Topsy Flopsy Circus Cake

I want a topsy flopsy circus cake, the four-year-old said. I had no idea how to create this, so I brought grandma in for a consult. I’ll do it, she said. It’s a challenge. I’ll add all sorts of red. His favorite color, she stated, it will be beautiful beyond a fault. The cake was lovely, best of all, made by one of his favorite people. It was whimsical, crazy, wild, colorful, and all sorts of kinds of fun. I love the way this circus tent falls over, and it has lost it’s steeple! You get to make all of the birthday cakes until he turns twenty-one.