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Farm Animals

This is a full sheet cake iced in buttercream with fondant decorations. I used the invitations as a guide. I am still not sure if I like the yellow border. I think it is a little too bright.

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Princess Cake

This cake was a challenge since I had never done a tiara before. I followed the directions from the tutorial but it still broke into about ten pieces. I didn't have time to make another one so I spent an hour glueing it back together and hoping it would stay. Luckily it did but I wasn't really happy with it. After all of the work it ended up being really too small for the cake. Oh well I liked everything else on the cake and hopefully next time it will turn out better. TFL!

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Confirmation

I really didn't know what I was going to do for this cake but after looking through the galleries and getting some ideas this is what I put together. It is a whole sheet cake with a ten inch on top. It is iced in butttercream and all of the decorations are MMF The dove and the swags are dusted with luster dust. This was the first cake that my roses really turned out so I was pretty happy with it. TFL

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Batman Cake

This cake was so simple to do but I really liked how it turned out. It is a ten and a six inch. It is iced in buttercream and all of the decorations are MMF except for batman. I didn't have enough time to make him so I just used a toy. TFL!

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Thomas_Sheet_1.jpg

This is a fourth of a sheet with a FBCT on top.

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Thomas_Round.jpg

This is a six and an eight inch cake iced in buttercream with fondant accents. The train on top is made from MMF. I really wanted to put some yellow on the bottom cake but I ran out of time. Thanks for looking.

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Church.jpg

This isn't a birthday cake but I didn't know were else to put it. It is a full sheet cake Iced in buttercream. The scrolls and leaves are brushed with silver luster dust to make them sparkle.

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Shower_1.jpg

This is a half sheet cake iced in buttercream with MMF decorations. I saw diane's cake like this for a boy and loved it so much that I couldn't wait to do a shower cake to use the idea. Thanks for the inspiration. I dusted the baby blanket with luster dust and sprinkled the border with cake sparkles.

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Farm_1.jpg

My sister-in-law said she wanted a farm cake again this year. It was a multiple birthday for male and female, young and older so I made a cow for each one. They raise tobacco so I put on some tobacco plants which turned into a joke at the party since we let the little kids "chew" the tobacco plants. This cake was so much work but a lot of fun.

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Bow_Cake.jpg

This cake was for my friend's grandmother who was turning ninety! I got the inspiration from didi5's cake but mine didn't turn out quite as pretty. The green ended up being darker than what I wanted. The cake is iced in buttercream and the decorations are MMF.

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Lego Star Wars

This cake is made from a 6 and 10 inch round iceed in buttercream. The figures and all the decorations are made from MMF.

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My Little Pony

This cake didn't turn out just like I wanted but my little girl liked it so I'm happy. It is a 10 inch and an 8 inch iced in buttercream with fondant decorations. I made a different number two for the top and it broke so I had to make another in different colors at the last minute and it didn't turn out as nice. I actually wasn't going to put it on but since it was just for family my husband told me to go ahead. Looking at the picture now I think it kind of ruins the cake. Oh well.

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Graduation_1.jpg

This is a full sheet cake iced in buttercream with fondant decorations. The picture is a little dark so you can't see the details onthe horse and guitar . I really have a hard time with combo cakes. The lady said she wanted a horse and a guitar but still wanted it to look like a graduation cake. This is what I came up with. Thanks for looking

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21St Cowboy

This is a full sheet cake iced in buttercream with fondant decorations. The rope gave me such a hard time. It kept breaking every time I put it on the cake. I was happy with everything about this cake except the center. I don't know if it is my writing or the plain white background but something doesn't look right to me. Maybe I have been looking at it to long. Thanks to all of the western cakes on this site that gave me some great ideas.

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Curious George

I did this cake for my son who loves Curious George.The bottom is a square ten inch and the top is a round eight inch. It is iced in buttercream with fondant accents. Curious George, the ballons and the cake are made from MMF too.

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Anas_Wedding.jpg

This was my first wedding cake and the first time I made a cake covered in fondant. I was so nervous and spent a lot of time practicing. The bride gave me a picture of what she wanted and luckily she only needed it to serve 50 people. It is a 12 inch white and an 8 inch rum cake covered in fondant with fondant fruit painted with luster dust. I'm not sure if I am ready for doing wedding cakes on a regular basis especially with 5 kids under 9 and another one due in april. I can only handle a couple a year.

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Philips_6Th_Cake.jpg

This a cake I did in a hurry for my son's birthday. Buttercream with plastic toys.

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Rose_Birthday.jpg

Another sheet cake. It seems like that is all anyone wants. This was for a friends Grandmother. They had no ideas so I was on my own. I wanted something a little old fashioned. I had seen a cake similar to this in the galleries and thought it was pretty. I finally got my buttercream roses looking good enough to put on a cake although I still need a lot of work. It is hard to see but I sprinkled the entire cake with cake sparkles which made it look a little better.

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Isidores_Baptism.jpg

This was for an adult baptism at my church. It was a last minute order and so I only had a day to figure out what to do. It was a full sheet cake and it was hard to fill all that space in. It looks a litle bare to me but I didn't know what else to do with it. Any suggestions for next time? The cak is iced in buttercream and the decorations are all fondant painted with luster dust. Love that stuff! It always adds that little something extra.

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Mary_Cake.jpg

This is a cake I did for a Ladies Meeting at my Church. I wasn't sure where to put it. The picture was a FBCT of Our Lady of Sorrows. You can't really see it in the picture but I had rosaries piped on to the side of the cake.

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Airplane_Cake.jpg

This cake was a last minute order and I had a hard time with the design which I am not happy with, and with the fondant drying. I only had two days and when I went to assemble the airplane some of the pieces were not dry enough. I spent so much time trying to get the plane to stay together that it was to late to do much with the rest of the cake.Oh well. Hopefully I will learn tell people no when there isn't enough time but I doubt it. I always tell people I can do it and then figure out how later.

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Farm Animals

These are the animals I put on the farm cake I posted a while ago. They are made out of MMF . I am just starting out moulding and it is so much fun.

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Bengals

Ten inch round with FBCTof the Bengals Tiger.

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Farm Yard

This is a half of a sheet with buttercream icing. The animals, fence, tractor and veggies are all MMF. I had a hard time with the tractor and it didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it but I think the animals made up for it.

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Cars

I did this cake for my son's birthday. It is a 12 and 8 inch round that I carved into. Unfortunately I have had really bad morning sickness that lasts all day, so this cake didn't have as much detail as I had planned but I was happy with the way it turned out. I had a lot of inspiration from bjfranco and ChristyB. Thanks!

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Annie__Jay_Anniversary.jpg

This cake is made with a 12, 10 and 8 inch round and iced in buttercream with fondant roses.(Still can't get the buttercream roses right) After the cake was done I had to transport it thirty minutes away and I thought I was going to pass out when husband carried it to and from the van!There were a lot of issues with this cake but in the end I thought it turned out nice for my first "wedding style" cake. I need a lot more practice befre I ever try a real wedding cake.

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