For me, it's when they've done a few cakes and have the "eureka" moment when they realize it's not easy and it isn't cheap.
You might be a Cake Civilian if .....
You buy cakes, but don't make them.
You think "it's just cake".
You think they come out of the oven all decorated.
You think a 6 tier wedding cake is baked the morning of the wedding.
You understand that a 3-tier, fondant covered, 2 flavor cake covered with gumpaste flowers weddign cake is expensive ... but thinks a 3-tier, fondant covered, 2 flavor cake covered with gumpaste flowers birthday cake shouldn't cost more than twenty bucks .... "Because it's JUST a birthday cake!"
You will leave a loaf of bread on your counter for days and days, but won't eat a cake because it's not fresh anymore since it's more than 4 hours old.
You think all cakes are $14.95 because that's what walmart sells them for.
YOu're not a cake civilian when you can read this list and laugh because you know people who believe all of these things!
(Dang! I should write this stuff down! This is a good one! 
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Debi -
You should write all your ___Zilla stories down. Of course, the library would put it in the fiction section, because, after all, it's just cake, right? They'd never believe them. But don't worry - we do.
Thanks!
Theresa 
that IS a good one Debi. And yes, I know people who fit into all those categories. some of them are in my DH's family 
You understand that a 3-tier, fondant covered, 2 flavor cake covered with gumpaste flowers weddign cake is expensive ... but thinks a 3-tier, fondant covered, 2 flavor cake covered with gumpaste flowers birthday cake shouldn't cost more than twenty bucks .... "Because it's JUST a birthday cake!"
love that LOL
except in my case it was "just a baby shower cake"
I love these! I am pretty new to CC and to decorating cakes in general. But I love it & have learned so much from CC so far. Now I have made cakes for my nieces & nephews for birthdays, I get a phone call from my Mom .. she says .. So, what kind of cake are you making me for my birthday? I am now officially the family baker ... oh well Lots of practice will come from it.
Well it feels good to know that I am no longer a civilian
Don't forget to add to the list
You pronounce fondant "fondent"
However this rule does not apply in the UK where fondant is pronounced fondent
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