(Devin showed me how to add to the blog...I guess I have no excuses anymore--so here's my contribution) We are Harry Potter fans, no question. I love the books, the movies are OK...so when I was employed to make a Godric Gryffindor Sword cake for a birthday party I was very excited! Well...I went a little overboard for what the family could afford-but who cares, it was the SWORD of Godric Gryffindor--I couldn't have it be anything less than spectacular, that just means a little extra time. The hilt of the sword only took 4 hours to make. It is carved from floral foam to get just the right shape, then covered with fondant. The rubies were mined right here at the Michael's cave. 
There is a wizard, Griffin and Unicorn carved on the hilt and of course Godric's name is carved down the blade (made from foam board covered in fondant). The shadow box is the cake, cut in box form and covered with fondant. Wow! I was very happy with the product and excited to bring it to the birthday girl. I loaded the cake into the car, told the kids to get into the car and ran back into the house to turn off lights and close the door. The next thing I know, David is running into the house saying "Seth crawled through the cake!" I'm thinking "This had better be a joke!" I can't even begin to describe the stomach clenching, heart stopping, hair pulling experience as I looked at the destroyed cake for the party that would begin in 30 minutes. There were several foot marks through the cake, the sword hilt was broken in half. I screamed and cried (I'm embarrassed to say, so loud that my neighbors came out to see which child had been hit by a car.) Thankfully, one neighbor took care of the kids while the other neighbor helped me to save the cake. We took off all of the fondant, cut off the smashed pieces cake, re-rolled fondant and covered the smaller cake, fixed the sword--and it turned out alright. It only took 2 hours to fix. Thankfully, the party didn't need the cake for another hour after it was finally delivered but they were very happy to have it. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the destroyed cake--only the before and after pictures along with a picture of the table holding the scraps of cake that had been taken off. The moral of the story is: buckle the two year old in the car BEFORE putting the cake in the car.
There is a wizard, Griffin and Unicorn carved on the hilt and of course Godric's name is carved down the blade (made from foam board covered in fondant). The shadow box is the cake, cut in box form and covered with fondant. Wow! I was very happy with the product and excited to bring it to the birthday girl. I loaded the cake into the car, told the kids to get into the car and ran back into the house to turn off lights and close the door. The next thing I know, David is running into the house saying "Seth crawled through the cake!" I'm thinking "This had better be a joke!" I can't even begin to describe the stomach clenching, heart stopping, hair pulling experience as I looked at the destroyed cake for the party that would begin in 30 minutes. There were several foot marks through the cake, the sword hilt was broken in half. I screamed and cried (I'm embarrassed to say, so loud that my neighbors came out to see which child had been hit by a car.) Thankfully, one neighbor took care of the kids while the other neighbor helped me to save the cake. We took off all of the fondant, cut off the smashed pieces cake, re-rolled fondant and covered the smaller cake, fixed the sword--and it turned out alright. It only took 2 hours to fix. Thankfully, the party didn't need the cake for another hour after it was finally delivered but they were very happy to have it. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of the destroyed cake--only the before and after pictures along with a picture of the table holding the scraps of cake that had been taken off. The moral of the story is: buckle the two year old in the car BEFORE putting the cake in the car.
4 comments:
I'm glad it all worked out for you! I'm also glad you posted a picture of that cake--that is beyond incredible!!! You are a very talented woman, Ms. Stacey!
oh stacey!! what an ordeal!! that cake is fabulous though. you are so gifted. what you can do with fondant and your imagination is amazing.
Ugh! That sounds incredibly nerve racking... But, what an amazing finished product. You are so talented. I also love the new family pictures. They look great!
That cake is truly amazing!!! I'm so sorry you had such an awful crisis- gotta love 2 year olds. I'm glad it worked out okay. You are SOOO talented!!!! The family pictures look so good too!
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