Failed Birthday Cake for Mom

So, my birthday present for my mom this year was supposed to be a yummy homemade and beautifully decorated cake. I used the red-wine cupcake recipe I have with raspberry wine. The filling was raspberry preserves mixed with Nutella. Might have tasted good, but as you can see from it falling apart in the picture, the recipe is better suited to stay in cupcake cups.

Besides that, the buttercream just did not turn out, after coloring looked like Slimer from Ghostbusters, and the piping bag for my chocolate frosting broke. It was going to be green with a chocolate basketweave on the sides. The sunflowers on my flourless cupcakes were supposed to go on the cake.

Luckily Safeway makes good cakes!