Baking: Rugby Ball Cake

Sometimes things just don't go according to plan. We weep, we scream and we get over it.

I had an order for a birthday cake shaped as an actual size rugby ball, delivery on Friday. All went well, I was very nervous to shape the cake, but it went off better than anticipated- yay! I did very standard markings on the ball, attached the name and age and voila, the cake was complete! I put it in the fridge and left for the night. 

The next morning, I arrive to fetch the cake and it starts sweating, I start panicking, I was on duty at work and had no time to think straight. I delivered the cake, with the heaviest heart and knocked a whack off the price. The colour was running and the icing was wet through. It was a gloomy day and the rain was bucketing down, due to this the party had been moved to the next day. I calmed myself down and contacted the customer asking if I could get the cake back and fix my mess, she accepted my offer and I was relieved to say the least! 

Again I used my trusty chocolate beer box cake recipe and marshmallow fondant, lesson learnt, this fondant should not be refrigerated once molded!