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Basketball Cookies

NFSC Buttercream flavored MMF, used the ball texture set and an icing marker for the black. First time trying this with cookies I really loved the fondant and the ease of use of the texture set. Amateur baker making these for sons end of year party

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Wedding Shower Cookies

Both of my son's preschool teachers are getting married next month so the kids are throwing them a shower. I made these as favors for them. Used NFSC and Toba's glace with added bright white coloring. Copy of another's design idea. Very easy to do and very fun.

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Planes, Trains & Helicopters 2Nd B-Day Cake

my daughter picked the theme, cake central users provided me with some great cake designs and advice to help me create mine. My first time trying to cover a cake with fondant (MMF). I was in way over my head and am glad it is done. Thanks to everyone here for helping amateurs like me as we muddle through.

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Shark Attack Cupcakes

The idea for these cupcakes comes from the book "I love Cupcakes." The book has such cute ideas but I hate working with store bought icing and pre-packaged foods such as the twinkies that make up the shark bodies. I will not likely try to make any more of the cupcakes in the book following the instructions and will rather use the ideas as inspirations. I added the starfish and octopus made out of Michele fosters fondant and the gummy sharks. On all but the sharks the icing is a cool whip pudding mixture. These went along with the ocean theme cookies and shark ice cream cake for my son's 4th birthday.

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Shark "ice Cream Cake"

Made the cake using layers of ice cream sandwiches and fudge cookie mixture and then iced with a cool whip pudding icing. Shark and letters are Michele Foster's Fondant and the other decorations are gummy candies. This goes along with the cookies and cupcakes in the same theme. My son's 4th birthday cake, the design is a near copy of a cake here on cake central.

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Ocean Wonders

NFSC with Toba's glace. My son is having his fourth birthday party with a shark theme this year. I always start with the cookies. I got my inspiration, as always, from the great photos on cake central and I think that he will love these cookies. Next time I would change the color scheme a bit. I think these would have popped a bit better with a red or a pink thrown in the mix and a bit more vibrant a purple. I also made some more realistic looking sharks that are chocolate cookies with white chocolate fondant but I forgot to take pictures of them before freezing so those pics will have to be another day. Now all I have to do by Saturday are the shark attack cupcakes and the shark decorated ice cream cake. I don't know how you professional bakers do this all the time!

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Winter Nderland First Birthday Cake

I am a complete amateur and novice cake decorator, this being my fourth attempt at a cake. This is a near copy of a cake from this site. I love CAKE CENTRAL! Chocolate cake with a peanut butter cookie filling with cream cheese icing. The igloo is rice krispie treats covered with MMF, the penguins are MMF, the pond is homemade piping gel, the trees are sugar cones covered with icing dyed green. Low skill cake but need very time comsuming. This was so much fun. My guests cannot stop talking about it.

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Triceratops Cake

Made this and the t-rex cake for my son's third birthday party. This cake was chocolate and the other was yellow. I did a better job with the icing on the t-rex but had fun making both. They were my first time making/icing a cakes from a character pan.

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3Rd Birthday Dinosaur Cake

My first attempt to make and ice a character cake. Megasaurus cake pan from wilton, buttercream icing. Wow the icing took a long time and my hand was starting to grow tired but it was a lot of fun. I also did a tricertops cake. My son loved his cakes. I think this one turned out a bit better than the other. I will post the triceratops when I have a chance. I did dinosaur cookies and have posted a picture of those as well.

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Dinosaur Cookies

Sugar cookie recipe from allrecipes.com, Antonia's icing. My first attempt to outline with black. I was rather disappointed with my outline work on these but I think the overall idea is good for someone who can execute it better.

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A Few Other Halloween Cookies

These were my first efforts at icing this type of cookie. Lots of fun.

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Halloween 1

The cookies are the thick cutouts from the allrecipes site and the icing is Antonia's. I used small squeeze bottles filled with icing to ice these cookies. Such fun. My little one is only 2 but I think he will have a lot of fun helping me ice cookies someday.

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