Name: Alicat8
Original Inspiration: http://offbeatfamilies.com/2011/06/rainbow-themed-baby-shower
What I Did: This was for my rainbow themed baby shower. I insisted on making my own cake, because I thought this was so cute. It seemed easy. Well I spent a few hours the night before baking all the cakes, then 15 minutes before the shower decided to start stacking them. I got to about the 3rd layer before they collapsed and fell into a mess. Luckily my husband ran out and bought a cake. This one ended up being served out of a huge bowl.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: Next time I would level off the layers. The rounded tops made the stacking impossible.
Comments on this post
Oh my gosh! I tried a rainbow cake too – what a disaster! I tried the “cook it in a jar” style SEVERAL times! I tried it in the oven, in the microwave, in the oven with less cake mix – they were all unmitigated disasters. I finally made it in a pyrex bowl and made a sunshine cake!
20. December - 12:30 pmI have made a 3 level cake a few times and they trun out just fine. Maybe add more icing to make sure they are level before you add another row of cake.
4. January - 1:54 pmThis kind of cake disaster happened once, just minutes before my daughter’s birthday party (and there was no time to run out to the store and get another) — so I dumped the cake, frosting, and sprinkles into a big mixing bowl — stirred it all up and called it “Birthday Stew”! We served it up with ice cream and it was a gigantic hit with the kids. So we made birthday stew a family tradition after that!
5. January - 7:44 pmDid you freeze the cake layers overnight before assembling the cake?
8. January - 3:52 pmi didn’t freeze them-i should have, and i did think of it as they were falling. when i did it, i swear i was at the height of pregnancy brain and party planning stress.
we basically had shower cake stew too-it was still pretty and delicious.
11. January - 12:13 pmTry using 3 to 4 wooden craft dowels cut to height of each layer, and place smaller than cake diameter card board round to create a sturdy structure. Not really wise to just stack layers of cake with no foundation.
28. March - 1:26 am