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Strawberry Shortcake

For my niece's 5th birthday. The 5 is made of gumpaste, all other decorations are fondant. Strawberry Shortcake is a plastic toy.

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Butterflies & Swirls

This was for my niece's 7th birthday party. She requested pink and purple butterflies and swirls, so this is what I made :) Chocolate cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate buttercream. The butterflies were made out of gumpaste and dusted with pearl dust. I used white stamens for the antennas. Critique Subgroup Member

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Lego Star Wars

I made this cake for my nephew's 7th birthday. French vanilla cake with raspberry filling. Buttercream icing with fondant accents, fondant/gumpaste figures. The cake got a little banged up in transit, these pictures are after travelling 3 hours. Critique Subgroup Member

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2010 World Cup

Vanilla cake with raspberry filling. Buttercream icing with fondant accents.

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Wilton Course 2

This was from the old Wilton Course 2. Buttercream icing with royal icing flowers.

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Dora The Explorer

This was a cake for my niece's third birthday. She love Dora right now. Buttercream icing with fondant accents and royal icing Dora.

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Brazil Soccer Cake

This cake was for my family for the Brazil/Ivory Coast World Cup game. Buttercream icing, fondant/gumpaste decorations. Clearly I need to work on my icing skills as the photo shows every flaw in the buttercream.

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Turquoise Bridal Shower Cake

This was for my sister in law's shower. Her colors are turquoise, red, and silver, and she wanted hibiscus for the flowers (unfortunately she couldn't have them for the bouquets, but she at least got them on her cake). This was my first time making gumpaste flowers, and I loved how they turned out.

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Easter Basket

Another easter basket cake. Buttercream basketweave and grass, fondant daisies, malted milk eggs.

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Penn State

Carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. All cream cheese/ buttercream frosting. I traced the logo on the cake with a toothpick, outlined and then filled. I wasn't able to get it as smooth as I would have liked, but I think the color turned out great. This was for the Penn State / Ohio State game 11/7/09

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Wilton Course 3 Final Cake

This was my final cake for Wilton Course 3, which ended the week before Halloween. I stacked the cake instead of using the pillars, since they didn't really match the halloween theme. This was my first stacked cake, and second fondant cake. All of the decorations are made out of fondant.

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