My daughter-in-law asked for me to make a quirky, fall looking birthday cake. I had never tried fondant icing and when she said quirky, I thought of the tilted looking cakes, I had seen. But as of Monday, the following morning I had no idea that the cake style was called Topsy Turvy. Much less … Read more

This Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake is my very first Topsy turvy cake and I’m really proud of it. I was a wreck making it. I used 2 chocolate cakes of each size 10″,8″,6″. I froze the cakes for about 1-2 hours before I started carving. I stacked each set and before I iced the top … Read more

This Bright Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake was made for my niece who turned 8 recently. This was my second Topsy Turvy cake and really was not to difficult. The bottom layer is 2 12 inch rounds and 1 10 inch round. The middle is 2 10 inch rounds and 1 8 inch round and the … Read more

This is my first Topsy Turvy cake and it turned out awesome. It was a 8″ and 10″. Both tiers covered in fondant. I had to bake 3 layers of each tier for the height then I frosted between the layer and put it in the freezer for an hour. I then craved them at … Read more

This is what was left of my first Topsy Turvy cake attempt. I did lots of research, and had a plan, but it just did not happen the way I intended. In all I had 10 boxed cake mixes, 30 eggs, one recipe of regular buttercream icing, and double recipes of both peanut butter buttercream … Read more

I was asked to make this Topsy Turvy Halloween Birthday Cake for a friend’s daughter’s 13th Birthday party. I had never attempted a Topsy-Turvy cake, but it ended up being fairly simple. The party was held at Halloween, so she requested a black, orange, and purple cake. I baked layers of chocolate and vanilla cream … Read more

I made this Homemade Topsy Turvy Dora Cake for my grand daughter’s 3rd birthday and it was my first attempt at a Topsy Turvy cake. I love the way it turned out and would only change the slope of the bottom cake if I could. I have seen these cakes on the internet and thought … Read more

My first attempt at a Topsy Turvy cake for my brother’s 15th birthday. The layers are (2) 8″cakes, (2) 6″cakes and (1) 4″ cake. I made homemade (white) marshmallow fondant days prior which was relatively easy to use and MUCH less expensive plus it was tasty. The cake was a chocolate chip pound cake (would … Read more

I made this Topsy Turvy Fiesta Cake for my daughter who wanted and Mexican Fiesta themed cake. I watched a couple of Topsy Turvy Cake tutorials and then got to work. I baked 3 of each 9 inch, 7 inch, and 5 inch confetti cakes. I froze them separately. I them assembled the cakes with … 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