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I was told two things: soccer ball needed to be smashed into cake as if it was kicked into it and we hate fondant. So, all buttercream and here's what I ended up with. I am not crazy about it. I like it in a way, but it's kind of blah. I hope the 7 yr old likes it. LOL TFL *** edited to add: I added another row of gray around the border to add more color. The second photo shows this. These are the colors of his team. :)
Zanzibar themed baby shower. It was fun to make. TFL!
A groomscake for a Gamecocks fan. Cocky is a Christmas ornament. The rest is all cake. This isn't the greatest picture, but it's all I have. It looked better than this pic in person. The groom loved it! TFL
This was for a friend. This was a very uneven cake and I tried to compensate by overloading it with flowers. LOL It didn't really work. Thank goodness she's a good friend and didn't care! TFL
Birthday cake for a great friend who loves animal print. She liked it a lot. It was far from perfect, especially near the bottom. How do you get the fondant smooth down there anyway??? TFL
Birthday cake for a 5-yr-old. Buttercream with fondant accents. It was fun to make! TFL
For a 4-year old's halloween party. They loved it. TFL
Red velvet with cream cheese brain matter. I tried to carve it somewhat, but I didn't want to go too skinny on the bottom like the real thing. It's for a friend's party. TFL
A birthday cake for a young couple. Tropical dream cake with vanilla filling. Just a typical birthday cake design. TFL
This is a carved WASC cake. (My first carved cake.) It looked like a giant pecan! It was fun to make. TFL
Another SC Gamecock cake I made this week. I think I'm done with these for a while or at least until football season. Royal Icing emblem, the rest buttercream. It's tuxedo cake. The inside is pretty! LOL TFL
This is what I call a doodle cake. I had leftovers and didn't want to waste them and so I made this little 6 inch round and just played until the icing ran out.
South Carolina Gamecocks birthday cake for my son. He loved it. The emblem is royal icing. Tuxedo cake, white chocolate and milk chocolate filling, buttercream.
This is a baby shower cake for the dad-to-be. His staff at work is going to surprise him with it. I wanted it to be girly, but not over-the-top. It is all buttercream. WASC with strawberry filling, sugarshack's buttercream.
This is a cake for a coworker who is leaving us. Her nickname was princess, but we meant it affectionately. LOL It's chocolate with peanut butter mousse filling. It was a big hit at the office and "Princess" loved it. This is my first attempt at a royal icing tiara. It was fun to make, and, yes, it broke when I pulled the wax paper off of it, but it was only broken at one end and you couldn't tell on the cake.
A cake done in a hurry!
This is my first (last?) wedding cake. The bride and groom were happy with it. This was for a friend. Making birthday cakes is soooo much less stressful, and, yes, I see every flaw. LOL Thanks for looking.
Buttercream Clemson fan's birthday cake. It would probably have been a better presentation done in fondant with fondant tiger paws, but it had to be buttercream. So, you work with what you have!
This is for a lady at work who loves frogs. She isn't expecting this and so I hope she's happy with it tomorrow as a surprise. I had a fun making this one. TFL
Simple flower-topped cupcakes. Everyone loved it.
Tropical Breeze with Sugarshack's icing, vanilla mousse inside. Cornelli lace on entire cake, ruffle border. I was in a hurry doing this and decided at the last minute to try to pipe some roses in the middle straight onto the cake. They are what I'll call fantasy flowers. I should've just left it off. TFL
This was for a friend and her mom who share the same birthday. (Imagine that being your birthday present - childbirth! ) She loves the color turquoise and wanted a chocolate cake. She also has two westhighland terriers. Admittedly, my doggies don't look too much like her westies, but she loved it anyway. The cake was chocolate WASC with peanut butter mousse filling, buttercream icing. It is so rich that you can't eat but a tiny bit at a time. TFL
This is WASC alternated with Dreamsicle cake and White Chocolate truffle filling between each layer. This cake taught me many lessons. First, go ahead and buy the SPS that I've been wondering if I should buy. I had to slam on brakes and the top layer slid about 2 inches. My heart sank. Second lesson: always carry a repair kit. I don't know what I was thinking!! Didn't have one. Anyway, I was happy with it BEFORE the trip. Also, I think I did a much better job on my buttercream this time since I watched SugarShack's video last night. Thanks, SS! The wedding colors are coral orange and green. It was a themed shower - home and garden. TFL
This is chocolate WASC with chocolate buttercream, fondant bears. I had another idea but switched gears at the last minute and this is what I ended up with. Lady Bear has curlers and a towel on while she's reading her valentine card. She's not "all done up" and he loves her anyway. Hence, curlers or caviar... I love you.
This is for a young lady who indicated she wanted a sheetcake with lots and lots of flowers. (She's 10!) It's chocolate WASC with buttercream icing. The colors look a little gawdy in this picture, but they were nice in reality. TFL
This is a WASC with chocolate buttercream (crusting) by Serious_Cakes. The flecks in the icing are actually chocolate chunks that occurred because I let my melted chocolate sit a little too long before I mixed it in and it had begun to harden again. It seemed okay when I mixed it in. No big deal since the cake needed to look like dirt anyway! I'm sure the birthday boy won't care and he wanted real trucks to play with. TFL
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