Fail: Checkerboard Cake

Pin Reaper: Lisa

Original Inspiration: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/119626933826707708/
via: http://www.sprinklebakes.com/2014/01/lemony-rainbow-checkerboard-cake.html

What I Did: I was baking this for my son’s birthday. I had one of the rings break, but I thought I could fix it with frosting. It kept leaning more and more..

My Result:

Next Time I Will: I would make the cakes thicker and less fragile.

4 COMMENTS ON THIS FAIL:

  1. Louise

    I too have this cake pan and it sucks! I now bake three different colored cakes using these pans but not the plastic thing. When baked I cut three rings of the same size in each pan. Now I move ring colors around until all three cakes contain all three colors. Then stack. Much easier in the long run.

  2. Mae

    Also, way less frosting between the layers… look how thin they spread it between the colors. You have at least 4x that. You need just enough to make it stick, I think that’s why yours is leaning and you just made it worse by adding more frosting lol

  3. Jessica

    Wrong frosting, You used canned, when you should have used homemade buttercream.

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