What Is This Round Pan / Style Called

Decorating By texaskathy Updated 14 May 2007 , 6:01pm by marthajo1

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texaskathy Posted 7 May 2007 , 1:58am
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What is the type of pan or style called when a round cake is bigger on the top and tapers down evenly to a small base?

Are the more difficult to cover with fondant/MMF than a reg. round cake?

I found a photo here
http://www.freedsbakery.com/cakes/las-vegas-cakes/childrens-birthday-cakes/coaster-whimsy#n0vI-wmqUDD1V-54TrP1Ag

Thanks!

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Destini Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:03am
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Try this link. I personally haven't tried a whimsical cake yet so I can't say how hard it is to cover in fondant.


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

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doescakestoo Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:13am
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It really isn't that hard. It is easier than covering a petal cake with fondant. It like all things in sugar takes practice and patience.

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ShirleyW Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:14am
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There are several names for this style cake. I believe Pollys Cakes in Oregon created the original and called them Whimsy Cakes, but have also heard them called Topsy Turvy Cakes, Alice In Wonderland Cakes, Wonky Cakes, Take your pick. icon_biggrin.gif

Personally I prefer Colette Peters version called Crooked Cakes because it is really an optical illusion, the cakes are flat and not carved, but each tier has a slanted styrofoam round inbetween to make the cakes look tilted. Here is one of my favorites done for the Valentines contest here at Cake Central by Spottydog.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=161573

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texaskathy Posted 7 May 2007 , 2:17am
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Thanks! It looks so fun!

Kathy

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JanH Posted 7 May 2007 , 3:25am
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fabi Posted 14 May 2007 , 4:42pm
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Hi Jan H. I see all your great responses to everyones questions I hope that you can help me. I am going to make this cake and I am not sure how to put it together, I have read the how to make a whimsical cake although it shows the edges being corrected by adding a border. Now I am afraid that with using buttercream it will be more succesable to mistakes on the edges and with this design I don't really see a way for me to fix it. Can you give me any ideas? This design really looks like it is sitting on top of each other and not in each other, how do I get it to look this way? ro does it simply depend on how you look at it? lol lol lol

Help
Fabi
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alliebear Posted 14 May 2007 , 4:58pm
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i have been wanting to try and bake a topsy turvey cake but i just haven't found the right occasion

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marthajo1 Posted 14 May 2007 , 6:01pm
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Fabi that is a great cake! Where did you find it?

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