Why NOT to get a wedding cake from Walmart . . .

Permit me to have a small rant here:

To the left is a photo of the wedding cake Walmart delivered to my grandson's August wedding reception. The projected cost of this "leaning tower of cake and icing" was $150.00.

Some background: When my husband and I were asked to pick up the wedding cake on Friday night at 5 PM (The wedding was Saturday at 1.), we went to my daughter's local Walmart and asked for the cake. We were told, after a 30 minute search, that the cake was nowhere to be found.

When we told my stressed-out daughter, she saw red and called the store, who assured her, amid profuse apologies, that they would have a cake for her by 9 am Saturday morning. Come Saturday morning, my daughter and her hubby went to pick up the cake and found the ASSISTANT STORE MANAGER (not the baker) frantically mixing icing and making an attempt to decorate the cake. Again, she was assured that the cake would be at the reception on time. The picture to the right was what was delivered.

Note the robin's egg blue coloring. The cake was supposed to be all white on the two bottom layers with a BABY BLUE (note the color of the blue in the tablecloth) bride's cake. As to the leaning part, a friend told me, amid gales of laughter, that she had never seen a cake lean in so many directions and not fall over. The not falling over part was in question all day as the top piece continued to slide and teeter on the edge until it was finally removed for the bride and groom to cut the cake. I think that because the top leans left and the bottom leans right it may have equalized things and defied gravity.

Let me add here that while it was happening, there were a lot of very angry people.

Looking back on it now, it was a minor flaw and the only flaw in what was otherwise a beauitful wedding. In years to come, it will be the one thing we'll all look back on and get a good laugh from. Oh, by the way, when asked, the store manager told her "I can't give you any satisfactory answer as to why the assistant store manager decorated the cake." But he told her the cake was free.

However, that does not change my initial warning -- DO NOT ORDER A WEDDING CAKE AT WALMART!

Blessings to all,

Elizabeth