Please make me feel better about my Voldemort cake... I spent three days on it and everything disintegrated in the humidity today

[Greensleeves]

Humidity is 98% here today, really hot and damp - I left my fondant models to dry overnight (for ds2's birthday cake) and this morning it was carnage - heads falling off, cracks, bits melting everywhere. Have tried everything today to dry them out but it's been a nightmare, the Voldemort figure has sunk so he looks like a fat goblin, and Harry's hair is basically liquid. Am quite gutted really (autistic and a toxic perfectionist)

DH says it's fine, nobody but me knows what it was supposed to look like, and it's a cake ffs. So this is a shameless bid for attention, but please don't accuse me of "stealth boasting" because I'm not. I blubbed when Voldemort's head fell off.

OP, the cake looks lovely. I have years of training in cake decorating and I would be thrilled to receive that cake. I love Harry Potter too. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but wondered if you'd mixed CMC powder into the gum paste before shaping it? If not, that helps it set harder. Humidity is hard on icing but it will give it a better chance.

Love this. Hope OP sees this tomorrow and can see the metaphor in what she and the weather conditions have created.

(Even in the films Voldemort looks like he wouldn’t deal with humidity well…)

OP, just to add I also totally get it. You had a vision for this cake, it was borne of real love and care for your DS, you executed damn near perfectly, and now it doesn’t look like you know it should. But I think @ErrolTheDragon’s post is nearly as fab as your cake. I really hope DS sees all the story, from your thoughtfulness and skill, to the end result - which is honestly still extraordinary.

Even this squashed spider is excellent in my book

Your post really made me laugh!

OP - it’s a seriously impressive cake. Be proud, keep the photos. I still have fond memories of my Pink Panther cake from decades ago (cake for me, not one I made!)

Oh my god - that is fucking amazing. You win the House Cup for sure 🏆

Oh shame your cake looks perfect! Have you ever seen the Cake Wrecks online? Some of them make me cry with laughter.

Love your cake, proper sinister!

@GiddyUpH haha indeed.. however it's a hedgehog 😂

I had dd cake professionally made. It (unknown to me) wasn't in one of those circular card inserts so although I drove carefully it moved and smudged 😩

Yours looks amazing though

That's exactly it, he's out of proportion and just nothing like as imposing and elegant as he should be

Its not great but it’s ok so don’t be hard on yourself. Keep practising and you’ll get much better. And better at repairing when they go wrong like this. Your son will probably just think it’s funny.

That looks incredible!! Your ds will love it.

I listen to the audiobooks as a soothing/can't sleep aid too. Hope you both enjoy his birthday weekend and that this is a better year for him.