Fall

Pumpkin Spice cake / Cream cheese icing. Recipe from Cake Central recipes. The leaves are white chocolate painted with Pearl dust.

Edible Image

This is my first edible image...I had it done at a local grocery. Wish it was as brigjht as the original photo...but I was happy enough with it.

Present Cake

I was pretty satisfied with this one....I haven't made many cakes that I've said that about. This was for Sept birthdays at work. Yellow and Chocolate with blueberrie cream filling.

Weight Watchers.....not!

A friend just became a LIFE TIME MEMBER of weight watchers... she met her goal of 95 pounds! She asked me before to make her a chocolate cake..thought I should mention that...or could be construde as kind a cruel thing to bake for someone watching what they eat. :) My royal icing was too thin- the letters "melted" together.

Congrats Cake

A girl at work was promoted so I made this for her. I added bunches of foam stars, on wire, to the cake later.

White Chocolate Wrap

I've been folowing the "chocolate cake wrap" thread. So this is my first one. It was kind of fun to do. The cake is chocolate fudge with vanilla buttercream. White chocolate wrap and crumbled chocolate chip cookies

Rice Paper Butterfly

My first attempt at making a rice paper butterfly. Actually I made 6 but this is the only one that turned out OK. I will do the body different next time. The cake is the "White Almond Sour Cream" recipe and I thought it tasted yummy.

Chocolate

Devils food cale / chocolate buttercream with my daughters favorite candy on top.

2Nd Cake For Babyshower...

This is the 2nd cake for the same baby shower....I ended up just doing mmf animals and ark...I wanted to do the 3-D ark but it is out of my league. Maybe next time. I was happy with this one.

First Baby Shower Cake....

This is one of two baby shower cakes I need to make...this one is carrot cake. I've never done a shower cake so I was nervous....I dont like working with the cream cheese icing...had to scrape it off and redo...so hard to get smooth. But for my first I am happy enough with it. Several people helped with the baby a couple weeks ago....thanks to you again.

First Baby...

I finally got up the nerve to make a baby....his right arm and hinny look a bit "off" to me but am hoping I can drape the blanket to hide those things. Is there anything I can brush on him to make him look shiney? Kind of a varnished look?

Mmf

THis is my first attempt at MMF- I added leftover orange Jello mix to it. The cake is orange flavor with orange buttercream. My 'dots' are crooked I know....not sure how I'll get them evenly spaced next time. I'm so glad I finally made the MMF- it was less trouble then I thought it would be.

First Football Cake...

I had trouble getting the icing the color I wanted...I finally used melted dark chocolate chips along with brown coloring. So it is OK for my first football...

Close Up Of The Previous Posted Cake...

I was happy with the way this one turned out....

Cakes For Moms B Day

The yellow cake is a cream cheese icing on carrot cake-a recipe that I got off this site...made with whole wheat flour and wheat germ. It was moist and tasted really good. The pink is a box vanilla doctored up a little.

5Th Cake..... :(

I'm getting discouraged. Such a simple idea I had in my mind but I had such trouble with it. Plus its much too busy. I went through two batches of icing because the chocolate just didn't taste right then I wanted one layer devils food cake and the other yellow...I won't even get into the trouble I had cutting /torting those. Then my writing... UGH. I'm embarrased to bring it to work. I'm not looking for sympathy....just need to vent. And am very frustrated.

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This is my 4th cake. It is for a girl at work who is leaving...thankfully I am NOT getting paid for this...I need lots more practice. I know it looks empty in the middle but I was getting nervous and thought I'd be better off leaving well enough alone. Also I DID learn something- NEVER pick up a cake by the sides without supporting the board in the middle!!! Yes- cakes do bend. :( I t wasn't too bad I was able to smooth the iceing out . Thant happend after this picture was taken.

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This is my third cake. :) I saw the heart version in the Wilton book and thought it was so pretty. So this cake is my "test" cake- I wanted to make sure I could handle it before I make one for my mothers Birthday. I thought the Daisies would be easy...but actually they gave me a hard time.

Flip Flops

My second cake- thanks to all the great ideas on this site! This was fun to do....but I had a hard time smoothing the sides of the "flip flops" so they are lumpy. But I'll keep practicing. Sara

First Attempt At Decorating