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I was only able to open one pic. The colour didnt look nice and white... Very brown/yellowish. Is it the lighting in the photo? Is there a casing layer?

Web like veins sounds good - probably lots of rhyzo myc. I'd like to see a pic.
I dont really like the looks of this fuzzy one. The colour seems really off. Keep us posted and good luck.

My first cakes did a complete stall. I even took off the lid and just had the verm barrier because I was inexperienced and desperate. I knew there was nothing more I could do at that point; and when I explained this to darksyde, he suggested I just break up the cakes and transfer to grains. Im glad I did cause all went well after that. They were still to this day the most potent boomers I've grown. You may want to consider it. 

I just realized we've already had that discussion; so are we talking about the same cakes? How long has it been now?

Your BRF cakes dont need FAE; only GE. I say turn them upside-down if you think they have stalled out. How long has the myc been growing? What are your temps? Throw some pics up too if you can.

I pick when the veil just starts to break. For prints, I wait till the veil completely breaks and cut the stipe as cloae to the cap as possible. I couldnt enlarge your image, but I'd say you better pick em now.
Om mani padme hum

MoGrow made a good point with #3. If you are using BRF, you dont want to move that shit around too much. That verm layer is a barrier against contam. In 8 weeks if there is for sure a stall, you could inject 1cc of distilled/ sterilized H2O, or turn the jar upside down. I have done the upside down trick, but not the extra H2O. Usually when a cake does a complete stall for me, I transfer to grains.

Though some strains are considered faster colonizers than others, it also depends on your solution.
You asked if you injected enough spores so I asume this is a MSI...
Did you noc some BRF, or grains? Not a lot of solution is needed for either. 1cc is generally pretty good per jar for either of the two I mentioned.
I have read a lot of ppl saying 90*F incubation and 80*F birthing. Your temps are ok though; I incubate at 80*F and Birth at 70*F everytime with success. Checking on them every day shouldn't make much of a difference, however, this hobby takes patience and you really dont need to check more than every 3-5 days. I have had a BRF take up to 8 weeks to colonize 100% before.
Some pics would also be useful...
Keep us posted!

Ya, they expand. Happy Birthday indeed! Excellent flush man!

Water droplets falling on your fruits could cause bruising...

Thats what I meant by little manual work... With the mono you just have to drill a few holes in a transparent rubbermaid type bin and tape in a couple trash bags inside. It's the only FC I use now 

Its a reptile humidifier; just check out your local pet store. You may find in the future it was a cost that could have been avoided. If you want a setup that requires little manual work, you should consider going monotub. 

Recently I have had success with warming up 250ml of distilled H2O and adding 1tbsp of Karo. Mix in a mason. Have just a tiny hole in the lid and cover with micropore tape. Cover lid with tinfoil and stick in over at 200*F for 1 hour. After your solution cools down, scrape in spores and stick jar in incubator. Swirl jar around every day and you'll find in a couple days myc will start growing. You can suck the myc up with a syringe and repeat the process to create your working jar, or noc up a BRF cake or grain jar.

Keep it goin then. Any sign of green I'd say toss 'em before they contam any other cakes. I found bruising pretty common when I was doing cakes. Keep us posted 

Your tub is looking nice and full dude
Is the tub from one of your agars? What strain is it?

Thats insane dude!

You're on the right track
Keep us posted!

Im having a hard time getting a good look with the lighting in your pic. If its Vericillium, I've used a bit of hydrogen peroxide in my H2O when misting. It could maybe be lack of FAE? Are you doing a manual fan 3 times a day? What are your temps? I dont have a lot of experience with fruiting from a cake in a SGFC. Either way, I learn from trial and error, I say keep growing and we'll tell if they're mutated or not soon enough.

Are your plans to birth the cakes in a FC, or transfer the BRF2Grains?

LOL, then just ask; we're on here just about every day