Fondant with a side of feet 🤢

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My 17-y/o daughter’s bday cake she made for her mom today. No fondant. All scratch (minus lemon cookies, bonbons, and Hurts donut). Lemon curd and buttercream from scratch. White chocolate honey comb. Honey from my hive.

5yr ⋅

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My daughter loves frosting, so we had this beauty for her birthday, happy Friday!

1yr ⋅

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Coffee cake and coffee buttercream (+ sneaky cat)

3yr ⋅

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even the poop swirls were fondant

1yr ⋅

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I tried

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Wish I had a better picture but this is from a wedding I made the cupcakes and cake for. Couple requested no fondant and I happily obliged. Grapefruit cake with grapefruit buttercream on the cake and half the cupcakes and vanilla with vanilla buttercream on the other half of cupcakes.

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Painted a squirrel with buttercream :) the insides are lemon cake layers with blueberry pie filling, and the pink and purple smears are a nod to the blueberry filling inside~

2yr ⋅

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i would be disturbed if i was fed a fondant cupcake

3yr ⋅

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Oh dear lord, why?

4yr ⋅

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Where is the actual cake supposed to be?! (Found on cakewrecks)

4yr ⋅

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When someone asks if I want fondant on my birthday cake

4yr ⋅

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Terrible in multiple ways

4yr ⋅

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Made this for my sons birthday, boyfriend complained that there was no real icing on this cake.

4yr ⋅

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My one and only time using fondant. The black colouring had some disturbing after effects...

3yr ⋅

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Love it but JESUS

9mo ⋅

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The cake a friend made for my pizza loving fiance!

5yr ⋅

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Went to a cake decorating class where I learned how to work with chocolate!

5yr ⋅

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Eat the rich cakes

4yr ⋅

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Travel birthday cake, buttercream cake with edible map

4yr ⋅

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Half of this is the fondant and the other half is hard sugar... where is the CAKE

4yr ⋅

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All this effort and it looks like it probably tastes just awful! The sheer thickness is really grossing me out!

3yr ⋅

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It’sa me cardboardio.

5yr ⋅

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I love this buttercream cake highlighting the birthday girl’s natural hair from @keys_kreations! Support black-owned businesses!

4yr ⋅

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A beautiful example of how to make an impressive cake without fondant!

5yr ⋅

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Chocolate cake, with caramel buttercream, covered in ganache. All decorations chocolate and caramel, and I put a thin pool of caramel between each layer of buttercream.

4yr ⋅

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Gluten free Italian cream cake that I made for my parents’ anniversary

4yr ⋅

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This is gorgeous and no fondant!

5yr ⋅

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Saw yesterday's post and this just came across my feed. Everything is fondant except the pins. I guess the pins are the only edible part then...

2yr ⋅

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saw this on FB (sorry if repost)

1mo ⋅

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Fondant free perfection, only Buttercream on this beauty.

4yr ⋅

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There’s fondant on fondant

5yr ⋅

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I made this fondant cake... But hear me out!

11mo ⋅

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white cake with whipped cream cheese frosting 🍰

5yr ⋅

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Give me a break!

3yr ⋅

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First succulent cake! Even found chocolate rocks, what do we think? Honestly it makes me want to do more!!! 🌵🌵🌵

5yr ⋅

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Something something taste like bag

5yr ⋅

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OP says it’s a four inch chocolate cake under there. Gross.

2yr ⋅

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My friend just sent me a picture of the cake she got her grandma...

1yr ⋅

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found this monstrosity on r/teenagers

5yr ⋅

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Other than the toys and signs, everything is frosting...even the road!!

5yr ⋅

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Palette knife painted cake

4yr ⋅

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Spoiler...it's fondant

1yr ⋅

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The hammer and hands are just bricks of fondant 🤢

4yr ⋅

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Strawberry cake for my kid who wanted A PINK CAKE, MUMMY when they turned four

3yr ⋅

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Fluffy White Whipped icing, a sugar sheet in the shape of Pusheen, and milk chocolate icing for details and writing. As you can tell with the border, whipped icing melts fast!

5yr ⋅

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Gross and disappointing

3yr ⋅

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A “cookie pop” that was actually just entirely made of fondant.

5yr ⋅

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Am I too late for Frosting Friday? Sorry.. I’m in New Zealand. I have 4 wee boys ages 4-8 and almost every birthday cake is made without fondant. My second son requested a poo party for his 7th birthday. I used buttercream for most of it with ganache for the drippy bit. Enjoy 😂

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Made 100 of these for a fundraiser for the humane society. All buttercream! And candy. Not as pretty as the others on here

5yr ⋅

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Modeling clay vibes

2yr ⋅

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Wtf??!!

5yr ⋅

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A beautiful cake I made a while back for my moms birthday! Any cake decorator who say you NEED fondant to make a cake look good is just wrong.

4yr ⋅

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A fondant-free birthday cake I made for my girlfriend. (first time baking)

5yr ⋅

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Made this cake this week. It’s all edible (i.e. no fondant here!) frosted and piped with vanilla buttercream. Santa is painted royal icing.

4yr ⋅

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Amateur made birthday cake, not a touch of fondant.

4yr ⋅

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My local baker is doing and selling this abomination

1mo ⋅

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100% Homemade birthday cake i made for my son's space themed party. All buttercream frosting, because f*** fondant.

5yr ⋅

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Garden Cake

5yr ⋅

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Super adorable idea, but the thickness of the fondant terrifies me

1yr ⋅

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A detailed fursona buttercream drawing I worked on recently

1yr ⋅

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(By u/chickensinboots53). Cool idea but could’ve been done in fruit.

3yr ⋅

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I'm just a lowly part time grocery store cake decorator. The cakes I make may be generic, but they're fondant free!

5yr ⋅

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Terrible taste, in every sense of the word

4yr ⋅

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See! No Fondant! (Found On Pinterest)

4yr ⋅

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I'm sure the kid will love a playdoh covered cake with a playdoh chunk on top.. at this rate, it would be better to replace Toothless with a toy

3yr ⋅

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Looks great, would't want to eat though

5yr ⋅

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Saw my relative reposted this horrific creation

8mo ⋅

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Could have so easily been done with mirror glaze and frosting flowers ugh 🤮

3yr ⋅

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Thought you all might like this one, buttercream, chocolate and biscuit decorations and geodes made from sugar and modelling chocolate

5yr ⋅

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Fondant is a virus. (It’s all buttercream. Cake guts are vanilla/vanilla)

4yr ⋅

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I finally revealed my secret

3yr ⋅

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Cute AF, but I wonder if there’s actually any cake in there?

3yr ⋅

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My boyfriend send me a video that brought him to the idea of making our wedding cake together if we would ever get to marry. He specifically said without fondant. I think I have to marry him now.

1yr ⋅

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At least it wasn't made with fondant

5yr ⋅

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Didn't really think about posting these here til someone said they have been waiting for a design of baby yoda not made from fondant. Made by yours truly 💚

4yr ⋅

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HATE!! HATE!! HATE!!

3yr ⋅

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I had attempted to make a cake for my boyfriends birthday.

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Found on Facebook

2yr ⋅

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Frosting Friday-I don’t have many cakes without fondant, but here is one

1yr ⋅

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A cake I made in celebration of being accepted into art school. It's all home made modelling chocolate, ganache and edible gold powder

4yr ⋅

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Thought I’d share my sister’s wedding cake. Strawberry swirl butter cake with buttercream icing and gum paste flowers; my sister doesn’t have reddit but she loves there’s a thread of folks who hate fondant as much us. ❤️

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Cute pink alpaca cake I made for my best friend! It's vanilla cake with raspberry filling and white chocolate buttercream.

5yr ⋅

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Uhm why not just use clay at that point

2yr ⋅

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Saw this beauty in Grand Central Station in Nee York today! So happy to see buttercream

5yr ⋅

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Beautiful cake, and tho only fondant are the bees, which can easily be removed

5yr ⋅

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Learning to use Russian tips

5yr ⋅

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Looks like something you get if you neglect your tamagotchi before it grows up. Lmao

3yr ⋅

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Kim Kardashian’s daughters cake.

1yr ⋅

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My 4th of July cake/ birthday cake for a friend

5yr ⋅

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Jesus frickin Christ this is terrifying

3yr ⋅

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Not sorry for the creepy screen shot

5yr ⋅

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Caption: 🎉BEST CAKE EVER🎉 BLASPHEMY

2yr ⋅

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Society Has Gone Too Far

3yr ⋅

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It was expensive, it was awful tasting, but it sure was cute ah!

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Chai spice cake with candied oranges and an orange syrup soak

4yr ⋅

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Who wouldn't want an all buttercream design that isn't chewy?! Yes, EVERYTHING on this cake is buttercream except for the sand and rocks....that's graham cracker and chocolate🙃

5yr ⋅

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I was playing around with some Halloween candy, and as I was molding this little guy I thought of this subreddit. He tastes better than fondant!

4yr ⋅

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You won’t like me when I’m constipated...

4yr ⋅

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Thought you guys would enjoy seeing this EDIBLE creation

5yr ⋅

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Tried my hand at watercolor painting directly on buttercream. So fun to have a blank sugar canvas!

5yr ⋅

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my husband and i had a grand budapest hotel themed wedding. my baker used all buttercream and dreams and magic.

5yr ⋅

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One of the worst kinds - something that could’ve been executed just as well on a chilled buttercream 🥴

3yr ⋅

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My mom always makes the best cakes

4yr ⋅

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Nothing but icing and candy to top one of the most creative cakes I’ve ever seen!

5yr ⋅

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All buttercream! I've been practicing for Valentine orders.

4yr ⋅

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New, better tasting formula! Made from my kids play dough

4yr ⋅

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Wedding cake I made today, everything is buttercream

3yr ⋅

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Forgive me, for I have sinned. 6 years ago I made this monstrosity, and it haunts me daily.

3yr ⋅

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Found this being beloved on facebook as a potential wedding cake... imagine getting a slice of the mostly-fondant tardis

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Looks like Play-Doh

1yr ⋅

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saw this on a baking post where at the cakes were wrapped in fondant 🤢

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KILL IT WITH FIRE

2yr ⋅

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Only fondont is the plaque. The topper is made of hard chocolate.

5yr ⋅

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Another beautiful example of how you can decorate a cake with just buttercream!

5yr ⋅

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Made for a friend’s child’s birthday party. No fondant and tasted great!

4yr ⋅

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Ignoring the obvious sexism this looks so... fondanty

3yr ⋅

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Licking a wrench from my garage would taste better than this.

4yr ⋅

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My friend’s birthday cake

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Was told to post this here. Didn't know there was a sub for fondant haters, I feel right at home! My son wanted an owl cake for his birthday and this was my take on it. Hope you guys enjoy! Smbc mixed with Choc ganache, choc bark, edible moss and a hand cut/painted owl cookie.

5yr ⋅

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Hummingbird cake

4yr ⋅

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Finally! Cake that looks and tastes like shoes!!

5yr ⋅

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This is next level frosting skill! Whoever says it’s impossible to make a shaped cake without fondant is just a lazy baker!

3yr ⋅

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Poor Chef. Makes delicious food for everyone else, is treated with this giant flab of fondant with cake filling.

3yr ⋅

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Beautiful!

5yr ⋅

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Beautiful, but doesn't seem like it would be good going in or coming out

2yr ⋅

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Happy Graduation to all the graduates!

2yr ⋅

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Could I make a tea cup cake without fondant?

1yr ⋅

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Pusheen Cat Cake (Buttercream with fondant accents and rainbow sprinkles inside) I think she's a Cutie ! Only the dark grey/the hat is fondant, everything else is buttercream.

2yr ⋅

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Another cake that will taste just how it looks.

4yr ⋅

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Unless you're meant to peel this all off like you would with an actual banana, I am appalled

4yr ⋅

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found on tumblr.Fondant Minion cake with fondant topped cupcakes

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There’s fondant BETWEEN the layers

3yr ⋅

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A cake that tastes as bad as this season’s writing.

5yr ⋅

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I usually hate fondant cakes that aren't atleast impressive, but this one was a gift from my kids which increase its emotional value

4yr ⋅

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It probably tastes like an actual shoe.

3yr ⋅

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Ombre rosettes!

4yr ⋅

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The baker said I was the first bride of hers in nearly 10 years to specifically request NO fondant, and second one ever to request a fountain. I loved that cake. Was a shame to cut into it.

5yr ⋅

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No fondant, just ganache

3yr ⋅

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Art is so realistic anything could be a cake

3yr ⋅

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My first cake! Cherry buttercream frosting recipe from my grandma! Not the prettiest but I bet it tastes better than sugar-playdough

5yr ⋅

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My daughters 1st birthday cake

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