Scarlet Macaws Cake

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Comment by Sandra Smiley on September 27, 2014 at 9:48pm

Thank you for your kind words!  No, the building was air conditioned.  The damage was due, as best as I can determine, to the refrigeration alone.  These are the photos which were made after the fair.  All of the damage, Becky, is to the gum paste flowers and feathers on the macaws.  Of course, when the gum paste melted, it stuck all over the fondant, so it is ruined, too.  Otherwise, the fondant was unharmed.  

Comment by Becky sheridan on September 27, 2014 at 9:19pm

Parrots look great too

Comment by Becky sheridan on September 27, 2014 at 9:18pm

Was it very humid during the fair? I put have put all of mine that are fondant in the frig overnight and only have issues whe him idiots is high. The only thing that has happened is the cake gets shiny. It does dry back out though. Haven't had anything fall apart or melt (yet - yikes). This would make me cry. That is a ton of work!!! Still, the flowers look great!

Comment by Sandra Smiley on September 16, 2014 at 8:09am

Thanks, June.  Doesn't even bother me anymore.  

Comment by June Kowalczyk on September 16, 2014 at 8:05am

Sooooooo Sad..... :o(

Comment by Sandra Smiley on September 16, 2014 at 7:35am

When the flowers melted, they fell all over the fondant and turned or concrete.  I do not know if I can clean it off or not.  Also, moisture settled all along the top of each tier and it looks wet (but isn't).  I really think it would be easier to just start over.  Even the base is ruined.  The brown sugar (sand) looks as though it was soaked and is now melted concrete.  All of the damage did not take place in one night. The fair folks were putting it in the refrigerator EVERY night after the fair closed.  Bless their hearts, it had already been there five days when I saw it and told them it should not be refrigerated, so it got a few good doses LOL.

Comment by Goreti on September 16, 2014 at 6:11am

Yikes.  I have put cakes in the refrigerator overnight with gumpaste flowers but they have always been covered.  How terrible

Comment by Bonnie Willey on September 15, 2014 at 10:59pm

OH   MY...Would you just look at that!  OUCH!!  Sweet Sandra...,Now I can just about imagine how you felt when you first saw this.  Devastation comes to mind.   If they had only put something over it, to keep the moisture from settling on it.  I only put fondant in the fridge, if it is in a box that is lying on it's side, that way the top, rear, & both sides are covered.  The only open side, the top of the box, is facing out so I can slide the cake in.  I have never had any problems with this arrangement.  But then hind sight is usually 20-20.  I have a collection of different sized boxes for just such occasions.  And I build them out of boxes to meet a need, as it arises.

Looks like the bottom tiers made out pretty good. or am I not seeing something that I should?  The bodies, heads, & beaks do look savable from here.  If anyone can do this repair, it is you.

 

Comment by Sandra Smiley on September 15, 2014 at 9:11pm

No biggie, Betty.  I did it for experience and I got what I wanted.  And, the poor volunteers at the fair learned something, as well....do not refrigerate gum paste.  They were pretty heart broken that they had destroyed it by trying to take special care of it.

Comment by Betty on September 15, 2014 at 8:05pm

Since I don't work with this medium I didn't know this would happen.  So sorry.