Anniversary Cake

This cake was a mini wedding cake for an anniversary. It has 8 inch, 6 inch, and 4 inch tiers. (I now know lots of square corners aren't easy!)

Pink and Brown Polka Dots!!

Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake

Here is my second topsy turvy cake... made for a 10 year old birthday girl. The bottom tier is 8", and the top tier is 6"...both 2-layer. There is a buttercream coat and then covered in marshmallow fondant. All the decorations are made of fondant as well.

Back of cake.

Side.

Mad Hatter Topsy Turvy Cake

Hi out there...I almost hate to post these new pics because I like seeing the "Gifts from Above" twins cake when I go to the blog...it was pretty cute, in my opinion (is that okay for me to say?). Anyway, I am posting two new cakes that I made this weekend.

This post is for the first cake. The request was for a Mad Hatter topsy turvy cake...which I had never done before. For some reason, I am always up for a challenge, so I agreed. I had a picture to follow for the decorating, and I watched a YouTube tutorial on the construction of a topsy turvy cake. Seemed easy enough, so got started. Everything seemed to be going smoothly...I made the fondant decorations that needed to dry for a day or two. Then Thursday was baking day. It was a 2 tier cake, and in order to carve the shape for this type of cake, each tier had to be made of three layers. Needless to say, I did a lot of baking on Thursday! Friday was decorating day. This was also my first time to completely cover a cake in fondant, so that was a learning experience as well. As the cake sat, the top layer of the bottom tier started to push over some, causing the fondant to sag and bubble a little. I was disappointed b/c it didn't hold the tapered-sides shape and sloped top that I had carved. But in the end, the customers were very pleased. Overall, it was very cute and fun!

This is the cake compared to the picture I was copying...they wanted the middle two tiers of this 4 tier cake in the picture.

Small Wedding Reception Cake

This cake is a 10" round 2-layer for the base and 6" 2-layer for the second tier. Iced in buttercream.