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Pokemon
First time ever I put the fondant on perfectly in the first shot! I was so happy until I put my finger in the side of the cake trying to turn it. Dang! I was a little disappointed with how my ball drooped on the bottom half even before I put the top half on. The boy who was receiving the cake went nuts when he saw it. I said I was the best cake decorator ever. That's the best compliment ever.
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Hydrangea Cake
Someone contacted me about a picture in my brochure of a cupcake bouquet saying she really loved the cake that looked like a flower pot. It told her it WAS a flower pot but that type of cake was doable. She asked for hydrangea and this is what she got. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Its about 3x as much cake as she asked for, though. Oh well. Live and learn.
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Hockey Puck
My cousin left me a message saying it was okay for me to call her back and laugh in her face, but she wanted a cake for this weekend for her kid's hockey team's christmas party. This was after I'd told her earlier that I was scaling back and not taking any more cakes for December. How hard is a hockey puck, though? I couldn't say no....again.
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Laura Ashely Ii
My cousin e-mailed me asking me to do the shower cake for her sister in law and pointed out the Laura Ashley cake I had done previously. I told her I'd be happy to do that one or I could work with her on the design to match invitation s or the bedding for the MTB. Turns out the MTB had actually chosen the same bedding, so I just replicated the cake. I think this one turned out better than the first.
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Royal Icing Ribbon Roses Ii
Second time's the charm. My second attempt at this cake turned out much better than the first, I think...which is good because I think the person who ordered this one has high expectaions and sophisticated taste. This is the first cake I've done for a stranger. I hope she likes it.
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Royal Icing Ribbon Roses
This cake was inspired by the STUNNING JenniferMI's royal icing ribbon roses cake. Thanks Jennifer for your help and for a spectacular inspiration. This is my first of two of these this weekend. I had planned on doing this design for a birthday cake for Monday and got asked on short notice for a cake for an older lady and thougth this would be perfect for her as well.
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Menka's Birthday Cake
This cake sent me to bed crying at 2 a.m. last night. I started stripping all of its buttercream off and throwing it away b/c I could not get it smoothed to my satisfaction. My first tears shed over a cake (one of three I had to do last night! Ya think I was stressed?) Started fresh with new buttercream this morning. It's better, but not up to standard. Bummer.