Paige requested a soccer themed cake this year, and I opted to give the topsy turvy structure and attempt. My plan was to have a color scheme she would like, and then work in a soccer ball using my new hexagon and octagon cookie cutters.
The fondant did not turn out to be the colors I had planed. They were a bit pastel, which gave the cake more of an 80's look than I was going for. While I didn't like it so much, Paige was happy with it because it matched her current hair colors.
Instead of putting a ball shape on the top, I decided to decorate the middle layer as the soccer ball coloring. The shapes were hard to get aligned, and in the end it looked like a deflated soccer ball in the middle of the cake.
I'm not sure that this topsy turvy attempt was a success. It seems to look a little lopsided, and with a deflated soccer ball in the middle, the whole cake looks a little funky. Paige still loved it, but I'm not sure exactly what I think.
I will definitely give the topsy turvy idea another attempt at some point. I believe a little more internal support, and a different color scheme will win me over in the end. As for Paige, she was very happy with it and enjoyed every last bite of the pink cake inside.
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