This led to a topless woman jumping out of a birthday cake for my Dad and a naked man lying on top of a cake for my Mum for mother's day (the events generally fall very close to each other). Don't ask me why they couldn't receive cakes with fully clothed people - perhaps replicas of themselves even - my mind just went straight to nakedness. Also, in my defence, clothes hide mistakes, naked meant I had to focus very much on the 'structure'.
My point is........I'm no stranger to risque cakes. So I thought it would be a nice little challenge when my cousin asked me to make a very naked, very realistic set of boobs for her husband's birthday.
What was a challenge became near impossible as it alternated rain and insane humidity in the week leading up to the cake's pickup. I won't bore you with the details - you're here for the cake after all, but I think it's important to note three results/learnings from this situation:
- I hereby vow not to decorate cakes from Nov-Feb each year; and to carefully carefully consider cakes close to either side of this period.
- the cake design had to be altered slightly from completely bare to partially covered, to hide the boob that melted. That's right - THE BOOB MELTED.
- my husband is an extremely patient and understanding man. He came home very late on the night prior to the cake being picked up, tired and stressed from work, and discovered our bedroom (the only place the air-conditioning was working) had been converted to a mini cake decorating studio. We then slept with the cake in our bedroom that night (air-conditioning).
So, nothing is a waste if you learn something right? Here's the final product, which the birthday boy loved!
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