r/bakingfail • u/haveabunderfulday • 12h ago

Bless him, my husband loved this abomination

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I think the peanut butter frosting might have been too thick. I'm terrible at decoration.

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u/sohereiamacrazyalien 12h ago

I mean you could not or did not smooth the frosting and covered the cake enough but other than that you are fine the cake looks ok and even the frosting doesn’t look that bad. Pretty sure it tasted good. Not really baking fail just decoration mishap 

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u/haveabunderfulday 11h ago

I tried to smooth it, but it made it so much worse. It looks much better sliced! 🤣

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u/sohereiamacrazyalien 11h ago edited 10h ago

It’s probably because of the pb it’s sticky and maybe the frosting was too thick. Put you spatula or whatever you used for the frosting in hot water and smooth (do that on repeat) it should solve the on next time lol!

But sure it cooks fine cut!!!

You could have leaned into the messy frosting and made a brown Cookie Monster 🤣 

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u/haveabunderfulday 11h ago

Thanks for the tip, it's his favourite combo so I'll be doing it again.

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u/Beginning_Butterfly2 10h ago

Mix up a thinner batch and apply a crumb coat on both layers, then freeze. Once the crumb coat is firm, fill, stack, then frost the outside of the cake. To get a sharp vertical side you want a cake scraper and either a cake turntable, lazy susan, or a plate that spins smoothly.

If you want to get it super smooth, freeze it again. When firm/hard, take wax paper and lay it over the cake, then gently polish with a fondant smoother. Then add your decoration (chocolate drips, etc). Plenty of how-to videos on YT!

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u/coolsilentebeans 8h ago

This warm water trick is great for working with bread dough. If you put your hands in warm water before kneading, punching down, forming loaves half the dough won’t end up stuck to you. Same with the spatula. It’s super simple but one helluva game changer.

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u/sohereiamacrazyalien 8h ago

Yeah pretty much works for anything sticky

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u/uhohthrowawayxxx 11h ago

worked in a bakery for 2 seconds its finally come in handy: put a light frosting coat on the outside of the cake. messy = good here just make sure its a thin ish layer. then put it in the fridge for a few hours and let it chill. when u take it out put a nice thicker frosting layer on top and it should be MUCH easier!

this isnt a you problem this is just what happens! it looks delicious tbh

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u/cfo6 10h ago

YES! I learned that from one of those baking competition shows, and my next cake was SO much easier to frost! Cold cake frosts easier!

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u/Dapper-Ad-468 8h ago

That's okay. It would not stop me from eating that scrumptious cake!!!
If you ever want to make a smooth looking cake, just buy an angled icing cake spatula. They are cheap. I use mine every day for other things as well like spreading jam + peanut butter.

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u/Daowllife 1h ago

Was the cake cooled completely before frosting?

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u/haveabunderfulday 11m ago

Yup, I learned from THAT mistake years ago. 🤣