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TIFU by ruining my sister's wedding cake

This happend just last weekend and I'm still cringing at myself. My sister's wedding, big deal in the family, and I'm supposed to be helping out with like, everything. I'm not the most graceful person, but hey, I was trying.
The night before the wedding, we're setting up the venue, and there's this huge, beautiful, three-tier wedding cake. Like, seriously, this thing was a masterpiece. They'd left it on this fancy table right near the dance floor for tomorrow. I was tasked with decorating around the table, adding flowers and stuff, making it all pretty. I'm reaching over to place some flowers on the far side of the table, lost my balance a bit, and yep, you guessed it, I leaned right into the cake. Not just a little nudge, no. Full on, hand and elbow deep into two tiers of this cake. Panic mode...
Tried to fix it, but come on, how do you fix a smooshed cake? Ended up having to call the baker at like, midnight, begging for a miracle. They were a champ, managed to get a new one done in time, but it cost a fortune.
Wedding went on, cake was beautiful, but my sister found out after. She laughed it off, but my wallet's still crying.
TL;DR: Was decorating, lost balance, and ruined my sister's wedding cake. Had to get a last-minute replacement, costing a small fortune.

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