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 learned this in my fondant class. I baked and cooled 3-layer cakes, dowel rod all tiers except top tier. I positioned the middle tier on the base tier, centering exactly (but first cut it, turned and put it back on). Repeat with the top tier. Prepare for covering with rolled fondant by lightly icing … Read more
This 1st Birthday Topsy Turvey Cake was the first Topsy Turvy cake I have done. It was for my daughter’s first birthday. I actually got the idea from another one on this site so thanks for that! It is a devils food chocolate with butter cream icing and fondant. I made the stars out of … Read more
I made this cake for my sister’s birthday. The top of the cake was made from 2 six inch layered cakes. One of the layers cut to an angle with a serrated edge knife. The flavor was strawberry cake with vanilla buttercream icing and middle of the cake had a chocolate hazelnut filling. The bottom … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake was my first attempt at a Topsy Turvy cake and my first time working with fondant. I first made 4 10in round white cakes. I made 3 8in, and 3 6in white cakes. I used different colors of Wilton icing coloring to dye each of the cakes a different color. … Read more