I don't know what happened. I followed the recipe exactly throughout the entire process. I even used mom's brand new Kitchenaid mixer to make sure I got everything at the right consistency. Everything worked out well at first. I had the three cakes cooling and I evened them out before putting on the icing. But once I iced the cake, disaster followed.
I'm not really sure what happened at that point. I think I may have put too much milk in the icing. That caused it to be sort of runny and unable to hold it's shape. But what ever I did, it proved disastrous for the cake. The layers started shifting around and icing started running off the cake. It got so bad, I had to find something to stick into it in order to keep it standing up right, hence the giant butter knife stuck in the top. Once we cut into it, the cake completely fell apart. Oh well. Ugly or not, the cake still tasted amazing! I'd say that this wasn't a complete failure for my first baking experience.
