First off, thank you to those who replied to my post https://www.reddit.com/r/ cakedecorating/s/65vK8NRgHi

Unfortunately, everything pretty much went awry because after baking the actual cake, I had a major, painful flare up with a chronic neuromuscular disorder I have ????. So just making buttercream, getting my coats on and trying to pipe for my frozen buttercream transfer was incredibly difficult. But here’s the cake, I did my best. I know it’s not very nice but at least it tasted good and my family of course still appreciated it. I ended up doing a banner on top instead of writing happy birthday on the side as planned but forgot to get a pic of that. My hands were cramping and shaking piping the transfer so don’t zoom in lol. I did paint some glitter on the bottom border which I ended up just doing white even though the plan was to have tricolor with silver/white/black. As people said, it didn’t show up too much. Even my star border which I love to do was messy.

If anyone else out there has a chronic, painful condition, any tips for managing doing a cake are much appreciated! I refuse to give up what I normally enjoy even if it does turn out a bit of a mess ????. It’s the thought that counts, right?