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SNAP Conference, The Cake!

Published: April 26, 2012 | Updated: November 12, 2019 | By Ashlee

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I’m not sure if you heard or not, but last weekend was SNAP here in UT! I was tickled and a bit overwhelmed when Tauni asked me to make a cake showpiece for the first night’s dinner! Eeek!

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After a few weeks of brainstorming and playing with various designs I decided on this new Topsy Turvy Style of cake, with each layer representing a current trend in the craft world, in SNAP colors!!

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Figuring out the best way to hold each layer up was a really fun engineering project!  I had a blast designing the frame!

For the base I created a wood look, representing all the re-purposed wood  and pallet projects out there!

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For the largest layers the largest trend seemed appropriate!  Chevrons (or Zig Zags for those of you who prefer it)

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I don’t know about you guys, but I drooled over all the CHA photo’s this year, and I saw a lot of Polka Dots!

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Ruffles, ruffles, ruffles!!!!  I wish I could have gone further around this layer, but this was by far the most difficult layer to create!  The ruffles were just so heavy they kept falling off!  I love the way it ended up looking!

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And every one’s favorite party decoration, Bunting!!!  Who doesn’t love bunting?  I adore how this layer turned out.

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Words, typography, lettering, etc…  All the great stuff we create with letters…

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It ended up SUPER tall, like as tall as my 9 YO!  JUST like my design… ALMOST!

There was a 6th layer- Ruffled Petals!  This layer was actually REAL cake for the special Birthday girl!

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Since we weren’t allowed to bring in outside food the cake is styrofoam so I wasn’t as careful creating my structure as I should have been, instead of something strong enough to hold the weight of a full cake It’s a dowel in the center.  SO when I put the top, REAL, layer on it fell over!!!!

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SO we left the REAL layer on the side for the birthday girl, and added some of Lara’s gorgeous table decor to the top of the 5th teir!

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Here is an update with the birthday girl and her cake tier!!  She’s just a week younger than my 4th, so it was fun to give her such a treat, and look at that cute pose, could be be more adorable?

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  1. Janire

    November 11, 2013 at 7:18 am

    It’s lovely! Ejerce do You buy topsy turvy stand?
    Regards

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    • Ashlee

      November 15, 2013 at 11:45 pm

      nope I built my own stand, I always do.

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