The streets of New York City were extra frosted on Sunday, and not because of any snow.
As the New York Post reports, a cake meant to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue collapsed ahead of a scheduled ceremony featuring Mayor Eric Adams.
The triple-tiered, 6-foot dessert was undone by its middle section, which broke down and took the top section with it.
An onlooker described the scene of workers trying to put the cake back together, noting, “They brought more buttercream in Michael’s bags.”
In the end, workers ditched the middle section entirely, and the triple-tier became a double. As a Fifth Avenue Association rep tells the Post, “When Mayor Adams arrived the cake was intact — just shorter.”