01/16/2023
Ok...so let me tell you about this cake. I have waited over a month to tell the story of this cake, but here it is.
If you have never tried her cakes before, do yourself a favor and try Cakes By Skeff, LLC ! You are missing out on a treat if you don't. I'm speaking from experience and I have proof that her cakes are insanely delicious! Keep reading to find out....π€
This terrible picture is all the proof you need! You see, I ordered a cake from her because I didn't want to trust a cake shop in Tuscaloosa to handle the cake for my hubby's college graduation celebration. He and I both LOVE cake and we like for it to be delicious more than we care about presentation. However, the event planner in me still loves a beautiful cake for my dessert table. Well, I have found that lots of people can make a pretty cake, but very few can make a GOOD cake. So, I had to be difficult....wanted BOTH! That's why I ordered from the person I knew could pull it off. I ordered from Stephanie because I know how amazing her cakes taste and look! She is talented beyond words. This simple cake design was honestly, beneath her, but it was what I asked for. π
Well I picked up the cake and she told me, more than once, to be careful. (That was a useless piece of advice!! Lol!) I had to transport this cake over an one hour to Mobile then another 3-4 hours to Tuscaloosa, AL, in the middle of our wonderful southern winter (actually summer in December!) with two kids in tow. My friend Kellie and I secured the cake and started our trip. The appearance of the cake was documented after one hour into the trip (you can already see that this cake will not make it unscathed from the disturbed edges of the icing! Lol!!!). By the time we arrived in Tuscaloosa, the last pic is what the cake looked like. Poor cake!! It was actually a four layer cake and when we arrived it was in two separate sections! I restacked the cake and prepared it for presentation. The last pic is what I was able to salvage. π΅βπ«
I set up a dessert table for our small group of 10, which included all types of cake options. These were all beautifully presented and delicious cakes from Publix and Nothing Bundt Cakes. When the guests were allowed to try the cakes, it QUICKLY became obvious that presentation is no competition for Cakes By Skeff. Every single guest gravitated to this deliciously ugly and completely destroyed cake! It was the best tasting thing we had put into our mouths!
As a side note, when guests asked what had happened to the cake I told them that I had no idea what they were talking about. I told them that this cake looked exactly the way I had ordered it. I told them I wanted a cake that perfectly represented the struggle, sweat and tears that my husband put into getting this degree over the last 4 years and she made sure that it did exactly that. This cake looks like it's saying (in its Oprah Winfrey, The Color Purple, voice) "All my life I had to fight!!!" π€£π€£π€£ IT WAS PERFECT!
I'm saying all of this to say, it took him 20 years but baby it was well worth the wait! For this cake and this beautiful day, I am proud of them both! Thank you Stephanie, for this PERFECT cake that added to his wonderful day even though I didn't deliver it in your perfect way! πβ₯οΈπ