I am new to this site, and WOW, I feel fortunate to have stumbled onto CakeCentral.
That cake is absolutely amazing! I have two questions; how many people would have feed, how the heck do you cut a cake like that, and how much does one charge for such a beautiful eatable art piece? Opps, guess that's three questions.
Debbie
Wow...thanks for your comments, guys! Let me see if I can answer your questions...
You probably won't check the other post, but is it hard to do? (The making of whimsical cakes).
It's not "hard" to do...but there are some steps involved. Getting the styrofoam into the right shape was the trick for me. I took a cake dummy and basically cut it in half on an angle. That left me with 2 wedges. Then, after the cake is assembled, you must drive a couple of dowels through the entire cake to keep it from sliding.
how many people would have feed, how the heck do you cut a cake like that, and how much does one charge for such a beautiful eatable art piece?
This one was for 100 people. Going by "Earlene's" cake chart it actually fed 99. Cutting is very easy. They are regular cakes on a slant. After making a few cakes, I have learned to charge for everything separately. I charge a basic per-serving price, then I charge for the sugar work, then I add on a per-slanted-tier price.
So this is done with flat cakes and styrofoam wedges between the tiers? I haven't tried that but it sounds much easier than all the carving and crumbs in nested whimsy cakes.
I prefer this method becasue the servings are equal. The true whimsical cakes that are taller on one side are very awkward to cut and serve, I would imagine.
What occasions are people ordering these for?? .
I have made these for Communions and Christenings. I also made a mini-version, changed the colors to cream and white and entered it as a wedding cake in a competition.
Thanks everyone...I hope I got it all....
It's gorgeous!!! I love your whimsical cakes! How did you do the writing on the banner so perfectly? Also, how did you mix the cream color? It's a really pretty color!
So this is done with flat cakes and styrofoam wedges between the tiers? I haven't tried that but it sounds much easier than all the carving and crumbs in nested whimsy cakes. Very soft and pretty colors.
I agree! Carving a "regular" whimsy cake is a pain and hard to cover with fondant. I think I'm going to try this method next time.
Courtney
For the "carving challenged" like myself this is THE ANSWER! GORGEOUS CAKE!!! When I come off my self imposed "sweet sabbatical" I'm going to make one!!
Okay.....I'm not even supposed to be LOOKING at cakes for ONE WHOLE MONTH!! What is up with that? LOL
Beth in KY
That is a such a fun looking cake! I agree, I get at least one whimsical cake order a week. they are very popular!
can I ask where you got your wire for the cake topper? I am having a terrible time finding wire that is stiff enough. i have tried all the craft stores and even the hardware store (their wire is too ugly looking)
Could you possibly tell me what sizes your cakes and dummies are on this cake? Thanks! It is beautiful!!!!!
Thank you.
Hi there...(my nickname for my son is Mr. C)
The cakes from bottom up are 12", 10", 8", 6"
The dummies I used for the wedges were 8" and 6".
Then, for the smallest wedges, I had to trim the 6" to about a 4".
To answer mamacc...
I use edible images to make the banners....and I used a gel food color to mix the cream color.
My nickname for my son is Mr. C. I don't know why I always use his nickname for screen names but I do.
Anyway,I want to attempt a cake like yours. It won't look near as nice but you have to start some where, right. When you construct the cake I am assuming you use cardboard rounds under each cake. Do the cakes try to move before you dowel the whole thing, how many long dowels do you use? One more question, do you dowel each cake as you normally would with stacked construction?
I hope you don't mind all these questions!!!!! But thankyou so much for your help! I am really excited to try this, I wasn't too sure about the carving method so I am really excited about this. Thanks again!!!!
When you construct the cake I am assuming you use cardboard rounds under each cake. Do the cakes try to move before you dowel the whole thing, how many long dowels do you use? One more question, do you dowel each cake as you normally would with stacked construction?
the cakes are constructed normally...cake circles underneath and dowels in them to hold up the tier above. The cakes never even budge, for some reason....I make sure not to slant them too much....I would say the wedges are 2" high at the highest point and they go down to 1" on the lowest point. I use 2 sharpened dowels through the entire cake to hold it in place.
can I ask where you got your wire for the cake topper? I am having a terrible time finding wire that is stiff enough
I got it from a cake supply place...I believe it's 20 gauge white floral wire.
hope this helped!
Gorgeous cake! I love all of the colors you used, they all meld together so nicely!
Irene, Your work is SOooooo beautiful.
Look out Collette Peters Here comes Irene 
Congrats on a job perfectly done 
wow no wonder its popular look at that cake its stunning good job it must have taken you forever to do all the detail work nothing is out of place i hope you charge what this is worth.
Outstanding cake! I have a question?
Do you cover the wire with anything to keep it from touching the cake?
Outstanding cake! I have a question?
Do you cover the wire with anything to keep it from touching the cake?
It's not actually bare wire, it's covered with some kind of fabric. I've heard of people sticking cocktail straws in the cake and then inserting the wire, but no, I don't. The top of this cake had a mound of fondant on top that I placed the flowers on and I stuck the wires in that. In the other parts of the cake, I just stuck them into the cake. I just took a look at Colettes Birthday Cakes book. She uses the same type of wire and she says to just stick them in....so I guess it's ok 
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It's absolutely beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Could you post this picture to the galleries? I really want to save it in my favorites. It is so pretty.
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