It’s been a while since I made a cake, so I decided that since I had a few free hours this morning, I’d bake one up (and try a new gluten-free white cake recipe) and decorate it.

About four hours later, I had this:

I also had this:

And this:

After it was all done, I remembered why I hadn’t made a cake in a while: The photos above are just a portion of the shit I have to clean up after the whole rigmarole. Because after meticulously coloring icing and piping buttercream flowers for several...