I would love to know what the term agbay means? there's so many video's on how to carve one. I'm just not sure how this woman can tell me that I'm going to have a hard time with it!
An Agbay is a professional cake leveler. It's worth it's weight in gold!!! You can cut straight through a cake OR you can lower one side for a slant cut. Just be VERY CAREFUL of the blades -- they are EXTREMELY sharp!
I'll throw my two cents and then some in here! 
I have tried three different ways to do topsy turvys. The best way that worked for me was following Sugarshack's method in her "Totally Topsy Turvy" video. I have Lindy Smith's video as well, but my cake just didn't work doing it her way. Another decorator taught me yet another way to do them and that didn't go well either. I suggest trying a few ways and seeing what works best for you.
I would love to know what the term agbay means? there's so many video's on how to carve one. I'm just not sure how this woman can tell me that I'm going to have a hard time with it!
Agbay is a cake cutter...used to level and torte your cakes.
I have a regular cake cutter and it doesn't work that well. I'm just going to do it the old fashion way and carve. wish me luck
Here's the durable cake recipe that works well. It comes in chocolate too:
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/1972/durable-cake-for-3d-and-wedding-cakes
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/6093/durable-cake-for-3d-in-chocolate
use a very sturdy cake, and cut your inset holes after you apply the fondant.
I'm making my first one this week. In most of the videos and tutorials I have seen they always apply the fondant after cutting the inset holes. Can you explain why it is better to cut the inset holes after you apply the fondant please?
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