The Melty Man Cometh
Day 08 | A photo that makes you angry/sad
This photo makes me very sad, and quite angry with myself because I know everything I did wrong:
This was the carrot cake I made for Kiersten's birthday. I will say that it was really delicious, if I can toot my own horn, but...
First of all, I didn't give the cream cheese frosting near long enough to set up. I followed the directions, but didn't adjust my time for the double batch. So, very runny cream cheese...and then, 100+ degrees in my car. Woops. The very first turn I took, and wham, there she went. Sure, I should have secured the cake a LOT better, and I should have given the whole operation a lot more time. This is only my third time icing a cake, and the last one was one tier and shaped like a penis, so I need a lot more practice on real cakes. I'm thinking about making a deep dark chocolate cake or a peanut butter chocolate cake, both recipes from the Grit cookbook! If I remember, I'll post pictures of the next cake, and we'll see if I can do a better job of it this time.
This photo makes me very sad, and quite angry with myself because I know everything I did wrong:
This was the carrot cake I made for Kiersten's birthday. I will say that it was really delicious, if I can toot my own horn, but...
First of all, I didn't give the cream cheese frosting near long enough to set up. I followed the directions, but didn't adjust my time for the double batch. So, very runny cream cheese...and then, 100+ degrees in my car. Woops. The very first turn I took, and wham, there she went. Sure, I should have secured the cake a LOT better, and I should have given the whole operation a lot more time. This is only my third time icing a cake, and the last one was one tier and shaped like a penis, so I need a lot more practice on real cakes. I'm thinking about making a deep dark chocolate cake or a peanut butter chocolate cake, both recipes from the Grit cookbook! If I remember, I'll post pictures of the next cake, and we'll see if I can do a better job of it this time.