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

This was my first attempt at making a whimsy cake a.k.a. Topsy Turvy cake. It was for a friend’s daughter’s 16th birthday party which had an Alice in Wonderland theme. It is not a true whimsy cake in that the construction is not how the traditional whimsy cake is created. That is, I did not … Read more

This Topsy Turvy Cake is a 3-tier white cake, iced with buttercream, with marshmallow fondant decorations. I usually don’t cover the cake completely with fondant because most people do not like the taste, but I like the look of marshmallow fondant decorations. This cake was for a 40th birthday party, so the black was appropriate. … Read more

Ever since I first saw a Topsy Turvy cake I’ve wanted to have a go at making one. My daughter was turning 10 and we couldn’t think of a theme cake that wasn’t babyish, so I suggested one of these. She thought that was an awesome idea, so I looked on the internet to get … Read more

This was my first attempt at a ‘topsy-turvy’ cake and it was for my eldest daughter’s 7th birthday, the theme of which was music and dance (sort of ‘Glee’-inspired). I was under a major time-crunch because I had another cake delivery the same day, so that sort of took precedence. In any event, I did … 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