40Th Birthday Steak

So, I am not a steak person. Every steak I have ever attempted to cook has turned into a very expensive treat for the family dog. So on My Hubby's birthday I decided to give him the only steak I knew I could pull off. Chocolate cake, peanutbutter chocolate frosting and covered in MMF. The Hubby doesn't ever eat the cakes I make (he prefers pumpkin pie) but he ate 3 pieces of this one! Victory! TFL

1St Birthday Diva Tutu

Made for a friend's daughter on her 1st birthday. 4 - 6inch vanilla rounds layered tall with chocolate ganache to fill and frost and MMF accents. Tutu is just craft store tulle. TFL!

Horses And Balloons

FBCT horse, fondant balloons, buttercream frosting for a little girls 8th birthday. TFL

Dinosaur Fossil Birthday Cake

Made for a 6-year-old's birthday. He was very into dinosaurs as you can tell! Vanilla cake, Chocolate buttercream frosting, fondant bones and rocks, and chocolate milk mix "dirt". So much fun to make! TFL

Big Blue Bow!

Baby shower cake for a friend having a baby boy! Had a few problems with the bow, but it turned out ok! Vanilla cake, chocolate ganache filling, buttercream with mmf accents. TFL!

Valentine Birthday Cake

This was for one of my children's teachers birthdays. Vanilla cake, my first attempt at ganache, and pink candy clay roses. TFL!

Brush Embroidery Flower Cake

This was a gift for one of my children's teachers on her birthday. All buttercream. TFL

Christmas Hello Kitty

This was for my best friend's daughter on her 6th birthday. Her birthday is in December, so she wanted a cake with Hello Kitty and candy canes too. FBCT. All buttercream. TFL

Ballet Party Cake

Birthday cake for a ballet party. Tutu on cake match the tutus worn by the birthday girl and her guests.

Birthday Present Cake

Transformer Cake

Transformer Bumblebee? birthday cake for a 6-year-old boy. Chocolate and vanilla cake, buttercream icing. The oval "plaque" with the character is hand painted on marsh mallow fondant and applied to the top of the cake. Orange "flames" are also mmf. The cutest thing about this whole cake was that when I asked what the birthday boy wanted to write on his cake, he said he wanted to write "Thanks For Coming" to all his friends at his party! Soooo Sweet!

Spaghetti And Meatballs Cake

Made for an auction at my churches Parents Day Out programs spaghetti supper fundraiser. Vanilla cake, buttercream "noodles", chocolate cream cheese truffle "meatballs", and Strawberry preserves "sauce. Thanks for all the CC cakes in the galleries for inspiration and "how to"

Blue Cammo Babyshower Cake

Baby shower with a hunting theme invitation, but the color scheme of the actual party was shades of blue. Chocolate and vanilla cake with buttercream.

Guitar Cake

Birthday cake for my sons 9th birthday. Chocolate cake, buttercream icing and gumpaste accents. Strings are silver metallic embroidery thread.

My Daughter's 7Th Birthday Cake

My daughter recently turned 7 and she designed this cake. Pretty much her idea except toned down a little. (She wanted 3 tiers) Two 2 layer vanilla cakes with brownie filling and buttercream stacked on top of each other with a gumpaste bow. TFL!

Baseball Field Cake

This cake didn't turn out quite as I had planned, but it was still fun to make and the birthday boy was happy! Vanilla cake, buttercream icing, Wilton baseball player plastic figures on top.

Tractor Cake

Little 3-year-old boy wanted a tractor cake. FBCT pic of the boy on the tractor, airbrush color for the grass and sky. All buttercream.

Ladybug Smash Cake

This is the smash cake that goes with the ladybug swimsuit cake in my photos. Vanilla cake/buttercream

Lady Bug Swimsuit Cake

sheet cake cut out and decorated with a FBCT lady bug to match the 1-year-old birthday girls swimsuit. Vanilla cake w/buttercream

Pre-K Graduation

4 8" square 3 layer cakes(2 vanilla, 2 chocolate) buttercream icing. 2 side cakes on small stands I made to look like graduation caps/mortar boards and tassles. cake in back on top of a large bowl with white flower arrangement inside. Thanks to sevral cc'ers cake photos that gave me the inspiration for the shape and configuration of how to arrange the 4 squares.

5Th Birthday Cake

My daughter helped design this 3 teir cake for her 5th birthday party. Buttercream with mm fondant decoration and of course a pink tiarra on top. tfl

Apple For The Teacher

I made this cake for my daughter's Mother's Day Out Teacher Appreciation lunch. The cake was chocolate with chocolate filling and buttercream icing. The basketweave is fondant strips hand woven onto the cake. The apples on top are real apples dipped in red tinted white chocolate candy melts and dusted with silver luster dust.

Gumball Machine

My son saw the episode of Ace Of Cakes that included making a gumball machine cake and immedietly wanted that for his birthday. He had a long time to wait. He saw the episode in January and his birthday is in December! 4 layers chocolate cake with chocolate fudge icing filling and buttercream icing. Gumpaste accents and LOTS of real gumballs in the large glass fishbowl on top! My son liked it so much he had my mom frame a picture of himself at his party blowing out his candles and put it in his room! There are many flaws in this cake and I am nowhere near the talent level of the other members of this site, but it made my son happy!

Blue's Clues Birthday

This was my first attempt at FBCT and it was much easier than I every thought. Half chocolate half vanilla cake with buttercream. This was so much fun to do!

Pirate Treasure Chest

This was for a 5-year-old's pirate birthday party. Chocolate cake with chocolate fudge filling and chocolate buttercream. Decorated with fondant accents and of course LOTS of candy treasure!

Dump Truck

Made for a friend's son's 2nd birthday. Vanilla cake with butter cream. The birthday boy was disapointed though. He wanted to take it and drive it into his sand box!