A very merry unbirthday to you!
First I stacked the bottom level, frosted it and then cut out a level area for tier #2 to go on. There are also dowels in there to support the next tier. The 2nd and 3rd tiers were on cardboard cake circles.
I did the same thing with the next tier. Then I drove a dowel down through the entire cake.
It looks so crooked, but I thought it was stable enough with each tier being flat inside the tier below it. I made marshmellow fondant for the hearts, signs, cheshire cat, and hat brim. The rest was a whipped non-dairy frosting.
I made white roses and "painted" them red with spray food coloring.
But the next morning I woke up to this...
The top tier just tore right through the dowels and ripped the 2nd tier down with it. So I rebuilt it. I re-frosted the bottom tier (just a little more curvy now). Then I cut away the middle tier to clean it up a bit. I happened to have one 9" cake left that I didn't use, so I cut it up to rebuld this tier.
I frosted over the "new" tier and covered up some flaws with the clock. You can tell it's not perfectly round, but since it's a wacky cake, it really didn't matter much.
The top tier got significantly shorter. Didn't want to risk it toppling over again.
Overall, I think it turned out cute and it was big hit at the Unbirthday party.
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