To start of with, make two of your average circular sponges, and place them one on top of the other with one half thinly spread with jam and the other with butter icing...

Bake a sheet cake the size that you need. With an icing filled bag and round tip, size #5, draw a tent on the cake top. Cut the cake away from the tent shape...

For this Circus Fun cake, I made two, three layered tiered cakes, one 8" round and one 6" round with buttercream icing...

Bake a sheet cake the size you will need. Draw the shape of the clown on the cake with an icing filled bag and tip #5. Cut the cake...

The clown cake was an almond tart, turned upside down. Covered with yellow sugar paste to be the face...

Bake a sheet cake the size that you need. Draw the clown on the top of the cake with and icing filled bag and round tip, size #5...

This clown cake is made up of 2 layers round shape chocolate cake with cream at the center and put together so that it'll become one 12" round cake...

Bake the size sheet cake that you need. With round tip, size #5 and an icing filled bag, draw the clown on the top of the cake...

To make this clown cake, I used chocolate cake mix and baked two 8 inch cakes. I put them together with butter cream frosting...

Bake a sheet cake the size that you need. With an icing filled bag and tip #5 draw Smiley the clown on the top of the cake...

To make this 3D clown cake, I used the ball pan and a 6" round pan for this cake. It took a mix and a 1/2 of another mix...