Here is my first cake I made for my little ones first birthday...and the other picture is one of my most recent wedding cakes.

that's one beautiful wedding cake!

It would be nice to see the improvement thru trying to replicate the first cake. I think I will try to make the first cake I made ;o)

I just looked at everyones photos and you guys are Great!!!!

I am all for the award!!!

My 1st was not so bad-that's what started my addiction-I have had a bad one after that... Oh well.

Here are mine...

1st
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=126423

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=164043

last
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=967993

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=917363

***A HUGE THANK YOU TO ALL THE WONDERFUL CC'ERS WHO HAVE HELPED IN MY TIME OF NEED!!! YOU GUYS ARE GREAT AND I CREDIT MY IMPROVEMENT TO ALL OF YOU!!***

I love this thread... it's so fun to see before and after! Great job everyone!!!!

So, I don't have my FIRST cake on my computer I made it when I was in high school (15 yrs ago! EEEEchhh) and I'm not sure where it is right now. So here is my 1st wilton class cake.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=212513

And here are 2 of my most recent, I couldn't choose my favorite.

This is the one I just made for my son'd 2nd birthday...
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=929763

And this is the one I made for a friends boss...
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=677443

How fun!

here is my first and my last. The last one is too big, so here is the CC link: http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=915133

This set shows an interesting progression:
I created this cake using a dummy. I lover decorating dummies. They are soooo well behaved.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=49352
This was my first attempt at creating the "real" thing. It was a case of everything that could go wrong went wrong and kept on going.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=202783
Third time was a charm. I was soo happy with outcome. Went to snap a picture and the camera battery was dead. I had to run home to recharge the battery for 10 min before I could take the pix.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=793923
Let me know what you think.

This is kinda funny to look back at where we started and to see what we can do today. I'll have to admit I'm still a "baby" when it comes to decorating. I haven't done as many cakes as I'd like to have, but we moved over the summer and live in a tiny house (temporary) and so I haven't made but two cakes since the move almost 2 months ago!

So, If I can figure this out...here's my first cake:



and somwhere is my latest cake (back to school)

Okay they are backwards...the first pic is my latest and the last pic is my most recent!! Very funny

I made this one nearly 9 years ago for my ds's first birthday. Notice the beautiful aluminum foil-covered board and the huge globs of blue icing next to the cake. I topped this one off, of course, with those nasty little stick-on candy letters. Yick! I had to pull out ds's scrapbook to get a pic. I noticed my scrapping skills were lacking back then too.

This is my most recent. Nothing too impressive but better than the first! lol

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_725753.html

What a cool thread! Well technically speaking it's not my first since I've been baking for ages but this would probably be my first that started it all. This is what a bored woman does on her Christmas vacation The most recent one is a test of stenciling technique, which was rather fun and easy to do.

BTW, it's amazing how much better one gets with this hobby. I'm going strong on my 8th month!! Kudos to all!!

Course 1 Final




Most recent cakes

Keep 'em coming!!!! I love looking at all the progress!!!

It's amazing to see just how quickly one's skills improve over a relatively short time! Great cakes all.

Here is my first sculpted cake:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_397283.html

Here is my latest cake from two weeks ago:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_927713.html

Thanks for looking!

here is my first which i played around with before taking any classes at all:

which coincidentally was for husband's birthday last year (today)

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_88142.html


and here is one i did a couple weeks ago:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_908683.html

The pink cake with polka dots is the first cake I ever did; even before I took my Wilton 1 class.

The blue baby shower cake, I did this past Sunday.

This is my latest: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_925423.html
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_909033.html

Here is my first cake attempt!
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_82161.html

My latest one.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_943453.html
All I can say is thank goodness I improved or I'd hang up my apron for sure after seeing that awful 1st cake again!

Wow! What a fun topic! Awesome cakes by everyone and you can clearly see how much improvement everyone has made. I'm sorry, I don't know how to post a link for a picture, so I'll have to just attach them.
I started decorating as a hobby in June of 2005 and have been addicted ever since.
The chicken cake is the first and the pink and white cake is my youngest granddaughter's cake that I made this week-end.

I can't find a good picture of the cake I made for my oldest son's first birthday "smash cake" but, it was appalling, y'all. On top is my most recent cake, and below that his third birthday cake, from 1995 (my first character pan).

What I fun thread!!!
Here are mine...
1st: http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=55212

Last 2: (sorry, I couldn't pick just one)
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=877853

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=862653

Isn't it amazing.... we all have come a looooong way! BTW, there are some 1st time cakes that look amazing, can't tell it was your 1st one! Great job y'all!

ok here's my first cake ever I never tried to put icing on any cake. All I remember is how hard it was for me to pipe those little stars the rainbow cake. And since I can't just post one I have inlcuded my final cake from course 1 which I think came out worse than the first cake hehehehe

and last but not least one of my last cakes, if you want to see more they are in my photos they are in order of when I make them.

I went into business in January 2006. I did this one 18 months ago. It's the oldest photo I have. I got rid of the really old cake photos! I could not bear to look on them! LOL I did the Bad Tooth this w/e.

Happy Baking!
T-

This will be an easy one for me as I have only done 2 cakes so far....lol.

This was my first one. I made this for a horror movie convention back in June. I also have more close ups of each cake in my pictures. This cake made me realize just how hard cake decorating can be...lol.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=704813

This is the last cake I made. I did this for a friends birthday last month.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=973853[/url]

Here is one of my first cakes.....
and my latest cake made yesterday.

Oh wow! This is too funny! It's amazing to see the progression huh! I'm a little embarrassed about my first cake! I had no idea how to smooth the icing! I was pretty pleased with my roses though! I made my first cake about 6 months ago. The most recent cake I did was for my husbands cousins wedding... what a difference six months can make!

Well, I'm still learning...

I'm a newbie but I want to join the fun too! I've only been decorating since mid-June, but even in that short time you guys have taught me SO much!

This is my first cake I've ever "officially" decorated (with tips & bags) from the end of June
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=656523

And this is from yesterday:
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=974303

I still have a LOT to learn - but this thread is really inspiring!

Great cakes. It's fun to look at everyone's progress. It's fun to look back at my old pictures and see how I've progressed. I have definitely decided modeling with fondant is what I like best. I'm enjoying looking at everyone's cakes, but my computer is running a little slow tonight and it's taking me forever to check them out!