondant in my hands, and my mom and DH both shouted "nnnoooooooooooo"... so it got saved. Close call for the fondant... FINALLY got it to work though!

My cake is done, and I'm pretty proud of it, even though one of the corners has a little patchwork done to it, lol! Off for a rum & coke, some Livewire candy & a movie. I'm stressed, haha!