I tried anyway... lol. You'll have to let me know if I came close to the effect that everyone is trying to figure out.

I posted a little photo with a diagram of how I did it on my facebook page if you are interested in seeing how I did it.

Here's a link to the cake on CC. http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1956907

Looks fabulous to me! I was going to give it a try on a dummy cake this week. Thank you so much for posting your results.

Just went to your website. You work is beautiful. I found some techniques on there that I have been looking for a tutorial on for months. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing that technique--VERY cool!!

Wow wow wow! You did a FABULOUS job! Jaw drops*

Beautiful cake - and the billowing thing is gorgeous. I think you did figure it out

Your cake is amazing!

You nailed it! What a beautiful cake. The entire cake is just amazing.

Wow. I never would have guessed to fill the puffs with frosting. Thank you!! And beautiful work!

what a beautiful beautiful job

It's beautiful! Just went & liked your FB page and the cake. Thanks for sharing!

Ughh, I cannot access FB in Chi*ina, could you pm me the instructions please? FB is blocked here, along with many blogs

cakes @ shanghai-schroeder.de (remove spaces before and after the @)

Your cake is stunning!!! Thank you for sharing the technique, if that's not the way, that sure is a great way to do it!!!

I am not a Facebook person, yet would love to see how you did those techniques. Please post something for those of us not on FB. Thanks.

hello! i also tried it this weekend on my cake http://cakecentral.com/gallery/1957473

i posted a tutorial on my website as well, i hope it helps some of ya'll!
http://thejoyofcake.shutterfly.com/tutorials

Thanks so much, this is a beautiful look!

Thank you for creating the tutorial! I am a visual person and that really
was a great way to see it. But the actual process was a ton of work making so many of those! Wonderful job and wonderful new technique. And I also can't believe you didn't WIN that competition! Beautiful work!!

FYI: The OP's method is a little different.

What is the OP method???

What a phenomenal tutorial!!! Bravo!! Bravo!!!

OMG BEAUTIFUL work, GREAT tutorial thank you so much, looks like a lot of work but fun

Fabulous, thanks for posting.

Cake_Architect, how many layers are those tiers??

Thank you for clarifying that! So, one method uses a blob in the center while the other just forms the pillow?

Both methods look really good! Good Job

Wow! That is a beautiful effect! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thanks for the tutorials,
both methods are great.

Gorgeous!

Thanks for sharing. You've nailed this billowing effect. Both meithods are great, but you're seems somewhat simpler to for my level of cake decorating.

Thanks soooooooo much for sharing this with us.

Crystal

awesome!