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Birthday Castle

I made this cake for my daughter's 3rd birthday. The turrets on the top tier weighed it down quite a bit and made it look lopsided, so next time I will have to figure out a different way of supporting them, but other than that, the cake was a hit! A big THANK YOU to the user who posted the tutorial on www.cakeboss.com!!!

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Lil' Pumpkin

2 carrot bundt cakes stacked to look like a pumpkin. Cream cheese filling, bc icing. I was concerned there wouldn't be enough cake for 45 people at the shower, so I added the pumpkin patch on the sides, which were carrot cake cupcakes.

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The First Wedding Cake!

I made this cake for a friend of my mom's. WASC cake with cheesecake filling, buttercream icing. The bride forgot to order flowers for the top, so the grandmothers gave me their corsages. Even though more flowers would have been pretty, I thought that was a special touch.

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Blue Scrolls

Chocolate cake, ganache filling, buttercream icing. Fondant 50. This was inspired by another CC member, but I cannot find the original picture and I do not know her name to give her credit.

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Wine Bottle Groom's Cake

This was my first cake from "heck"! It was a red velvet cake, with cream cheese icing. The icing did not get stiff enough, so I had to keep sticking it in the fridge to get it to crust and smooth out. The top layer also cracked. I filled it with icing and it seemed ok, but I get so nervous when I give them to the customer and they're out of my control!

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Party Duck

Ducky cake with party hat (iced ice cream cone). Bubbles are fondant dusted with super pearl dust.

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Snare Drum

This was my attempt at making a cake look like a snare drum. I wanted to have e all the parts and pieces made days in advance so they could air dry, I I jsut didn't have the time needed to do it. It came out differenly that what I had imagined, but the 14 year old loved it, so I guess that's what matters. His mom placed a new set of drum sticks on top of it for added effect :)

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Police Badge/patch

My second FBCT attempt - this one was so much harder than the Elmo one! I did this whole cake in one night, when I really should have done a little at a time. I was given the police officer's business card, with a picture of his badge on it - the picture was smaller than a dime! So, I had to improvise and draw a larger version out by hand.

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Hot Pink And Polka Dot Purse

I finally had an opportunity to try a purse cake. I really liked doing this, and the candy accessories were so easy! I really struggled with the gumpaste handle for some reason, so the handle didn't turn out as I had hoped it would. But, the customer's daugher loved it - she loves bright colors, polka dots and her Ipod, so I think I covered all those with this cake!

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My First Fbct!

This was my first FBCT and I have to say I LOVE how easy it was. I was unsure, and even made 2, incase one of them broke or didn't turn out. It was so easy and I didn't have any problems. I must say thank you to the CC member whose Elmo cake I used as inspiration - I looked for the photo again to give her credit, but I couldn't find it online. Also, thank you to those that suggested how to put the ribbon on the corners!

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A Shower Of Blessings For Baby Sophia

I made this cake was for my best friend's work baby shower. We both work at the same company, and we had planned on throwing her a shower until she had baby Sophia 8 weeks early. The baby has been in very serious condition since her birth, but we decided to throw a "faith shower" for her to show her our support and to cheer her up. She came back to work 2 weeks ago, and has been very withdrawn (I would be too!), but we wanted to let her know we were thinking about her.

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Clothes Line Baby Shower

My first attempt (at a clothes line cake) - this was for a church baby shower. Next time I'll make a larger cake so I have more room to work!

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Pink And Yellow Daisies

I decorated this cake for a girl at work that was throwing a baby shower. It was a lot of fun to make. Now I need to learn how to tighten up my rope borders!

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Fondant Fish

This fish also went on top of my fishing cake - he was still wet at the time the picture was taken (and I later fixed his eyeball!).

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Birthday Cake For A Fisherman

This was my first paid order! A coworker ordered this for her husband who loves to fish. I pulled ideas from several pictures I found on this website, so thank you so much for posting your pictures! This cake was a lot of fun and gave me a new challenge. My coworker and her family loved it! The trees are ice cream cones with buttercream leaves, and the cattails and lilly pads are fondant. The cattails kept breaking because of the moisture from the icing, so I now know to use something else next time!

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Wilton Course Iii Cake #1

This is the present cake, all fondant. I marbled red fondant and white fondant together to get the "peppermint swirl" look. The fondant pieces on the sides are snow-flake shapes that I painted with gold luster dust. The cake was white almond sour cream (recipe from this site) with raspberry buttercream filling.

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Christmas Poinsettia Cake

Poinsettia cake I made for our Secret Pal party at work. It was a caramel vanilla white cake, with apple pie filling and cinnamon buttercream.

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Wilton Course Ii Final Cake

I was really pleased with the way this cake turned out - for my first basketweave. For some reason, all the purple flowers look more blue. The cake was chocolate with Irish Cream coffeemate, and the filling was buttercream mixed with crushed mint Oreos.

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Wilton Course Ii Final Cake

This cake turned out better than the picture. I never thought making an icing bow would be so difficult! I ended up taking this cake to work for a co-worker that was taking a different job.

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Wilton Course I Cake #1

I didn't really like how this cake turned out - the border was ok, I guess, but I really didn't like the flower shapes. However, it was one of my first cakes, and I learned a lot from it.

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Fall Festival - Donation For Cake Walk

I had extra leaves and icing left over from my first cake that I made another an donated to our church for the cake walk. This is a yellow cake with chocolate-chocolate chip filling and chocolate icing. Fondant leaves and acorns, dusted with gold luster dust.

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Fall Birthday Cake

This was my first experience using fondant - ever! The cake is chocolate with chocolate filling and icing with fondant leaves and acorns, dusted with gold luster dust. And yes, I know, I forgot to cross my "T"! Thankfully everyone ate it before they noticed!

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First Cake - Side View

My ruffled swags and reverse shell border.

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First Cake - Top View

Closer view of my ruffled roses. How can I make them not so ruffly?

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My Very First Cake

I took a class at church (not Wilton I, but using Wilton techniques) and decorating a cake was our "final". I tried to use most of the techniques we learned in class - it was fun! I made a chocolate cake with cookies n cream filling (from this site). I'd like to learn how to make my roses a little tighter and less ruffly, and to make my leaves end in a point, rather than forking. I'll also have to figure out this crumb coat thing, since I still got crumbs in my second coat of icing! Any suggestions?

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