I have a picture of my cake before it fell!

climbingsingle

And, no wonder it fell! 

I have a picture of the aftermath too. 

novella1186

oooh that looks delicious! And yeah I'm not surprised it fell either. That sucker is tall! 

Fran1985

yikes! had they done naked cakes before? I think you need to have much smaller frosting layers to make it look right and not topple. It is so tall!

anjemon

That looks seriously tasty. 

cupcait927

That cake looks simply delicious! I can see why it fell but man - that thing looks amazing.

climbingsingle

Fran1985 said:

yikes! had they done naked cakes before? I think you need to have much smaller frosting layers to make it look right and not topple. It is so tall!

They had said they did it before, and it wouldn't be a problem. 

hellosweetie1015

Yeah.... that's quite the precarious pile of cake. I've never done a naked cake before, but I doubt very seriously that I would have put that much frosting ON the actual cake. I would totally have put some in a vat for scooping onto the plate (with or without the cake), but that's clearly going to topple over and make somebody sad.

I would have just positioned myself constantly by it so when it fell, it fell on me. Nobody else would want to eat it (because who wants to eat cake off a person who is not their naked significant other?) AND, as I have no scruples regarding the eating of cake off of oneself, I would have had all the cake.

ETA I should say that it is absolutely gorgeous, and I would be so sad that it fell.... as I ate the salvageable bits.

climbingsingle

It really did taste good - what they were able to save. And everyone did get cake. 

It fell just as people were walking into the room. I think 4 or 5 people saw it happen. 

theartistformerlyknownas

Was it just a pile of cake and frosting? Didn't they have dowels and shit running through it??

porkchops926

@ClimbingBrideNY it tasted awesome? I seriously want a naked cake but people have been telling me they dry out. Did the bakery need to keep it moist in some way? 

I'm sorry it toppled but it looked awesome to begin with, and at least you still got to eat it!

larrygaga

That looks like something a princess would eat!

wrigleyville

I love those cakes so much. I'm not big on sweets, and I love fruit, so they're the perfect compromise. It's cake, plus fruit, plus just a bit of frosting. Plus, they're pretty.

I'm so sorry it fell.

JaniV123

gorgeous and original cake!! sad it fell

arrippa

Was it a strawberry shortcake cake? It's so pretty. I love all the strawberries.

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JoanE2012

Fran1985 said:

yikes! had they done naked cakes before? I think you need to have much smaller frosting layers to make it look right and not topple. It is so tall!

This.  I hope they compensated you!  I bet it was tasty though!