I had really good intentions.
I bought this:
And this….
I read the directions.
Twice.
They said to do this:
Three times.
And bake.
OOh.
I got this!
Promising.
So I let them cool.
All the way this time.
I even asked for advice on facebook how to level them nicely for frosting.
I put on my serious baking hat.
Then I frosted them.
Cherry.
Lemon.
Cherry.
Then I cut a piece.
And this is what happened.
Then I walked out of the kitchen and came back to more of this….
Cry.
Remember this?
Don’t use the moist kind.
It falls.
You’re welcome.
~Trisha
Oh I would still eat it, fallen over and everything. I’m not a baker so have no advice.
It looks yummy. thanks for the tip about the moist pack
Oh no, after all of that work! I would have totally cried
Your cakes were PERFECT before the frosting!
awww bummer. I would have cried. Seriously. I hope you try again … even if it is with brownies!;)
actually i did try w/ brownies..it tastes great and the thick batter worked like a charm…downside is there really isnt much difference in dark and milk chocolate brownies. I even did a cookie topper one layer and you just cant see the checkers. It does taste good. LOL!
Well that plain sucks! I hate when I’m trying my best at cooking and it fails (as it often does).
BTW I love the new design I especially like the bubbles in your header aroud MomDot. The blog also looks very active.
thankyou! Its not done, but it should be today
Yikes! I totally would have made cake balls with it!
i cant even make a real cake, what makes you think i could do cake balls? LOL
I would have suggested duncan hines for a cake mix. For my rainbow cupcakes i didn’t use a mix, well i don’t use mixes anymore anyway but my point is this, super moist cake + frosting+ humidity usually equals a cake fail. And i nearly bought the checkerboard set again today. I refrained, focused on my daughter’s birthday cupcakes to make and easter cakes. Or I will give in and buy it tomorrow on the way home from class LOL.
I agree with Cat though, you should try it again. I will try it with you as a challenge if you want!
You shouldn’t have thrown it in the trash!!! You could have mixed the entire plate of cake and frosting into cake balls!
It’s crazy how different the ingredients and consistency is with cake mixes – I get emails just about every single day of people asking me how I get my cake pops to actually be ROUND in the cake pop maker – and its totally the batter. Pillsbury puffs up perfectly. Duncan Hines is so oily that you get little space ships LOL
Hope it turns out better next time… I will expect a piece for breakfast in the morning LOL
I never have much luck with the Super Moist either – Seriously, the store brand is just right for this kind of stuff. Too much “moist” and you get no structure!
That blows. I should pull mine out and try the same recipe and see what happens.
You must try again Trisha. That is probably my favorite Wilton product of them all. But I use Duncan Hines cake mixes instead.
Did you level each of the cakes before putting them on top of each other? I always have to do that first and I chill the cakes with a crumb coat in the freezer before doing the frosting layers.
I bet it still taste good though
I would have cried! All the work and it just fell apart!
Duncan Hines next time. It’s Wilton approved. I even talked to a big cake baker who says that most bakers use their white mix for ALL their Wedding Cakes. Good enough for me!
it probably still tasted good though, I’d eat it
charlotte assured me that it did. She put her finger in it. I scraped it into the trash and have vowed to try with brownie mix instead.
Can I put in a different theory? I think it actually might have been your frosting rather than the cake. Was it still warm in your kitchen at all or did you mix it up a lot?
Oh, but super cute idea and it sounds like it tastes yummy even though it might not look so pretty.
nope, didnt mix at all and everything was completely cool. I made sure cause i hate melted frosting. The cake just fell apart when i cut it…just….topple. Leaning tower of cake.