I created this hot air balloon cake for a kindergarten teacher who was celebrating 8 years cancer free. The hot air balloon to represent freedom, and the Dorothy doll because she loves dressing up. The doll was inserted into a 3 layer 9" round cake, with 4 dowel rods on top of which I placed a round piece of wood. The wood has 4 grooves for the dowel rods, and 8 holes drilled to tie down the balloon. I sewed ribbons together to anchor the helium balloon to the wood piece.