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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miles70723d 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.

wadeyoung23d ago

Call that the grandma tax, gotta pay up with extra frosting.