Ladies and gentlemen I have grim duty to report the first casualty of the process. Only two days ago I proudly introduced you to my final cake from my Wilton, Flowers and Cake Design Class in my "Look Mom I Graduated" post. She was a stout young thing less then 12 hours old and getting some rest for her big reveal bright and early the next morning. As I laid her down for bed there were some instinctual parental concerns that were setting in. There was something not sitting right in my stomach but exhausted from a long day of baking, making icing and finishing up my last class I ignored my concerns and went to bed.
I cant say that the next morning when I went to check on her and one side had crumbled that I was shocked. Parents know when something is wrong and should always follow that natural instinct.
The coroner ruled the death as laziness, not making the gum paste stems long enough and poor flower placement in the cake were the two main causes of death. All things that I knew but ignored. "Why are you telling us about cakes on a gingerbread blog" you ask? Well this just goes to show you how quickly hours of work can be reversed by skipping a few simple steps. Take the time to do your work right the first time, and if you don't have the time DO NOT START THE PROJECT. The work will just need to be done again wasting time and supplies. No one should have to go through what I went through the other morning and I hope this post will help save innocent confections.
RIP Little Daffodil Cake.
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