Wow, What a YEAR!!!

A lot has changed since my last blog post.  Did you know it is now legal to bake from your home in the state of Texas?  A lot of work and 4 years went into this effort and I think the biggest thank you goes to Kelly Masters, if you know her please tell her "Thank You".  For information and details on the Baker's Bill please visit the website: http://www.texascottagefoodlaw.com/.

Now, let's get to baking!!

The cake I'd like to feature for this posting is my very first Topsy Turvy cake.  Thank you to my friend Kim for trusting me to make this cake.  I had always wanted to try one, but it is a lot of cake.  This cake is three tiers of cake each with their own style.  The bottom tier is 12 inches, covered in fondant with sparkled zebra print. The zebra print were hand cut then brushed with piping gel on one side and covered in black sugar.  The second tier is 10 inches covered in teal fondant with a black fondant/gumpaste bow.  The third tier is a 6 inch covered in white fondant and covered with fondant polka dots.

I was concerned about the cake falling over but once the process was figured out, it was a very stable cake.  Each tier has the top cut at an angle and a small well is cut into to the top of the tier below.  The well that the tier sets in is level. It is such a neat cake to make and I stressed over it the entire time (like I do for all of my cakes!).  As much as it stresses me to try a new technique, I do love the challenge of doing something new and have such a sense of accomplishment when it works out.  So, here is what the final product looked like!

Since I'm never sure what topics you guys are interested in seeing, feel free to comment and tell me what technique you'd like to see me blog about next!

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