ajmccray's Cake Central Gallery

ajmccray's Cake Central Gallery

First Time Doing A Topsy Turvy

First Time Doing A Topsy Turvy

Made this for a dear friend who is battling Non-Hodgkins lymphoma and was leaving for Texas for 2 months to get treatment. I was given full reign on the cake and decided to stretch myself. The top is 6-8-8 since I don't have a 7" pan and teh bottom is 8-9-10. I didn't take the icing into consideration when I cut outthe circle on the bottom tier for the top to fit into so it pushed the side out a little. I refrigerated it over night and delivered it the next day without any problem. If you clicked on this picture to see it, would you do me a favor and say a prayer for my friend Sherrie. Thanks for looking!!

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Cupcake Bouquet

Cupcake Bouquet

This was a cupcake bouquet that I made on a whim for a dear friend that has just been diagnosed with lymphoma. She had just come home from the hospital and she is one of my tried and true cake testers so I surprised her with these. I put a styrofoam half circle in the bucket and used 2 toothpicks per cupcake. I just put tissue in between as filler. She loved it!!!

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50Th Anniversary

50Th Anniversary

This cake was for a 50th wedding anniversary for a couple who never had a real wedding or reception. I was disappointed with the bulges and that I didn't get it centered very well and I had icing problems that day. But I learned quite a bit from this cake so that was positive.

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Cars Cake

Cars Cake

This was inspired by several great cakes here on CC. It was a 6 inch on top of a 10 inch, with the ramp carved out. The ramp is black fondant and the street signs are fondant. Other than that, the cake is buttercream.

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Baby Shower

Baby Shower

This was a cake that the SIL throwing the baby shower found here on cakecentral and sent to me. It was iced in buttercream and put fondant circles on with a fondant T for the baby's last name.

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Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake

This was for a girl that I play bunco with. It was buttercream iced with fondant stripes (I hate the wilton ribbon cutters by the way!!) It was my first time with the wire coming out of the cake with the fondant balls on the end. It was a fun cake to do!

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Castle Cake

Castle Cake

This was a castle cake out of the Wilton pan. I forget how long those stars take when I don't do them often!! Birthday girl loved it!

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Wedding Shower/going Away Cake

Wedding Shower/going Away Cake

This cake was for a wedding shower/going away cake. The wedding colors were black and hot pink and the sister of the bride had seen a cake similar to this that I did and wanted it for the shower. Buttercream icing with fondant circles and balls on the end of curled wire.

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Belly Cake

Belly Cake

This was for a baby shower for a baby of unknown gender. The belly was the half sports ball pan and then chest is 2 cupcakes. The dress is fondant but the rest is buttercream. It was my first time doing something like this so I was pleased with the result overall.

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Lightning Mcqueen

Lightning Mcqueen

This was a smash cake for a 1st birthday. Lightning was carved out of a loaf pan, iced in buttercream with fondant tires, lightning bolt, and circle for the logo. Birthday boy loved it and was covered with red by the end!!

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Abby Cadabby

Abby Cadabby

This was for a 2 year old's birthday. Mom wanted a big abby cadabby and that's what she got! The poms were 8" cakes and the face was carved out of an 11x15 cake. It was all 1 layer cake. For the poms, I used a grass tip and put both pink and purple icing and then gently swirled to get abby's pink/purple hair. Mom was very pleased with how it turned out!

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Graduation Cake

Graduation Cake

Graduating girl wanted zebra stripe and hot pink so this is what I came up with. I made the L out of fondant. The stripes were fondant as well. She was thrilled with it.

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Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake

This was a combo birthday cake/mother's day cake. I can't do wilton roses so this was my first time trying Duff roses and they were pretty easy to do! This was also my first time doing basketweave (with the exception of the wilton course) so I was glad to have the opportunity to do it.

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Birthday Cake

Birthday Cake

This was a cake for a 20th birthday. The mom just said bright colors and flowers so this is what I came up with. The flowers were fondant cut outs with some impressions made with a wooden stick. Birthday girl loved it!

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Minnie Mouse With Crown

Minnie Mouse With Crown

This was for a friend's 21st birthday. She had seen my Minnie Mouse cake and wanted a tiara instead of a bow. The tiara is royal icing. I didn't like how the ribbon turned out b/c it was satin so the black showed thru. Didn't think about putting something on the back of it to prevent that. I've learned though!!

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Luau

Luau

Fun cake for a luau party inspired by several here on CC. The waterfall is white buttercream with sky tinted piping gel over it. The accents were fondant, with pirouettes for the border. The birthday girl was so happy and couldn't stop talking about it.

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Littlest Pet Shop

Littlest Pet Shop

This was a cake I made for a little girl's 5th birthday. She wanted the Littlest Pet Shop pony. I ended up printing out a coloring picture and then drew it on the cake. I can't get the hand of FBCT so I must resort to drawing! Birthday girl loved it!

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Baby Shower Cake

Baby Shower Cake

This was inspired by several CCers. The clothes were fondant and I just hand cut them. I had been wanting to try this cake for a while so I was glad I got the chance to.

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Blues Clues Smash Cake

Blues Clues Smash Cake

This was a smash cake to go with the Blues Clues cake I made. It was a simple design with a paw print but the birthday boy loved it and it was all over his high chair by the time he was done!

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Blues Clues

Blues Clues

This was a carved Blues Clues cake. The ears were cut out of an 11 x 15 cake and his face was out of a 9 x 13. It turned into a large cake but I like how it turned out. Since Wilton discontinued the Blues Clues colors, I just had to guess at getting his color right.

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Minnie Mouse

Minnie Mouse

This was a different take on the Minnie Mouse cake I had already done. I like this one better. The hat was covered in Satin ice fondant and the ears were fondant as well. The bottom cake was iced in BC with BC Mickeys. The birthday girl was thrilled with it!

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Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels

Cake was for a 4 year old boy who couldn't decide between hot wheels and Cars party so I made this and they put the Cars characters on it. The 4 was carved out of a 11 x 15 cake. It was inspired by several here on CC and I love how it turned out!!!

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Baby Rattle

Baby Rattle

This was for baby shower cake. I was planning to put an end on the rattle, but the bottom cake was 10" square and I just didn't have the room. I was a little nervous because, as you can see the rattle slowly sunk into the cake. I don't think it was enough for anyone else to notice but it bugged me. It was sitting on a small cardboard round but I didn't put the supports far enough out to prevent the edges from sinking. Live and learn!

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Boots Smash Cake

Boots Smash Cake

This was a smash cake that went with the Dora cake I made. I tried the FBCT but it looked horrible when I put it on the cake so I scraped it off and just the pin prick method. I just can't get the hang of that FBCT! The birthday girl loved her Boots cake

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Dora Cake

Dora Cake

This is a Dora cake using the Wilton Dora pan and the Wilton Dora colors. I forget how tedious those stars get when I don't do character cakes that often.

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Princess Pillow

Princess Pillow

This was my first attempt at a pillow cake. I would have liked to have carved more of the bottom away, but I was nervous with transportation. I made a RI crown for the top but didn't take a picture of it on top of the cake b/c I didn't want to touch the crown any more than I had to. Unfortunately, the mom broke the tiara before the party so I didn't get a picture with it on the cake. Overall I was very pleased with how it turned out.

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