Here is 2 of the 3 December throwdowns. 2 more amazing cakes by 2 amazing decorators.....

CONTESTANT B1

Christmas Holly and Poinsettia's - 10",8", and 6" with buttercream icing. Royal icing 'scrolls' around bottom. Poinsettias are a combination of fondant and gumpaste. The disintegrated globe at the top is royal icing formed onto a balloon. The center tier has brush embroidery holly with fondant berries. Around the bottom is fondant holly with fondant berries.






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CONTESTANT B1

Christmas Ornaments - All of the cakes are pound cakes, with chocolate butter cream filling. All are decorated in fondant. The large cake is carved, the medium cake is a sports ball pan, and the small cake is a mini ball pan. All the small ordainments are all fondant and there are sugar crystals on the big cakes, also some gold pearl dust painted on a few. The coconut was used for snow. I had a great time making this cake for my first competition. HAPPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!

bumpity bump! Come on eveyrone. These ladies worked really hard on their cakes. I am sure they would love to hear your comments!

MY goodness.....I can't decide between the two cakes. They both did a fantastic job! I'll have to think about it for a while before I can vote.

As usual, both cakes are beautiful...the poinsettias are stunning & the ornaments...how cute! A lot of time and effort! Thank you for showing us your beautiful work!

They're both lised as B1
are the pointsettias B1 and the ornaments B2?

Great job on both cakes!!

OOPS - Sorry about that! The poll is correct tho. B1 is the Holly and Poinsettia's................B2 is the Christmas Ornaments

Both of you did a GREAT job!!! I love the scrolls on the pointsettia cake.

How on earth did you get the round ornaments to stay topsy-turvy?

Two great cakes, it's hard to choose.

bump....trying to keep this on top for the contestants!

Both of these are just fantastic cakes ! Lots of time and hard work spent on these cakes . good luck to both of you!

Wow - both are wonderful - how to chose?!? The poinsettia cake is stunning, but I love the balancing act on the ornaments. All three are cake, too. Great work by both artists.

bumpity bump! Come on eveyrone. These ladies worked really hard on their cakes. I am sure they would love to hear your comments and get your vote!!!

Thanks!

Great job ladies. These TD's are getting harder and harder to pick a winner.

Gorgeous cakes!!

Another great pair of cakes....it's hard to only vote once

Both cakes are great!! I just love the poinsettias they turned out realy great.

Just amazing work on both!

154 votes????? What's going on at CC?? Come on ladies and gents, cast your votes!!!

We have a winner, but first let's thank both contestants (All4Cakes and Mariu) for their hard work. The cakes were amazing and they both did a GREAT job!!! Thanks Ladies!!!

And the winner is......

Mariu!!!! Congratulations on a job well done!

Congratulations Mariu! You did a fantastic job....so very creative!

Now, you just gotta share how you got them arranged that way!

All4cake, I just want to say you cake was beautiful! Thank you everyone for your votes, this was my first throwdown and it was very exciting and challenging. I'm looking forward to doing many more. The assembly of my cakes was pretty much the same way I assemble all my double and triple tiers..........dowels. I made sure they were in secure and postioned so the cakes were not wobbly. I had so much fun making this cake. Hope everyones holiday was wonderful.
Mariu