JuneHawk's Cake Central Gallery

JuneHawk's Cake Central Gallery

Despicable Me Minion

Despicable Me Minion

Despicable Me minion.

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1St Cupcake Bouquet

1St Cupcake Bouquet

This was my first attempt at a cupcake bouquet. Not bad. Transporting it was nerve wrecking though!

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1St Cupcake Bouquet

1St Cupcake Bouquet

This was my first attempt at a cupcake bouquet. Not bad. Transporting it was nerve wrecking though!

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Monkey Girl Cake

Monkey Girl Cake

I made this cake for a friend's baby shower. It was made to match the invitations and room decor. I love the top of the cake but I'm not crazy about the sides. I wish I had a smaller flower cutter but the next smaller is tiny. Ah well, free cake and all! Beggars can't be choosers!

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Blue Cupcakes

Blue Cupcakes

This is a vanilla cake cupcake with Swiss meringue buttercream. I made a small batch for a dinner at a friend's house. They were a hit.

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Monkey Cake

Monkey Cake

I made this cake for my son's 1st Birthday party. As usual, I am not truly happy with the way it came out but it's not to bad either. I wish I had added piping gel to the black buttercream so the icing didn't break while piping. I also wish I would have gotten the monkey face's straight and symetrical! It was a hit though, an it was DELICIOUS (all from scratch pina colada).

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Wilton Course 3

Wilton Course 3

This is the firs cake for Wilton course 3. I have to say I am NOT happy with it even though it looks much better in person. Partly to blame is the cake pan, it does not have 90 degree sides, they angle outwards and the corners at the bottom of the pan are rounded. I would have liked much sharper corners. This was my second time covering a square cake in fondant. So, not bad for a second time I guess but definitely not where I wanted it to be. I am not crazy about the color combo either.

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1St Birthday Smash Cake

1St Birthday Smash Cake

Simple 6 inch smash cake for my son's 1st birthday. It's not perfect but he's going to wreck it anyway so it doesn't matter!

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Blue Cake With Yellow Flowers

Blue Cake With Yellow Flowers

Quick, last minute cake for my sister's 9th birthday. Not entirely what I had envisioned but it turned out alright even though I broke some of the flowers. The flowers are fondant but I have come to learn that fondant is not very good for this sort of thing. I will definitely use gumpaste from now on.

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Blue Cake With White Swirls

Blue Cake With White Swirls

Everything about this cake was experimental and as you can see, most of it ididn't work. The buttercream (from the Whimsical Bakehouse book) tasted flat and didn't crust or harden enough for me to smooth it out. The spray painting (color mist) is terrible and the swirls are far from perfect. It was my first time trying those techniques. Thank goodness this was only made for my husband! Practice makes perfect!

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Wilton Course 1 Final Cake

Wilton Course 1 Final Cake

Final cake for Wilton Course 1. I am not happy with the roses at all but they will have to do! I wish we had spent more time in class learning how to make roses!

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Clown Cake

Clown Cake

The infamous clown cake from Wilton Course 1. The cake looked fine with the two sitting clowns but then when I got home I decided to add the laying down clown and totally messed it up! Orange for Halloween.

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After working mostly with fondant, I decided to take Wilton's Course 1 to conquer my fear of buttercream. This was the first cake we made and it wasn't as daunting as I thought it would be. The blue of the rainbow was actually a beautifully deep purple but for some reason it shows blue here.

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8th cake I ever decorate and first stacked one. I made it for my little sister's 8th birthday party. Other than fondant troubles (home made), this cake was a dream to make. Unlike the previous cakes I've made, I didn't feel any pressure or stress. It was a lot of work but I enjoyed making it and my sister loves it. My family is impressed!

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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

This is the 7th cake I ever decorate. It is my take on Peggy Porschen's My Fair Lady Cake from the book "Romantic Cakes". I made it for my mother in law's 60th birthday. It is a champagne cake filled with strawberry SMBC. I hope she likes it!

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Cuban Flag

This is an all Cuban cake. It is three layers of "Drunken Sponge" cake with 2 thin layers of guava jelly filling and Cuban meringue frosting. I haven't cut it yet but what I have tasted is delicious. On August 3rd, 1995, my mother, brother and I left Cuba to be with my dad who was already in the US. This cake is sort of an anniversary celebration. It's a bittersweet celebration because I do miss Cuba but I love the US as well. Any excuse to make a cake! 6th cake I ever decorate. Thanks for looking

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Filled Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

Filled Lemon Meringue Cupcakes

I don't know where else to post them! They are not wedding cakes but it seems all the other cupcakes are in this album! Tasty!

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Hot Dog Cake

Hot Dog Cake

This is my first attempt at a sculpted/3D cake and the 5th cake I decorate. I cheated quite a bit. I bought the cake (madeira) because I only wanted to try the decorating part as I am a fairly confident baker. I also used frosting from a can to cover the cake underneath the fondant. The "bun" is too dark but I can't for the life of me achieve flesh color! Other than that, I am pretty happy with the way the cake turned out. It is a cake from Carol Deacon's "Perfect Party Cakes Made Easy".

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My Birthday Cake 2007

My Birthday Cake 2007

4th cake I ever decorate. It's a vanilla rum cake with dulce de leche filling covered in rum flavored buttercream and then fondant. The idea was to just use buttercream but I have the darnest luck with buttercream and it wouldn't crust plus the color was streaky. The fondant was a bit messy at the bottom so I had to cover it with the thin strip. It didn't occur to me to do BEFORE putting the ribbon on. It was delicious! I'll cook the cake for a bit less next time. I loved how it turned out in the end

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This was the third cake I'd ever decorated. It was a very difficult cake specially because I am learning on my own by reading a lot . The buttercream wouldn't set and kept on melting so the basketweave was runny . I thought about scrapping everything off and starting again but I didn't have time. This is a cake for a family birthday get together tomorrow. Four of us have birthdays in the space of one month. I have tasted it though and it's good. So much for impressing the inlaws :/

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My first decorated cake ever! It's a madeira cake with vanilla filling and fondant icing. Lots of things learned from this one and while it's not perfect, I think I did pretty damned good for my first time!

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