My birthday cake for my kid turned into a leaning tower disaster

I was making a three layer chocolate cake for my son's party last weekend. The middle layer just slid right off when I tried to stack them, and the whole thing leaned like the tower of Pisa. I had to use about twenty wooden skewers to hold it up before I could even frost it. Has anyone else fixed a sliding cake without starting over from scratch?

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3 Comments

michael_wright901mo ago

Oh man, I totally used to think you had to have perfect layers for a cake to work. Then I had a slide happen and just smushed it all together with a ton of frosting like spackle. It actually made the cake way more moist and nobody even saw the mess inside. Those skewers are a lifesaver, right? Honestly, a leaning cake just shows it was made with real effort.

leodavis1mo ago

Ever think that slide might have pushed extra frosting into the cake, @michael_wright90? That hidden pocket of filling is probably why it got so moist. Leaning cakes do taste better.

ray_miller841mo ago

Made with real effort"? Come on, a leaning cake just shows it was made badly. If my layers slide, I see it as a fail, not a secret win. That "spackle" method just hides a dry cake under a pound of sugar. I'd rather eat a smaller, straight cake that's actually good than a crooked mess held together by frosting glue.