Help ! Colin Caterpillar cake broke in two !

[PoAhOh]

My DC asked for a Colin Caterpillar cake for their birthday, carefully brought it home but it's broken in 2 😱
I'm crap at any type of artsy, bakery stuff, what can I do ?
Your help would be much appreciated !!

If you have icing sugar make some icing and stick it back together, or jam

How badly is is broken?

Shove it back together and hope they don’t notice!
Or melt some chocolate and drizzle it over to try and hide the crack?

Make him a ‘bandage’ with a wide ribbon?

Glue with melted chocolate
Tie a ribbon round it

Looking at the photo on Ocado, I would buy some smarties and some milk chocolate. Push the two parts together, melt the chocolate and use it to cover the break. Make similar "decorations" with the smarties along the unbroken bits.

Is it a clean break?
It’s only chocolate topped. So a hot knife might melt and smooth it together.
Or melt some more chocolate and use it as glue

@PoAhOh

My DC asked for a Colin Caterpillar cake for their birthday, carefully brought it home but it's broken in 2 😱 I'm crap at any type of artsy, bakery stuff, what can I do ? Your help would be much appreciated !!

I would go back and exchange it

Glue together with melted chocolate and give him a "belt" of Smarties to hide the join

Tie a ribbon round it? Or strawberry laces

Hope it goes well. If not, please provide before and after pictures for our amusement!

I did think about taking it back but I don't think I've the nerve 😕
It's a messy break, chocolate chipped off but completely severed in the middle.
Thank you so much for all of your ideas I completely panicked.
I'll buy chocolate, smarties & ribbon to see what I can do.
Unfortunately my DC notices everything but they'll be upset for me worrying about it !

Oh yes, it will get photographed 😉😂

You can buy just the faces, clean chop and you’ve got two

It's a new type - Hospital Colin??

Leave it for a bit, I'm sure it'll grow into two perfect Colins

Got any toy carnivorous dinosaurs?

@AddictedToOlives

Make him a ‘bandage’ with a wide ribbon?

Great idea!

I’d melt some chocolate and then add some sprinkles/smarties to the top.

Leave it broken and fill hole with overflowing ‘guts’ (smarties)

@TheOrigRights

Leave it for a bit, I'm sure it'll grow into two perfect Colins

Hahah! I remember as a child being told that a worm chopped in two turns to two worms.

Only the section with the head lives on. {Not that this applies to Two Colins}

@PoAhOh

I did think about taking it back but I don't think I've the nerve 😕 It's a messy break, chocolate chipped off but completely severed in the middle. Thank you so much for all of your ideas I completely panicked. I'll buy chocolate, smarties & ribbon to see what I can do. Unfortunately my DC notices everything but they'll be upset for me worrying about it !

As a child, Mum made me the most amazing ''Carousel'' birthday cake with plastic horses on, equating to the number of guests.

One of the horses got burned by the candle flame, and had a melted section on his hind leg.

I was told I'd have to have the imperfect one, as the ''Birthday girl''

I did feel a bit aggrieved , but accepted the melted horse.

But your DC sounds a really sweet child.

Buy another one and eat the broken one yourself to calm the nerves!

Wouldn't have happened with a Cuthbert.

Butter icing - soft butter and icing sugar, with some cocoa powder if you want it chocolatey - to stick it together.

One tablespoon of butter and 2 of icing sugar should be enough. Use block butter, not spreadable - block will be stiffer once cool.
Smarties on top to cover any visible join?