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Harry Potter Birthday Cake

Cake for DS's 7th birthday. Covered in chocolate fondant. Fondant sorting hat, Harry Potter figure and Marauder's map. In the final version, Harry is holding a wand. I did not add it until the party and then I forgot to take pictures. The rest are toys that I bought due to a lack of time.

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Abby Cadabby

For my DN's birthday. I was quite proud of this cake, but the photos don't seem to do the cake justice. I made the dress from fondant brushed with luster dust. I wanted more of a 3D look to her dress. I used fondant stars on wire for the "magic" coming out of her wand. TFL

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Dinosaur Cake

Dinosaur cake for my DS's birthday. The instructions for this cake were kindly provided by klacrawford. Thanks so much for your help. TFL

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Elmo

The cake that started it all. This was the very first cake I made for my first child's first birthday. I was so nervous I made a practice cake for work. Not knowing that you should start with chocolate icing to make black, I started with white and wondered why I had to use the whole bottle of black color. Needless to say my co-workers had purplish-black teeth after eating the cake. :O Not to mention that the black tastes terrible. Thank goodness they were so understanding/supportive of my attempt. :| I had enough time to learn from the mistakes and make a perfect cake for his party. TFL :)

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Princess Castle Cake

Castle cake for 3 year old's Cinderella Princess party. Used Wilton's castle cake kit. One of the easiest cakes I've made. TFL

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Underwater Sea Creature Cake

Cake for 5 year old who wanted an underwater sea creature cake. All the decorations are chocolate/candy melts. The sand is light brown sugar. For the "creatures" I traced my son's coloring book in the melted chocolate. Some of them I put on lollipop sticks. It was really fun to make. Cake was vanillia-milk chocolate chips with chocolate hazelnut mousse filling and sugarshack's bc.

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Sesame Street Cupcakes

These were so fun to make. My favorite are the cookie monster ones. All bc except eyes which are marshmellows cut into quarters and I used mini chocolate chip cookies for cookie monster. Thanks to everyone here and other sites for the inspiration!

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Baby Sesame Street Cake

For my niece's first birthday...this was my first chocolate transfer. I used candy melts for the characters and the street signs on top and along the sides. Everything else is bc.

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Little Einstein's Rocket Cake

For my son's birthday. All bc except for the fondant rocket fins and antenna. The characters were edible images I ordered online for cupcakes and cut to size.

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Cheesecake For Phd Graduation

This was for a friend who hates cake, but loves cheesecake. This was my first cheesecake. I wanted to celebrate his PhD and couldn't leave it blank so I used a bc border and melted chocolate for the rest.

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Rubber Ducky Baby Shower Cake

All bc with rubber ducky bath toy.

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Swimming Pool Cake

Swimming pool cake for 7th birthday pool party. The little girl asked for a pool cake and her favorite color is purple. Its all bc except for the pool toys (noodles, tube, raft, ball) which are stickers with the backing removed and the water is colored piping gel. TFL

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Christmas Trees And Presents Cake Topper

I know that this isn't a cake, but it was meant for a cake that never happened :( and I worked so hard on this topper that I really wanted to show it off ;) They are royal icing trees on sugar cones sprinkled with crushed green cake sparkles (the key was to sprinkle them on before it dried). The presents and cardinal bird were fondant. TFL

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Heart Shaped Cupcakes

These were sooooo good: white chocolate cake with chocolate syrup frosting!!! We colored the batter pink. They were fun to make. TFL

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Ivy League Graduation Cake

This was for a PhD graduation from Yale. I thought the design was kinda ivy league-ish. The ideas were from some other cakes I've seen but cannot remember where from - some not on CC. Diploma is gumpaste with pearl dust. The rest is all bc. I was really unhappy with the writing on top because to save time I bought the pre-made gel by Wilton and it all ran together even though I tried to leave enough space. I was quite proud of the crest :) TFL

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Cowboy Hat

Thanks to everyone for posting their hat pictures, for all the inspiration and instructions. The brim was gumpaste and the hat was iced with bc. I used 2 oval cakes (one small, one medium) and used scraps left over from the carving for the highest points of the hat. This was my first carving experience. The board is covered with scrapbooking paper and clear contact paper. TFL

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Calla Lily Baptism Cake

This cake was inspired primarly by sugarshack's cakes as well as many others. Thanks Sharon for your help. The cake (7" and 10") was iced in sugar shack's icing with her techniques. I coated dragees with pearl dust and made royal icing crosses for the sides of the bottom tier. And I made all the gupaste flowers ( a first for me). The cross was purcahsed. WASC with raspberry filling. TFL

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Cornstalks And Pumpkins Birthday Cake

This cake design was borrowed from dandy207. Thanks! WASC with raspberry filling and bc. This was for DH co-worker's Oct birthday.

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Pumpkin Cake

Pumpkin cake for Oct birthday. Pumpkin spice cake with cream cheese icing. I used a pumpkin pan from Christmas Tree shop. Thanks to everyone here at CC for their pumpkin inspiration.

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Wilton's Course 2 Bow Cake

All MFF decorations. This was my second attempt at making MFF. My first was a disaster. This time after all the cc advice it came together so much better. Thanks to all who posted about making MFF. Overall tho I was not happy with how this cake turned out but it had been a long day and I wasn't really into class. TFL

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Close Up Of My Cornelli Lace Petunia Cake

I was pleased with how the petunias came out but had a lot of trouble with breakage when trying to take off the foil. TFL

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Cornelli Lace With Ri Petunias

This was for my Wilton 3 class. I tried the WASC cake for the first time and not realizing how heavy it would be put too much filling in, hence, the bulging. These are also my first attempt at the petunias and the cornelli lace.

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Chocolate Ganache With Bc Roses

My first attempt at ganache for my mom's birthday. I ended up using fat free half and half and it still tasted great. I was a little unhappy about how far down the sides it dripped, but it was my first time after all.

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First Basketweave/ri Flowers-Side

Front/side view. Finale for wilton II class. Had a disaster with my "required" oval cake so I got this bundt cake from the grocery store. Flowers are RI, rest is bc. Bird is color flow.

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First Basketweave/ri Flowers-Top

Top view. Finale for wilton II class. Had a disaster with my "required" oval cake so I got this bundt cake from the grocery store. Flowers are RI, rest is bc.

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My First Bc Roses

Made this for my wilton I class and it also happened to be my DH's birthday. Everything is bc. Had a bit of a problem with the rose color (was suppossed to be purple) but did not have time to make more. Oh well. And the bc was a little too stiff so the petals are a little too jagged for my taste.

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