Want some punch with your cake?

This is a story involving a lovely girl named Erica Philhours. Erica, in addition to being asked to serve as a bridesmaid for her friend this past weekend, was given the job of transporting THE wedding cake from Edgar's Bakery to the wedding location, which is 2 hours away, due to a mistake in icing and the bride's need to leave before the cake could be fixed. Yes. That's right. 2 hours transporting a cake in a car in the middle of a hot summer day. Disaster is eminent. Erica and the guy who will be driving Erica to the wedding location arrive at Edgar's to find that the cake is finished; complete with 3 large layers of pink iced cake. Erica would have taken the boxed cake to the car and been on her way had the cake actually been boxed, but the bakery soon informed her that they "do not have boxes that large." Perfect. The bakery ladies then place the cake in the backseat propped up by a phonebook. Good thinking. Erica, having no other choice, sits in the other backseat to keep an eye on the cake. 20 minutes into the drive to pick-up a friend in Jasper on their way to the wedding the disaster begins. Though the air-conditioning was on full blast, large chunks of the icing begin to "plop" off of the back layers of the cake as the entire cake begins to get that shiny, "all the freakin' icing is going to melt off this cake" look and the top layer begins to slide around. Always a good sign. Erica soon realizes that she needs to turn the cake around so that the air can cool off the backside of the cake. She grasps the two ends of the cake tray and begins to turn the cake around. As the cake slowly turns, Erica's hand slips off of the tray and PUNCHES the cake! One huge blow in the bottom layer of the wedding cake! Amidst trying not to cry, Erica simply decides that it will be most beneficial to leave her fist in the cake until they reach thier friend in Jasper. Yes... you heard right. Erica rode 20 minutes with her fist in her friend's wedding cake. Hilarious. Upon arrival in Jasper, Erica assesses the damage and claims that "it looked like a small bomb had been planted into the side of the cake." Again... hilarious. The remaining portion of the trip was spent rotating the cake every 15 minutes in the front seat with air-conditioning blasting. The cake arrived safely at the destination minus the enormous hole in the bottom layer, large chunks of displaced icing, a slipped top layer, and a crack down the middle of the 2nd layer. Pretty much a bride's dream. Despite the unfortunate cake, the wedding turned out to be very nice and the cake was somewhat salvaged by the miracle workers who catered the wedding. Just thought you might enjoy this story as much as I did.

Reminding you that cake transportation is nearly impossible,
Robby