If you had to pick just one, which cake would be your favorite?  I am new to the cake decorating scene.  I have always done it just for fun and relaxation therapy but over the last 5 months, I have been asked to do a number of cakes for people and have started charging for my work.  I really love this, as it has been a dream of mine for many years.  

Here is my favorite!  This was my first "real" cake order that I took and it was for a wedding.  It is a naked spice cake with cream cheese buttercream between the layers.  It was dusted with powdered sugar and pecans.  I am very proud of this cake!  It was a beautiful fall wedding up on the side of a cliff, overlooking the river below.  

This one because of the story behind it http://www.acaketoremember.com/images/robot_cake.jpg

This one because I like working with sugar http://www.acaketoremember.com/images/blown_glass_cake_rs_wm_1_.jpg

This one because I liked the dress it was based on http://www.acaketoremember.com/images/ruffle_dress_wedding_cake_rs_wm.jpg

And this one because nobody will ever order a black feather cake for a wedding but I like it http://www.acaketoremember.com/images/black_feather_cake_rs_wm_1_.jpg

ALove love love that robot cake [@]costumeczar[/@] - and especially the binary code around the base! Great design.

Yes, @costumeczar, totally love the Robot Cake and story! 

Gwensmommy - love the acorns!!

I'm a hobby baker and all the cakes I make for family are based on something that is specific for them, a favorite pastime, hobby or something (wacky) they are interested in. For me, thinking about something that has some significance to the person is a fun challenge.  I am especially interested in the cake that looks like other food.   This cake, a stack of pancakes, is my favorite for many reasons.  It's mostly my favorite because I made it for my father for Father's Day, a month before he suddenly passed in 2012.  He loved a pancake and always ordered it when whenever we all met at a diner.  I always wanted to try the pancake-cake and mine is all buttercream.  I was happy with the result and the fact that it 'fooled' some of the family is always an added bonus!

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Theresa

Wow!!!  That is awesome!  I really like your interest in making cakes that look like other food.  I would be interested in seeing more if you have the time to upload them!  

I too am a hobby baker.  I LOVE it when my customer tells me to "create what I want, here are the guidelines."  They put their trust into my creative ability and I love it!

A[IMG ALT="A fun winter themed first birthday. Modeled all figures with fondant mixed with tylose. Thanks for looking"]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3311084/width/350/height/700[/IMG] This because I LOVED Making the polar bear and penguins

Probably this matryoshka doll cake for the Sochi Olympics..ignore the smudgy board, that was pre-clean up. 

This life sized guitar and amp cake is my favorite ever. Everything is edible except the guitar strings.

There are so many amazing cakes on here, both on this thread and in the galleries but this was my favourite because it made me feel like a kid again. Who doesn't love Lego? 

A[IMG ALT="Close up of gumpaste flowers"]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3320658/width/200/height/400[/IMG] [IMG ALT="Rosette ruffle bottom, knife pleats on second tier and royal icing stencil on top tier with hand made gumpaste peony, roses and stephanotis blossom topper"]http://www.cakecentral.com/content/type/61/id/3320657/width/350/height/700[/IMG] This is my favorite that I've done so far. I love making gumpaste flowers, I have a wedding coming up in March that I will be doing a similar design but with shades of purple and silver, I can't wait!

When I started looking through my photos I found that even though some of the cakes I have done are beautiful I didn't like the people so that coloured my opinion of the finished cake.  I've picked a couple that weren't necessarily the best cakes I have made but the whole process, the customer, the venue etc all just came together and I remember them with happiness.

Ive just realised my top cake looks like it is tilted to the left, it wasn't it's my dodgey photography lol.

My favorite was a cake I made for my anniversary last year. DH brews beer and wine, and Allen House Winery is our "brand" of wine.

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