Last year my wife and I were watching a cake show on Food Network. I told her that it didn't look that hard. She told me that I couldn't do it. That was the wrong thing to say. I read, watched, and practiced and entered a easter basket cake in the State Fair at DuQuoin Illinois this year. I got a blue ribbon for the Holiday Cake class and Best of Show for decorated cakes.
Ken

Congratulations!! You did a wonderful job on the cake!

Looks great Ken! Congrats on winning a ribbon right off the bat!
Welcome to CC also! I'm in northern IL, just east of Rockford. Looking forward to seeing more pictures.

Happy Baking,
Beth

Wow Mister, congratulations on your success, terrific job, good for you! Lovely cake, the prize was well earned. Hhmn, now you have me thinking, wonder if I bet my hubby that he could not clean out the garage...Haha, well it might work!
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes

Congratulation Ken!! I bet your wife was red faced and proud!!!

wow! awsome cake!!!!
melody

Very nice, Ken. I especially like the paint job, makes the basket look like real rattan.

Keep at it.

Congratulations! So now that you have 'started at the top' what are you going to do from here? Are you planning to continue cake decorating? You obviously have a talent for it!

C

Congrats on your winning! Your cakes looks terrific!

wow!! congratulations....this looks so springy!!

Congrats Ken!! That is a awesome cake!!


~Denise

That's fantastic! You deserved it!

Super job and welcome to the world of cake decorating.

Awsome! Congratulations!

Debbie

Great job and congratulations on the ribblon

Great job

Great job

Great job

Congratulations!! Looks great

and another one comes to the dark side of sugar arts..lol

Congrats and welcome!

Great job! I usually tell people that anyone can do it, if they have patience.

WOW Super job, great detail on the basket! I wish my hubby could do that, then we both could work on cakes...NOT!!! (his greatest cooking skill is mac & cheese!)