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Circus Tent Party Cake with Matching Cupcakes
A friend asked me to make a “circus themed” cake for her 4 year old. I had make 100’s of cupcakes and as it was a friend so I didn’t want to say no. What started out to be a simple request took me hours, hours of research! I Googled ”circus themed cakes” and all that came up was a circus tent. I watched numerous YouTube videos it all looked so easy. Next, I researched ”how to bake a flat cake” knowing I had to stack 3 cakes on top of each other. Read more about this circus tent cake…