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Jenny's Cake
WASC, strawberry filling with fresh strawberries. BC with chocolate ganache. White chocolate dipped strawberries on top. Made quickly for my daughter's birthday - first time she wanted a cake as she normally does not eat cake. Writing in melted chocolate with a shaky hand that day. Need to find a white-white chocolate! Ran out of time so I did not get the bottom border piped. First time doing ganache.
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Graduation Cake
Graduate is going to DePauw after high school so wanted the mascot tiger paw on the cake. "Amazing Chocolate Cake" recipe (posted on CC by patticakesnc, thank you very much, I use it frequently) with strawberry jam and fresh strawberry filling. BC with Duff's black fondant for decorations. Lettering is gumpaste with shimmer dust to highlight. Gold color in this photo is not true to life, not sure why.
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Leah's Cake
A quickie cake for a 14 year old. She said she hates cake but likes strawberry shortcake with whipping cream. I carved the inside of an oval WASC and added fresh strawberries for filling. Hand whipped whipping cream. Made the gumpaste Wilton jewel box and gumpaste pearls that I strung (is that a word??) on thread after they dried. Not sure she was enthralled, but it was fun to do. Whipped cream icing was severly damaged in transit and began to melt in the summer heat. Not the best, but it sure tasted great!