BELLY CAKE ANTICS!!!

I'm sure you all remember the post I blogged several months back about a belly shaped cake that I just could not live without!!! I just had to have that cake at my shower and my wondeful mother made it happen!!! She took the photograph I posted on this blog down to Viktor Benes (a well know baker in our area) and they told her that they would be able to make this cake perfectly!!! We were so excited!!!! Then the day came to pick it up. It was -- well -- a slight disaster. I say slight because we were able to salvage it and make it look like what you see pictured here. But -- the truth remains -- this cake had serious issues. SERIOUS!!! I'll start will the more obvious and very hi-larry-us issue. The boobs. The designer must have thought that this cake was for a bachelor party or something -- because the boobs on it were monstrous. I have never seen boobs that were larger than the pregnant belly. And these were. Substantially. They were what we like to call "Porn Star" boobies. In real life these bad boys would have a cost a pretty penny to have "installed"!!! We all got a good laugh out of it and made the best out of the breast!!! Those boobies actually fed everyone at the party!!! We barely cut into the belly -- and I guess that is sort of appropriate since it was a baby shower and that's what boobies are for!!! FEEDING!!!! Anyhow -- the not so obvious issue!!! Those gorgous roses did not come with that cake. We had to purchase a couple of bouquets and perform a little surgery!!! For some reason the baker decided to try to cut the shape of the bottom of the dress to look "flowy"!!! Why? I don't know. The result? Octo-Belly. This cake looked like a floating pregnant octopus with gianormo boobs. LOL!!! It just makes me laugh when I think back on it. We were able to turn lemons into lemonade and the cake was a huge hit. It tasted magnificent. It was a wonderful chocolate cake with a raspberry and whipped cream filling. It was divine. So when all was said and done -- and the cake was nearly fully devoured -- we were able to get a good laugh out of it and satisfied bellies!!! I still have to say that I loved that cake and I will be forever grateful to my for making my wish come true. She really is the greatest mom a girl could ever have. I love you momma!!!