(Happy) Birthday Cake Disaster

I'm hosting my bible study tomorrow night. And on Friday, it's my birthday. So, I decided I'd make myself a birthday cake to serve at bible study.

Hmmmm....well...the bundt cake decided to not "release" the cake.


Perhaps I didn't grease & flour it well enough? It's now in about 5000 little pieces.
So, in the spirit of "What would Jake do?" if he were here...he'd try to make it better. You see, this sort of thing *sort of* happened last year when I was making Asher's 2nd birthday cake...I hadn't let it cool long enough, and the cake fell apart...into a million pieces. When I screamed, Jake dutifully came up from the basement, looked into the recycle bin so he'd know what I was attempting to make, ran to the store, and came back with 2 replacement boxes. *SIGH* See why I'm so lucky?!

Tonight I had already bothered my best sister ever for 2 cups of sugar, since I had of course, just been at the grocery store and didn't realize I was almost out of sugar. I'd spent over an hour on this cake...therefore, I decided the show must go on.

So....this is what we've got. Here it is in all it's glory, with the almond icing on top.

And...this is what I'll serve. Do you think anyone will notice?

~Emily