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
Here is attempt #2 at a Topsy Turvy cake. I first made a lemon pound cake (homemade) for the 1st tier (cake pan sizes 6,7,8…6 being at the bottom). I did not have enough ingredients for the 2nd tier (cake pan sizes 4,5,6…6 being at the bottom) bad planning on my part so I had … Read more
I made this Homemade Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake for my friend’s hubbie. It was very short notice so I just improvised. It was my first Topsy Turvey cake, so not very Topsy Turvy but I learnt from my mistakes. It was white but just before I was leaving the house decided I wanted it gold … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Crazy Birthday Cake was for my daughters 25th birthday. Her birthday is on Valentines Day and I’ve always done hearts, etc, but wanted to do something as unique and special as she is. The bottom cake is sour cream pound cake with strawberry filling and buttercream icing. Top is Red Velvet with … Read more
This Topsy Turvy Birthday Cake is the second fondant Topsy Turvy cake that I’ve ever made, not too hard, I really surprised myself. The cakes are three layers each with homemade buttercream under the homemade fondant. I just played around with the different tools for the decorations.