This weekend I made two cakes, one for a relative's baby shower and one for my hubby's birthday. The baby shower cake turned out pretty well, except for the fact that I used very fresh fondant and it needed to have "aged" a bit. I also got to eat the cake, and was really surprised when the bottom layer was super dry. Hmm...have to work on that.

So, that was the pretty cake. Here's the UGLY one. Hubby wanted a "plain" cake, meaning he didn't want me to slave away over decorations. He knew how busy I'd been all week. He also wanted canned icing because he didn't want me to worry about making it. I balked at the icing, knowing that decorator icing is a big secret to pretty cakes. But, I totally submitted (okay, not totally, I made a few sarcastic comments) and used canned icing. It was a disaster. I rushed and procrastinated and it turned out awfully. The middle layer totally fell apart and I had to piece it back together. Plus it tasted gross. The canned icing was just yucky!

Its not the best picture, but then again...I wasn't trying to save this one for the scrapbook!