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My friend insists you can't fix a sunken cake center, but I did it last Tuesday
I was making a chocolate layer cake for a birthday in my kitchen, and the middle sank a full inch after cooling. I just filled the dip with extra frosting, stacked the next layer on top, and nobody at the party even noticed. Why do people act like a small collapse means the whole thing is ruined?
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miles7075mo ago
Honestly, people get way too hung up on bakery-perfect looks. Tbh most home bakes have a flaw or two, that's what makes them real. My grandma's famous spice cake always caves a bit, we just call it the buttercream swimming pool. Fixing it quietly with extra frosting is the real pro move, not tossing it.
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wadeyoung5mo ago
Call that the grandma tax, gotta pay up with extra frosting.
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jade6184mo ago
Oh man, I used to stress so much if my cakes cracked or sank. I'd see it as a total fail. But calling it a buttercream swimming pool actually makes it sound kind of special, like a family thing. That really flips how I see my own messy bakes now.
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