I attempted to make a bean bag game cake for my brother's birthday (in my pics) and I'm definitely not happy with how it turned out. I could really use some advice for the future. I started out building each cake with 2 layers as is, just leveled. Then I tried to angle cut the 2 top layers and place them on top of the bottom layers to create the angle the bean bag boards normally have. This resulted in a really, really bad shape. Should I have layered everything and then carved it as a whole? I've never actually carved a cake so I initially thought making the shapes as I went would work, but now with the finished piece, I'm thinking I was wrong! Any words of wisdom from the experts??

I also hate how badly the bc is smoothed (don't know why it gave me such a hard time today), but that I figure I'll get better at with practice.

Thanks as always!

Lara

Lara, I think you did a really good job on this. I can't see where you had problems in the picture. For carving, did you freeze the cakes before carving? I know I had a hard time with that, before I found out about freezing the layers. HTH!

Thank you, Brenda. No, I did not freeze the cake layers. I'll have to try that next time. I think I'll also try stacking all the layers and carving as a whole...might make for a smoother overall effect.

Funny enough, as frustrated as I was with this cake, it was a big hit. My brother and a friend sat down at opposite ends of my table and actually threw the "bean bags" before we cut the cake. It was hysterical!!

Thanks again for your comments and advice!