That cake looks fabulous!!! My favorite story about one who did her own birthday cake was Melvira -- she did a simple round cake and wrote "I'm old" on it!
(Not to be confused with the one she did another time which read "it's late, I'm tired, here's your cake.") 
Awww, thanks Bob!! But, don't forget the year I got the cake all iced and smoothed and just ran out of steam so I bordered it and wrote, "Ahhh, screw it!"
My favorite birthday cake for myself though was a joint effort with Nancy from Nancy's Fancy Cookies and Cakes. She made the cookie topper and mailed it to me, and I made the cake before seeing the topper!
http://www.sweetcakesonline.net/MelviraCake.jpg
Gorgeous Cake, and topper. They couldn't have gone together more perfectly.
I just started doing cakes in November and have done 6 family birthday cakes since then. When my birthday was coming up on Jan. 13th I asked my mother where she was going to get my cake from and the response was "If you aren't making it, we aren't having cake." Turns out I am the family cake lady now since they all really love my cakes so every year I guess I am making my own cake from now on.
Mine wasn't as good as any of the ones posted here but I do aspire to making cakes that look as great as the ones here. Thanks for making me realize I am not the only one and giving me something to aspire to. And I never thought of dummy cakes to do a tiered cake from my small birthday party.
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