Okay, so my previous entry, I posted the pic of the Tweety cake. For Kebra...(ethiopian for glory of kings, hehe. brandon :-D) and I put it in the fridge. All snuggled in it's box awaiting delivery. Then, later yesterday, I decided to sneak a peak and see how it was doing. The black of the outline and text bled ALL over the cake. I tried several cruddy patch jobs, before realizing I had to scrap the whole cake.
When you do a buttercream transfer, like I used to make Tweety, you have to put the transfer in the freezer to harden. Thus making it easier to apply to your cake. What wasn't included in the directions for making said transfers was a little tip about the condensation that undoubtedly forms on the transfer as it descends in temp. This condensation destroyed my cake. Plus, North Carolina is humid as hell right now....I wanted to fricken cry. Matt gave me some reassuring hugs and said "get thee to walmart" to get supplies to redo the cake. After I got home, and re-iced the cake and re-traced the transfer, I got on the net and did some digging. I'm not the only one who's run into this problem!!! Thank god, cause I felt like a loser. The best way to fight condensation is a regiment of paper towels. Draping the towels over the image, and changing out paper every 5 minutes as the cake comes to normal temp. It worked. I delivered the cake thirty minutes ago, to a happy customer.
I also decided to steer clear of the black for the writing, and also, wasn't fond of the original layout...so I added a banner in Tweety's hands and did her name larger at the bottom. I actually think it turned out better than the first go! Hooray, it's over!!!
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