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First Whimsical Cake

A young lady turning 18 wanted a "Mad Hatter" cake for her birthday. She found a pic on the internet and sent it to me. The pic was 4 tiers but only needed 3 tiers. Actually needed less than that but she wanted 3 tiers. Funny, I constructed it and know it's totally stable, but if I walk by it and catch a glimpse from the corner of my eye...I want to run over and catch it before it falls over..LOL!

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Comments (13)

Mac 6/14/06 at 11:53pm

Forgot to mention that it is BC frosting with fondant accents on bottom and middle layers.

veronika 6/15/06 at 12:10am

That looks great! You did a wonderful job!

alicet 6/15/06 at 1:35am

Wow... so nice, your BC so smooth and white. Did you use any colouring agent ? Mind share with me the recipe? ppseeds@gmail.com

boonenati 6/15/06 at 4:45am

wow, i love this, the center tier reminds me of the background on my website. Gorgeous Cake!!!

Mac 6/15/06 at 6:28am

I didn't put enough stripes on the bottom so I improvished with the green squiggles.

Amburly 6/15/06 at 6:57am

really nice, you did a great job! how did you get your icing so smooth?

justsweet 6/15/06 at 7:33am

very nice

KHalstead 6/15/06 at 7:34am

this cake is gorgeous!!!!!!!!! I bet she had a hard time letting anyone cut into it!!! Did you think it was difficult to construct??? I'm so afraid to try one of these!

mollysmommy 6/15/06 at 10:32am

Excellent Job!

Mac 6/15/06 at 4:17pm

Not really difficult--I followed the tutorial here on CC. I didn't freeze mine as much as the tutorial said. I crumb-coated and let set overnight, fosted and smoothed bottom tier with Viva papertowel, then put next tier in place--frosted and smoothed. Repeat with third tier.