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A cake celebrating Archer's first birthday was requested for August 29. If you are from Southeast Louisiana that day sends shivers down your spine because it is the day that Hurricanes Katrina (2005) struck the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi. To compound the fear of that day, several other hurricanes were dancing around the gulf on that date: Gustav (2008), Isaac (2012), and Harvey (2017). And now on August 29, 2021 we are watching Hurricane Ida racing toward the Louisiana coast. Sadly…

For this homemade fishing bobber cake I started out by making two 8" or 9" round cakes. I like to line the bottom of my cake pans with waxed paper so that