Take a look at these cool homemade Topsy Turvy cakes shared with us by cake decorators from around the world. Along with the birthday cakes here, you’ll also find loads DIY birthday cake-making ideas and how-to tips to inspire your next birthday cake project. Enjoy!
I never knew I would have this talent, but I do now. And I absolutely love it. I made this Monster High cake for my daughter’s 7th birthday. I put pieces of what she like together. I sculpted the sugar skull and hand-painted it. This cake was my first topsy turvy cake. My daughter’s reaction … Read more
A friend of mine was having a Shrek themed party for her son and asked if I could help her out with a cake. I jumped at the chance. Not only did she want Shrek on the cake, she wanted it to be a Topsy Turvy cake. This would be my first Topsy Turvy cake … Read more
First of all I will start off saying that I have never had any formal training making cakes but I started my own business selling cakes and cake pops about a year ago called Princess Pops. I am a labor and delivery nurse working full time at Water Reed and teach Jazzercise part time. In my … Read more
One of my good friend’s and coworker approached me and asked me to make a cake for her daughter’s graduation party. Of course I couldn’t refuse, but I wanted it to be a surprise of what kind of cake she was getting. She told me her daughter’s favorite colors, and cake flavors and I told … Read more
This is a birthday cake for a 3 year client. The cakes used is a 10,8 and 6 inch square cakes, baked and filled and covered in fondant. I used square Styrofoam in the sizes of 8,6 and 4 in between the cakes. The Styrofoam was cut on the slant so that the cakes would slant once attached to them. I used real … Read more
I made this cake for my daughter’s friend’s birthday. Theme was Alice in Wonderland ~ Mad Hatter tea party!. I absolutely adore this little girl and wanted to make sure it was over the top! I tried to incorporate a bunch of Alice in wonderland themes, including the Mad hatter (of course), the soldiers, Cheshire … Read more
Started off with a 2 tier Topsy Turvy style cake. I made a hole then placed the 2nd tier inside it. Both cakes were already covered in fondant prior to placement. I made the wolf a few days before all by hand made from fondant. The moon was also made before and was placed using a wood … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Bookworm cake was made for an elementary school teacher who just graduated from college. The night I was to start the cake I had a fall. I was hurt too bad to stick to the original plan, however, I love the final product. The books are ABC’s and 1,2,3’s and the other one is Nursery Rhymes. … Read more
I got the idea for this Topsy Turvy birthday cake from this web sight, but if you’re not in it for the long haul don’t try this type of cake. I also Googled “Topsy Turvy cake instructions” and read up to decide which method would work for me. Three days before the party I started … Read more
I found a good video on youtube to learn how to cut and shape this Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake. I used box cake mix to save time, money and energy but made my own buttercream and marshmallow fondant, which was much harder to get smooth and perfect than regular fondant (for me anyway) but was … Read more
This Mad Hatter Birthday Cake was very time consuming, but fun to decorate. It was also my very first time working with fondant. The usual mad-hatter cakes have three tiers, but this one only has two- one 10’inch and one 8’inch for the bottom layer, and one 8’inch and one 6’inch for the top layer. … Read more
I made this Topsy Turvy birthday cake for a friend’s daughter who was turning 9 and has never had a super cool cake before! WHAT!? OK, so we scouted some pics online for ideas and she picked a 2 tier cake with some polka dots. Simple enough right?! Well 1 week before I had to … Read more