I need prayers, good cake vibes, lucky cake dust, ANYTHING LOL I am sooo nervous about this cake I am working on!!! This is only my second topsy turvy, the first one didn't make it to the party This one is for a wedding cake!!! Luckily, its a friends wedding, not a far drive, and its only 2 tiers, very small. I am going to watch Sharron's DVD again tonight just to make sure I am getting this right! I have 3 layers of 8 and 6in cakes in the fridge, settling. They are dammed, and filled with strawberry filling, and awaiting carving and ganache! PRAYERS PLEASE! Sharon, your DVDs have made a difference so far, lets hope they did me some good on this one too!! EEEE!!![img][/img]

Good luck to you! I'm sure everything will come out wonderful and this one will make it to the wedding. I understand your being scared my first attempt at a topsy turvy didn't make it the party either but, I have not been brave enough to try it again. So I wish you good luck! Just take a deep breath, relax and make an awesome cake!

I am using sharon's technique of a double dam...and I may not even carve the sides! I may just do the top! Pinkcakbox does beautiful topsy turvy cakes without carving the sides...and they cant settle in the fridge? why not? How to you get a cake to settle with a perishable filling then? I have them weighted slightly....for compression to aide in the settling....I do not think my filling is perishable, but its homemade so I am not sure...Its a cooked strawberry filling with frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup sugar, and cornstarch, boiled for 2 mins...is this perishable? Strawberries can sit out for a day or so, but cooked with sugar, seems like it'd last longer, just to be safe is why I put it in the fridge LOL! I accept any advice

I don't mean to be contrary, but I always let my cakes settle in the fridge or in the freezer and they carve very nicely. But you're right about carving away the dam, CWR41. It would probably be a good idea to fill the cake with thick buttercream (the thing you usually make the dam out of) if you want to carve after putting your layers together. Unfortunately, topsy-turvies can be tricky. I think it's the overhang on the top edge of each layer having to bear the weight of all that heavy fondant. I wish you the best of luck.