TMNT and the Secret of the Oozing Buttercream

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

and the Secret of the Oozing Buttercream

Event: "That Takes The Cake" 2011
7th Annual Sugar Art Show & Cake Competition (Austin, TX)

BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY SUBMIT THIS CAKE

Division: Adult Intermediate

Style: Buttercream Only

Media: styrofoam dummy, Wilton buttercream

So I was too embarrassed to enter this cake into the show.  I felt fantastic about it when I finished it ... but that was over a week ago.  When I brought the cake out before the show, I saw how the colors had bled and the whole thing didn't look as bright as it used to.  I just looked at it again to take pictures and you know what?  I should have just submitted the damn thing.  It's not a train wreck.  Know what else?  I would have grabbed an easy 3rd place!  There were only 2 cakes in my division for that category.  Oh well, maybe next year ;)