Hi! I'm a newbie. I just finished my second class of course one at Michael's for the Wilton Class. We got to choose our own decoration and my son being a Pokemon fanatic chose Pikachu. We didn't learn how to do a shell border so my bottom/base is naked! And it tasted delicious - lemon cake with lemon filling and buttercreme icing!

Wow! It looks really good! Congratulations and welcome to the site!

Wow! nice job for your first cake I'm sure your son loved it!

Your cake looks really good! Your icing is so smooth. When I first started, my icing was a mess. Good job!!!

Great job!!!! Your cake looks great! I know you are probably ecstatic!! I know that feeling...keep it up!!!

great job esp for your 1st. i tried to do a pikachu cake several years back and i totally butchered it. it didn't come out anywhere near as cute as yours! keep up the good work. oh yeah....welcome to cc.

Welcome to CC Honeybearcreek! Great job on your Pikachu cake! I'm with AnythingSugar, I made a mess of the icing on several of my first cakes. I'm still learning too. You found the best site ever... you can find out anything you ever wanted to know about cakes from all of the wonderful people here at CC. Can't wait to see more of your cakes. Welcome aboard!

Very cute! Good Job! Oh and I LOVE PICACHU!!!!!!

looks great! Your icing is so smooth.

Good job for a first cake. Keep it up

Your cake looks wonderful, esp. for a 1st!!

Good job!

I'm dying to take the Cake decorating class - have been doing my own thang for a long time & hopefully will sign up in before November! Love your cake!! fun stuff!!

Wow! that is an impressive cake! Can you pls share what your frosting secret is? What is it and how did you make it so smooth? TIA!

Thanks for the great compliments on my Pikachu. I used a Viva paper towel and fondant smoother to smooth my icing. I read about that online and my instructor demo'd it at our first class. I was sold. I felt like I was ironing my cake! LOL But it did work wonders. I didn't do a crumb coating first and was stressing out getting my cake flat and level!

Hugs,
Diana in VA
aka Honey Bear Creek

Just gorgeous - proof of a steady hand. Well done!

congrats! It looks great! I cant believe how smooth....that is really the challenging part! Welcome to the world of cake decorating!