I use another cake as inspiration and make one that looks just like it?
I found a cake here on CC that I want to do for my best friend's surprise birthday party this weekend. I just fell in love with the design of this cake and it looks like one I can do.
So, would it be "stealing" if I used it as a guide?
No. If people do not want their cake ideas copied they should not post them on the internet.
The polite thing to do is get credit to them when you post the picture.
No. If people do not want their cake ideas copied they should not post them on the internet.
The polite thing to do is get credit to them when you post the picture.
Exactly! People will only get upset if you portray their photo as your own work, or replicate their cake w/o giving them credit.
Agreed. If people add their photos to the gallery, they do it on supposition that people will use them for inspiration. You were inspired by a photo and are attempting a design like it.
It would be good manners, when you post your gorgeous new cake to say "inspired by the cake designed by so-and-so" 
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