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First Candy Barrel Cake
this is my first attempt at making one of these, and I'm totally a fan. Cake is 10" chocolate fudge cake with peanut butter ganache filling. Kit kats are adhered with chocolate ganache and top of cake is filled with Reeses pieces. The one thing I'd do differently is use a different kind of ribbon for the bow. Satin ribbon is a little limp for this.
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First Calla Lilies
I made this for a dinner function at church. It played on my church's love of purple and lime green. It was also my first time making gumpaste callas, which I then dusted with purple petal dust. The top tier is strawberry margarita cake, the middle tier is french vanilla, and the bottom tier is chocolate. The humidity and my BC were not getting along that day so I smoothed it as best as I could.
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Randy's Groom's Cake
CSM: The groom gave me creative liberty on the cake & this is what I came up with. He loves camo & duck hunting. The tree stump with the initials was something that he mentioned once & it stuck with me as a nice touch. The ducks are made out of fondant & hand painted, and the pond is tinted piping gel. The cake is red velvet with cream cheese icing in the center.
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Laura's Wedding Cake
CSM: This was for a good friend, so I was extra picky on the design. She had an outdoor "rustic" wedding so the design included the moss and vines at the bottom. The ribbon color matched the lettering on the invites & the flowers were the same as in the bouquets. Cake is chocolate with chocolate chip buttercream. It's the brides favorite.
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The 5 Hour Cake
CSM: This was a last minute throw together that I literally did in 5 hours. My boss didn't tell us he was getting married until the day of so I scrambled to put this together for a party the next day. Cake is french vanilla with chocolate chip buttercream, covered in MMF and BC roses on top. I'm VERY glad that the roses decided to cooperate with me. TFL... :-)
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Connor's 2Nd Birthday
CSM: 1st attempt at a FBCT, and I have to admit that I like the technique. Cake is 9x13x6 chocolate cake with chocolate chip buttercream filling, covered in MMF. We loaded up on the M&M's because the birthday boy loves them. The "dirt" is crushed chocolate Teddy Grahams. TFL....
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Crosspoint Prom Cake
CSM: This cake was literally thrown together very last minute. In all of my rushing around, I tore the fondant (& unsuccessfully tried to patch it) in the back right corner, and I forgot to dust the PS off of the hearts. This was my first attempt at covering a sheetcake with fondant, which didn't turn out too bad. The writing is done with Wilton's cookie icing. TFL...
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Camo & Skateboards
CSM: This was for a coworker who let her husband pick out the decor in the nursery. She got camo & skateboards. I played off of the design for Wilton's Diaper Downpour cake because it's such a cute cake. The camo is edible image strips from GSA & the tiers are covered in T's MMF. The skateboards are big red gum, smarties & toothpicks. The babies & ramps are Wilton fondant. She loved it & so did everyone else at the shower. TFL...
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Christina's Diva Cake
CSM: This was for a coworker's cousin (who isn't a diva BTW). Top tier is strawberry margarita, & bottom is chocolate fudge. Tiers are covered with T's Marshmallow Fondant. This was a first time for carving in sides of a cake, but it wasn't so bad. The birthday girl loved it and that's what counts.
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Zebra Cake
CSM: First attempt at a zebra cake. It's for a coworker's birthday. Confetti cake with plain buttercream, Satin Ice stripes and beads, gumpaste flowers with lime luster dust. I think the humidity kept my BC from crusting because usually it does and it didn't this time. This is also my first time freehanding the writing. I usually use a stencil for any writing on the cakes.
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Fondant/gumpaste Final Cake
CSM: This is my final cake for this class. It was my first time to do gumpaste flowers and Duff roses. The cake settled on my way to class so it's bulging on the sides. Cake is german chocolate cake with coconut pecan filling, german chocolate icing and covered in Satin Ice fondant. TFL...
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Groom's Cake
This is the groom's cake to go with the yellow wedding cake. It's a 1/4 sheet german chocolate cake with german chocolate icing, scrollwork, and chocolate dipped strawberries. TFL... Oh yeah, thanks to whoever had the tutorial showing how to get straight corners with a bench knife. I tried it for the first time on this cake and it worked wonderfully. These are the first straight corners I've ever had on a cake.