Hi All!
I'm so new to the website, and new to the whole cake making experience (I've got about a year under my belt) Cakes are a HUGE part of my in-laws family tradition, I wouldn't even dare bring anything store bought to a family function!
I'm actually a "young'n" I'm 23 and recently retired Marine wife (yay!!) I took a lot of the Marines in for dinners and whatnot, but my absolute favorite thing was cakes for birthdays. Now that we've moved back home, my Mother-in-law retired her cakes for the family and passed it onto me. You can imagine my stress when I had to make a small wedding cake, as I was use to sheet cakes and character pans!
I stumbled upon this website through Wilton searching for ideas for a few birthday cakes coming up... I'm so glad I did!! I'm in such awe of the photo gallery! You all have such amazing talent, and I'm quite excited to learn new ideas and techniques!!!
Raquel
Welcome, welcome!! Such a young'un you are 
You will now be tied forever to your computer - logged into CC forever. Spend you time reading everything alread posted.
One word of caution......stay *out* of the Lounge forum! You will never get out of it - hehehe and there is sooooooo much more to this site - like I mean actual help for decorating cakes!
Hi and Welcome to CC, RMHill.
Decoding CC acronyms:
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-2926-.html
Everything you need to know to make, assemble and decorate stacked/tiered/layer cakes:
(Has popular CC recipes for crusting American buttercreams, fondant and doctored cake mixes (WASC and variations). And SO much more.)
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-605188-.html
Look forward to seeing pics of your cakes. 
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