Hi ladies! I've been reading and learning on here for a few weeks and I finally tried my first cake. It's my practice cake for my daughter's first birthday...worked out fairly well....I still have TONS to learn and plenty of things I will change for her real cake, but this is enough to get me excited about learning more! Thanks ladies!

Tinkerbell is my 2nd attempt at a FBCT...the first one I tried the week before on a plain cake and she didn't work out, I tried a different recipe this time and the result was great.

Hope to be joining you ladies more and learning some great stuff
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The fbct looks great. Can I ask what recipe you used? Keep up the great work, I'm sure your daughter will love it.

Welcome. Great job.

Hi, and welcome to CC! We are so glad to have you! I can't believe that is your first cake... how wonderful! I think we will see some awesome stuff from you in the near future!

Very nice! Hard to believe its your first cake and an fbct to boot, wow very impressive
You will become addicted to this place fast and the amount of knowledge you can absorb here is huge, welcome

You did a fabulous job!

Welcome! Your FBCT looks great.

Nice Job on your first cake. I have not even done a FBCT yet and I have been doing cake a bit. Can't wait to see more.

Amy

You did a great job! Welcome to CC.

Awesome job Can't wait to see more of your creations!

Great job on the cake. I agree, you will become addicted to CC. Right now, I'm supposed to be doing bills at work, but I can't drag myself away from the dang computer.

Thanks for the kind words everyone! It is FAR from perfect but I figure I've got to start somewhere! I learned all that from y'all so THANKS! I will admit to using many shortcuts though. I used a cake mix but added the pudding extender that I read about on here. I also used store bought icing (but it was the wilton icing). I only made the icing for the FBCT.

Chrissy, I'll look up the recipe when I get home tonight so check back!

Very cute !! Good job !!

Welcome to CC. Very cute cake. Great job.

Good job.... imagine how good it will be on the real cake!

You did an AWESOME job!! Great work!
Angie

Chrissy,
Here is the recipe for the FBCT I used:
1/2 c. crisco
1/2 c. butter
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 c. powdered sugar

I also put just a little crisco on the wax paper and smeared it all around before I started icing it. The first time I tried it weeks ago she stuck all to the wax paper so I'm not sure if it worked this time because of the recipe or the extra crisco.

Thanks so much for the recipe. I have tried before but they cracked and stuck to the wax paper. I'll let ya know. Thanks again--your's looks great!!

That Tinkerbell is awesome! I can't believe it's your first cake! I've never tried FBCT's before- I think I'm intimidated