JGMB's Cake Central Gallery

JGMB's Cake Central Gallery

Anna's Cake

Anna's Cake

A little friend told me EXACTLY what she wanted -- chocolate cake and frosting, 10 pink flowers around the top, and "Happy Birthday, Anna" written on the side. So, that's what she's getting! Unfortunately, her name is so short that there was a lot of extra room left, so I filled it in with more pink stuff!

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Trellis Cake

Trellis Cake

Just a small 6" practice cake to serve to friends. I went a little overboard with the flowers -- I should've left more vine and trellis showing. Zucchini cake with buttercream.

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Musical Retirement Cake

Musical Retirement Cake

For a friend who's retiring from teaching music. Can you guess what the high school's mascot is? LOL The music score is the first 2 lines of "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow." I kept telling myself that it looked amateurish, then I realized that, hey, I AM an amateur! Carrot cake w/cream cheese frosting.

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My First Topsy Turvy

My First Topsy Turvy

This is a Mardi Gras cake in June because my daughter's moving to New Orleans on Thursday. It's for her going away party and was supposed to be 3 tiers, but I'm just glad that I actually have 2 that are standing!!! WASC with buttercream.

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Pentecost Cake

Pentecost Cake

I made this cake for my little Sunday Schoolers. Since this is Pentecost (the church's birthday, symbolized in red), I thought we needed cake!! It's a MUCH smaller version of a Colette Peters cake -- hers is 4 tiers and she uses black licorice. I'll try to attach a photo of her magnificent cake below. TFL

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Vegan Lamb Cake

Vegan Lamb Cake

Made for a friend's vegan daughter who loves lambs. Luckily, I was able to get the pan on deep discount after Easter. I forgot to put a line of white swirls between the pink ears and the face. Hopefully, the birthday girl won't notice. The chocolate poundcake and "buttercream" frosting, though vegan, were surprisingly delicious!

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"flowers" Lol;) And Vines

"flowers" Lol;) And Vines

This was a practice cake. I'm not at all happy with the squiggly flower things, but I'm THRILLED with my first attempt at a leaf border. It was a scratch yellow cake with buttercream.

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This was originally supposed to be a 2-tiered cake for a quilter I know. I already had hand-quilted the topper, then her plans changed to a single cake. So, the topper's a little too big, but I used it anyway. I need to learn to be less heavy-handed when I'm piping!!!! It was devil's food cake, dulce de leche filling and buttercream frosting. TFL

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My First Sheetcake

My First Sheetcake

These are not colors that I would've chosen, but it was for an organization whose logo is the purple heart with the red cross, so I went with it!! It's my first sheetcake ever, 1/2 coconut cake, 1/2 devil's food. I was just so glad that both cakes came out the same height so that I didn't have to level them. I wasn't thrilled with the purple around the border -- it looks sloppy. However, since I'm donating the cake, I'm not expecting any complaints!!!

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Onesie Cookies

Onesie Cookies

This was my first attempt at flooding cookies with a squeeze bottle. It was fun!! I made 25 of these for a friend's baby shower. Any advice on a prettier way to package them with ribbon would be appreciated!!

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Chain Stitching

Chain Stitching

This is one of 5 cakes that I made for friends on Friday!!! I put out the word that I need practice, and people rallied. This was the bottom tier of a 3-tiered 6", 8" and 10" cake on separate plates in a vertical holder. The others were the large, round yellow one in my photos and a chocolate one that I'm ashamed to post! TFL

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Natalie's Birthday

Natalie's Birthday

For a friend's daughter's 17th birthday. It's devil's food with strawberry filling and buttercream.

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Out Of The Blue

Out Of The Blue

The photo title refers to the fact that I've FINALLY gotten out of my blue cake slump!!! (Look at my last 7 -- count them, 7!!! -- cakes and you'll see what I mean LOL). For my friend's birthday. White cake w/buttercream

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Cody's Birthday

Cody's Birthday

A 3-layer 8" white cake w/buttercream for a teenage boy at a group foster home. For piping practice, I tried to duplicate different fonts all over the sides. I wish I knew how to make one of those photo montages so that you could see all around the cake. TFL!!

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Hank's 60Th

Hank's 60Th

This was a chocolate cake with Nutella filling and buttercream frosting. It was for a meeting at the food pantry where I volunteer. The man in charge turns 60 on Sunday.

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Practice Cake

Practice Cake

Just another cake for practice -- I forced this one on a neighbor!!! That's why it's just on a paper plate. It's chocolate with Nutella filling and buttercream. Thanks to Kakeladi's advice, this is my first cake EVER where the beads in my border are round, not pointed!!

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Cupcake Cookies

Cupcake Cookies

I made these for my husband's birthday. They're Wilton Sugar Cookies with yummy frosting.

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Missing Piece Cake

Missing Piece Cake

My church friend saw the missing piece cake I did last week and requested one for her daughter's birthday. It's WASC with strawberry filling and buttercream. I also wanted to try the piping technique on the sides that I saw in Martha Stewart's Wedding Cakes book. Practice, practice, practice -- I refuse to give up!!!

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Missing Piece Cake

Missing Piece Cake

I've been wanting to try one of these ever since I saw Antonia74's. I also wanted to try brush embroidery (the flowers on top). I'm happy with the results.

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My First Swirl!!

My First Swirl!!

I was really excited, although I can still use plenty of practice.

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Let It Snow

Let It Snow

Made for a snow-themed party at church. I also made snowflake and mitten cookies.

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Autumn Cake

Autumn Cake

Pattern from a really old Wilton ideas book.

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Sam's Cake

Sam's Cake

Made for a girl on my daughter's Special Olympics basketball team. I stuck my thumb in the left side by mistake!!! Also, it was my first time using indydebi's frosting, and my stars came out elongated for some reason. Sam still liked it, though!

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Celebration Cake

Celebration Cake

To celebrate my MIL's birthday as well as their wedding anniversary. I decorated it really fast -- you can probably tell!

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Book Club Cake

Book Club Cake

I'm looking for help with making leaves!!!! I posted in a forum, but nobody answered. Please pm me if you have any suggestions to keep the tips from splitting in two. Thanks!

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Jenny's Cake

Jenny's Cake

Top tier was yellow cake, bottom tier was chocolate. All buttercream. The stringwork on the bottom tier kept falling off, so I had to go to Plan B!

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