Figured out how to salvage a bundt cake fail. If your bundt cake sticks to the pan and the pretty rounded top of the cake becomes torn up and, well, not so pretty, you can still save the cake. Take all of the stuck on cake and loose, torn pieces off and crumble them in a bowl. Set aside. Make a batch of icing as you would for a usual layer cake--buttercream works great. Put about half of your icing into the bowl of cake crumbs and mix thoroughly. Then slice your bundt cake in half horizontally... so that you have a "normal" bottom half and the "abnormal" top half. Remove the top half carefully and spread the icing and cake crumb mixture onto the bottom. Then replace the top and spread the rest of the plain icing onto the top generously and decorate as you wish. No one will be the wiser that it wasn't purely intentional and your guests will love your creativity! Actually, when I did this, it was one of the better tasting bundt cakes I had made. Happy baking!

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