


I can't get the image on here of my first cake as it is not saved to this computer, this is pretty close though. Haha - that fantastic cake display stand - still on the baking paper I decorated it on because I had no idea about cake boards and couldn't move it other than sliding it on to the box to get it to the table haha and the fondant straight from fridge to table sweating like crazy.
Second and third cakes were for my Grandma's last two birthday's.

Haha fun!
This was my first cake:
I was living in Spain at the time and made fondant myself. There was no shortening available so I used lard! It smelled and tasted awful!! :D

I have only recently started to decorate cakes. I always loved to bake but rarely decorated the cakes I made beyond a piped border. I can't find my first cake that I made for my husbands 27th birthday (about 6 years ago) but it was a sheet cake with the Baltimore Ravens logo piped on. Sad that I can't find it because I was damn proud of that cake since that was my first true effort at an elaborate decoration.
This is the first cake/cupcakes that I was "hired" to make for a baby shower. Also my first time using fondant.
And these are the last two cakes I made for a joint birthday party/

MBalaska: just as I thought..........a HUGE improvement :) And actually for a 1st cake that star isn't all that bad. The pic isn't clear but it looks like the icing is smooth and the star work is very neatly done.
MinhCakes: That was some undertaking - making your own fondant - even if it didn't taste good. Really, for a 1st try it's not bad work.
Freckels: I don't have a pic of my 1st either :( Not the last one but one of my many favorites: hhttp://www.cakecentral.com/gallery/i/84663/romantic-wedding-shower-design


Nice job everybody! I love when progress is so visibile :)

I've been baking cakes since I was 5 years old, but this was my first decorated cake since I started this hobby, my niece's wedding cake. The small cake with purple flowers was one of my last and the turtle is one of my sculptures.

Me_me: excellent 1st creation:) It facinates me to see such inprovement.
SandraSmiley: No way could that purple rose cake be your 1st! :) Much too good looking. And that turtle just blows me away. I didn't get much into sculpting - just did one or two. Tried lots of times but never even remotely happy w/results. Yeah, we almost always are our own worst critic.

Thank you, @kakeladi ! No, for some reason the pictures swapped places when they posted. The tiered cake was my first and the one with the purple flowers was one of the last. It is a good thing for me that someone invented gum paste and modeling chocolate because figures and flowers are what I do best. I am yet to master the perfect buttercream, ganache or fondant finish. And, oh how I envy anyone who can pipe!! I do love a beautifully piped cake!

@MBalaska , even your first cake was pretty, but oh those roses! Gorgeous!


@kakeladi , I just love your buttercream cakes! I guess I took up cake decorating a little late to master the exquisite flowers and string work possible with bc and ri. My hands are quite compromised from arthritis and it makes squeezing the bag difficult. Therefore, I just enjoy the work of others!

Clunky or not, @me_me1 , your first cake was pretty cool, but those wedding cakes are beauties!

@bubs1stbirthday , this first cake was super fun, but oh my, look at those edges now!! Gorgeous finish on both and I love the originality of the square design!

Freckles0829, evidently you were born with the "fondant gene" because your cakes look wonderful!

@Minh Cakes , you really were brave to tackle fondant, particularly living in an area were the specified ingredients were not available. You cake is actually quite cute and I bet it was good anyway!

Wow lots of improve @SandraSmiley I love the turtle cake.
This is the first cake I think I decorated. It was for my son'


@Marian64 , your son's birthday cake is adorable, but the wedding cake is magnificent! Beautiful rustic buttercream!


Ok, this is my 3rd try. I don't have a pic of my first cake, must have been poor image (began '91). I do have one of my first, DD 2nd bday all buttercream. The top is clear because it is a separator plate and I did not put a tier on top so I piped with butter cream. The blue hanging down is bc. Fast forward to present, my most recent cake (14" & 12") using buttercream, fondant, and gum paste. The bridge is rice krispy treat with marbled gumpaste/fondant to look like stone.


Wow, @flamingomtn ! Brilliant improvement! Love the concept of the rainbow coming from the sky to earth!
@gscout73 , your piping puts me to shame, even on your first cake!



Look, @kakeladi , this is my most recent cake....just finished it. Nothing special, coconut cake for Mike and me. I never make decorated cakes for us, just good cakes, haha!

Look, @kakeladi , this is my most recent cake....just finished it. Nothing special, coconut cake for Mike and me. I never make decorated cakes for us, just good cakes, haha!
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