I'm making a Topsy-Turvy 3 tier cake for my niece's 18 th birthday. what cake pans sizes should i use when using 3" round pans ? that's all i have . help

i need help with this cake please,is for next month. she's having 60 to 75 guests. she wants a Topsy- turby cake. i have round pans , they are 3"
tall. i don't know which pans to use for this type of cake? help!!!

Hi Sandra05,

Not sure if this will help, but under the articles tab there's instructions for the topsy cake.

HTH!

i am making a topsy turvy cake next week to feed 75 people and I am making 6,8,10. I just bake three of each and carve them to be tapered at the bottom. So the 6 will be about a 4 at the base, the 8 will be a 6 at the base, and the 10 will be 8 at the base. I hope I havent confused you. Hope this helps!

I've heard the standard is to go up an inch for each layer. For instance:
tier 1 - 10", 11", 12"
tier 2 - 8", 9", 10"
tier 3 - 6", 7", 8"

If you don't want them as tall, just put less batter in your 3" pans so that they are closer to 2".

Here is a 2-tier topsy-turvy I did with the bottom tier bieng 8", 9" and the top tier just a 5". The 8 and 9 were in 2" pans and the 5 in a 3" pan.

HTH

thank you all

Here is the finished cake. I used Deliciously Decadents tutorial. I didnt use any different sized pans, I just used the standard 6, 8, and 10 inch pans and carved it to the right sizes at the bottom. It was great. I delivered the cake stacked, it survived a 40 mile drive in the back of my suv going over the ship channel and everything. It didnt budge, shift, or move at all!!!

Wow! Very Nice! I love the colors!