I know I've posted one of these before, but this one is gator and it has a little bit of a funny story behind it. Funny now, but not so much last week.
I was working on this cake right up until the minute I needed to leave to deliver it. I was in a hurry to say the least. I didn't even have time to change. I went in my jogging pants and t-shirt covered in powdered sugar....just so you know how big of a hurry I was in. :-) Well, I put the cake in the box, closed the lid and didn't give it another thought.
I got to my delivery spot and opened the lid to show Ms. Julie S. her cake. What I saw was my first real "cake disaster". The top part of the gator head had stuck to the box lid. I was horrified and so upset. Julie was so sweet about it, saying after three kids nothing really bothered her. I offered to take it home and fix it, but in the end she just took the cake as it was saying it really was no big deal.
I felt bad about it all evening and then I get a text from Julie with a picture of the cake restored to it's former glory. I was amazed and very glad to say the least! After talking to her, I found out that Julie just cut the part of the box that had Mr. gator on it out, stuck it in the fridge for a while, and just flipped it back over onto the cake perfectly as if nothing had ever happened. That was brilliant of her because it was a frozen butter cream transfer after all. So all was well and Mr. T had his gator birthday party.
Note to self....never ever get in a hurry again and STOP PROCRASTINATING!
You are gorgeous even in sweat pants! Everyone loved the cake...huge success. Can't wait for the next one. Even without three kids, I figure why get mad or upset about trivial things? Will I remember the cake got messed up 10 years from now or will I remember that my kids had a great birthday party?? Thanks again ~ j
Posted by: Julie Stewart | January 23, 2009 at 11:51 AM