What a Cake Wreck!

Actually, I believe the words that came out of my mouth when my husband came home from work was, "Emergency, I am having a cake disaster...it's falling apart!" And it was! The cake that I had so beautifully baked and stacked and iced to set the crumbs, was bowing out on one side. A dog bowl with a missing top side just won't do for my baby's birthday!

It was my fault, really. I did not take the time to level the bottom layer of the cake as my mom had taught me to do. And why? Because I wanted to take the shortcut and get the darn thing finished. Hindsight is 20/20, and apparently I need to have my patience fixed! Thankfully, hubby took charge of the household-this means watching the two boys and fixing dinner. I dashed off to the store to buy the necessary ingredients to make the cake all over again. While at the store, I had a great conversation with my mom on cell phone. It went something like this:

Me: Hey!

Mom: Hey, how are you?

Me: Good, well except that the birthday cake fell apart.

Mom: Oh, no! Can't you save any of it?

(5 minutes later into the discussion)

Me: Well, can a regular cake mix turn out using an angel food pan?

(after another 5 minutes of suggestions from Mom)

Me: I guess I'll try, but I don't want to have to do another cake.

Mom: Why don't you just bake an angel food cake, then? They have mixes for those.

Me: Oh, okay...let me go see.

Mom: Or, why don't you just get one already made?

Me: Ok, let me go see.

And to make this long story from getting any longer, let me just say that I did indeed find a cake mix for angel food cake. I grabbed the pan, mix, and frosting and headed towards the baked goods section. Low and behold, they had already baked angel food cakes! So, I took everything back with the exception of the frosting and went home to make my second attempt of a DOG BOWL. You know what? It turned out pretty good. Added in my cake balls and the Scooby

Graham Cracker Bones. Viola! I failed to get a picture of the cake by itself, but managed to get one before it was served up.

And here is the poor cake I first attempted. You can't even tell it was once a dog bowl...I managed to save the bottom layer and even had an extra puppy cake ball to put on top!