…It wasn’t pretty.

There was foul language.  Spelled outloud.  My kid won’t know the words, but he’ll be spelling them.  Or saying one particular word beginning with S and ending with T in German, because somehow that makes it not a bad word.

There were hours of frustration.  Six to be exact. (That’s just the failing icing, not the entire cake.)

In the end, the fondant won.  I threw in the towel.  I was trying to make marshmallow fondant in five colors.  Red, blue, white, gray, and black.  Red and black were the death of me.  I had no gloves to wear, and if you’ve used Wilton Food Coloring Gels before, you can imagine how my hands must look.

I can feel every tendon and muscle connected to my fingers or my right hand.  My fingers and fingernails are rainbow colored.  And when I bent my finger, my knuckle split open (you have to knead it forever).  That was when I gave up on the fondant and decided to stick with buttercream.  I am my own worst critic.  I hate the way the cake looks.  Believe it or not, I feel like I disappointed him.  I know that sounds crazy.  But he had ideas about the cake, and I just knew I could do it.  And then it didn’t work.  So yeah.  That sucked.

Pictures are coming.  I promise.

Comments

3 Responses to “there was a battle…”

    Amber
    March 28th, 2009 4:23 pm

    Oh, lordy! But he’ll love you for it later.

    Jen
    March 28th, 2009 6:27 pm

    Oh no! I’m so sorry! I know, first hand, how disappointed you must be because my fondant FAILED MISERABLY too. I ended up just frosting the whole pirate ship.

    Not sure where I went wrong- I made a batch the week before and it came out great. I colored it and used it on a tennis court cake for my Dad. Made another batch using the EXACT same marshmallow recipe, spent HOURS kneading it, then used a whole jar of Wilton’s brown to color it, and it was aweful!! Dry, cracked, you name it. I was so upset.

    So yes, I definitely feel for you, and I know what your wrist must be feeling like too ;) , but I am also sure Caleb will love the cake no matter what.

    Dianna
    March 30th, 2009 5:45 pm

    Oh, Rachel! I’m so sorry. But really, the buttercream will be just fine. Caleb is going to enjoy the cake no matter what and I can guarantee with 99% accuracy that he isn’t going to remember if it was buttercream or fondant in a week.

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