I am thinking about doing one of these for my dughters 1st birthday. I would love it if someone would tell me where to go for some really great instrucions

Check out the home page here, it has a great tutorial on how to do one from BKeith.

Here is the link:

http://www.cakecentral.com/article1-Instructions-For-Building-A-Whimsical-Tilted-Cake.html