Here are my first and most recent cakes (well kind of most recent, the last cake I did was in another state so I did not have any equiptment other than a few very large pastry tips and a plastic bag so that is not a very fare comparison). Anyway here thay are

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_710113.html

and

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-photo_771953.html

Thanks for looking!
Deborah

BTW Merissa you have awesome thread ideas I was part of your "undernoticed cakes" thread and because of that thread I now have alot more confidence...You go girl!

I started decorating in February and here is my first...
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=178863
and here is the one that I just finished this weekend for mu nephew's birthday.....
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=987313

Well this isn't exactly first and last, but I think it's nice comparison. A butterfly I did several years ago in my early days of decorating and one I did not two weeks ago.

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=86767

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=960103

I still get a lot of nice comments about the first one, but I think the improvement is noticable when you see them next to each other.