Here's my second decorated cake for the Illinois State Fair.

[sinkingfeeling]

This is in the stained glass style. I'm entering it in the wedding/anniversary cake category. The other one is in birthday cakes.




Here's the link to the first one:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1157142026

[tanyev]

1. Wow, that's beautiful. Good luck!

[2naSalit]

2. Wow!

Nice work!

[Siwsan]

3. Beautiful!

I used to decorate cakes - nothing so beautiful or elaborate - for my niece and nephew's birthdays. I had to learn basic cake decorating when I managed a Baskin Robins, while in college.

[displacedvermoter]

4. Tiffany

Gorgeous. Good luck in the competition.

[Demovictory9]

5. Pretty

[John1956PA]

6. Aahh, the hummingbird lamp shades.

Glass mosaic lampshades are classics. You must own such a shade which inspired your beautiful decorated cake creation. Good luck in the competition!

[58Sunliner]

7. That is amazing!

[Permanut]

8. I'm going to go ahead and declare this one is the winner.

[lamp_shade]

9. Boyoboy... that's a winner! Every Fair I go to I head for the baked goods first... then

the quilts. I don't think I've ever seen one as beautiful as yours. Best of luck.

[Biophilic]

10. That is really beautiful and such fun to look at. Wow!

[dobleremolque]

11. Mrs. dobleremolque, a black-belt home economist and former

judge at our state fair, says to tell you

[Alpeduez21]

12. Both of those are crazy good looking thanks for sharing n/t

[anciano]

13. Awesome! 👍

Great work, best wishes.

[likesmountains 52]

14. Gorgeous! What a steady hand you must have!

[catbyte]

15. That is gorgeous! The dragonfly is absolutely magical.

Something tells me I odn't need to wish you good luck but I am anyway.

[Native]

16. When will the judging happen? im so excited for you!

[sinkingfeeling]

17. I think it's next Tuesday or Wednesday. But the fair is about 65 miles away and I may not know

anything about the judging until I go pick the cakes up on Aug. 18.

[Native]

18. Holy crap! Waiting that long would make me nuts!

[Native]

22. please tell me you have a cake portfolio

[sinkingfeeling]

54. You can see some of my other cakes in the first two pages of My Journal.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=journals&uid=127276&page=2

[Native]

23. p.s. the dragonflies are my favorite aspect of your cake

[barbtries]

19. i think you're going to win some ribbons!

beautiful.

[ultralite001]

20. Stunning...

I love hummingbirds...

Hope folks at the Fair love them, too!!!

[Scrivener7]

21. OMG! You gotta win for that!!!

[spockeye]

24. That's a winner for sure! n/t

[sueh]

25. Oh my gosh! That cake is so beautiful. I hope you win the top prize!

[Pisces]

26. Gorgeous!!

[gademocrat7]

27. Stunning cake!!

Hope you win 1st place.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

28. Wow, that is gorgeous.

You have amazing talent. Best of luck to you!

[XanaDUer2]

29. Wow

[yardwork]

30. Wow! That's spectacular. I hope you win the blue ribbon.

[3catwoman3]

31. How lovely.

How long does that take you?

[sinkingfeeling]

41. They each take 30 to 40 hours a piece. I make the gumpaste flowers in advance.

[dai13sy]

32. You do a gorgeous job, although this seems to be a labor of love

I love Hummingbirds and Dragonflies. Just beautiful. Thank you for sharing

[PikaBlue]

33. It is absolutely stunning!

[Think. Again.]

34. 🏆

[evolves]

35. Spectacular!

What talent!

[Clouds Passing]

36. That is stunning! Good job!

[kimbutgar]

37. Looks too pretty to eat and also looks delicious!

Great work!

[AltairIV]

38. Great work!

An incredible piece of art. Wishing you the best on both cakes you submitted.

[angrychair]

39. Wow

Beautiful. Well done.

[RainCaster]

42. Wow, that's absolutely beautiful!

You'd get my vote, on looks alone.

[patphil]

43. absolutely, stunningly beautiful

I'm lucky if I get more frosting on the cake than I get on me.

[iluvtennis]

44. Wow, just beautiful. n/t

[dawn5651]

45. both cakes are amazing. good luck at the fair.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

46. Edible art. Beautiful!

Paz.

[LovelyStuff]

47. That is GORGEOUS!!

I hope you win. Good luck!!

[PatrickforB]

48. I love these pictures of your cakes. What a wonderful artist you are!

That's just absolutely beautiful! Well done.

[liberalla]

49. Just beautiful!

Good luck to you!

[calimary]

50. Oh MAN! Who'd even have the heart to eat that? I couldn't bear to cut into it!

That's not a cake. That's a sculpture! It's ART! WAY too beautiful to merely eat. That belongs in a well-known public garden or in an art exhibit! Or at least shown off in a high-end bakery or confectioners display. You could even have cards made with this on the front. After all, Christmas is coming. It'd make a great gift - either picture-postcards or the folding kind with envelopes. If I owned a bakery, that's what I'd do with it.

DAYUM!!! Absolutely exquisite! Glad you took photos!

[MustLoveBeagles]

51. Nicely done

Good luck

[underpants]

52. Very talented

[blm]

53. Wishing you the best, as always.

[Deep State Witch]

55. Beautiful!

Good luck!

[riverkittenDem]

56. Wow!!

[AllaN01Bear]

57. wow!!! . too good to eat.

i give it 10

[CommonHumanity]

58. YOU ARE A WONDER!

So beautiful. I hope you win! Even if you don't, many people will be in awe! What a work of art!

[ZonkerHarris]

59. both are amazing

[Greybnk48]

60. They're BOTH amazing!

Good luck!

[Bluethroughu]

61. Wow! Amazing!

[GoldenMezzoDiva]

62. Elegantly wonderful...

break a leg!!! 🇫🇷🎶🎡

[radical noodle]

63. Beautiful job!

You're very talented.

[MLAA]

64. Gorgeous!

Fingers crossed.

[Figarosmom]

65. Blue ribbon

On both.

[Emile]

66. So beautiful, fingers crossed that you'll win the whole thing.

[AllyCat]

67. Astonishing! Thank you for sharing your photo!

You win in my book!

[FireUpChips10]

68. Both are beautiful!

[Seinan Sensei]

69. I vote we have it, and not eat it

[summer_in_TX]

70. Both are just fabulous!

I can't even imagine the skill that takes to create both of those designs.

[wendyb-NC]

71. Wow, that's a beatiful work of art

You are doing a fine job on those cakes. It definitely fits the wedding anniversary category, like a glove. I hope you win 1st place.

The 1st cake is also lovely, it is very cartoon. Best wishes, let us know how it goes.

[Ilsa]

72. "Tiffany's" should be envious of your ability and talent.

Congratulations! I hope there is a blue ribbon for you.

[HeartsCanHope]

73. Beautiful!

Good luck to you! Thanks so much for sharing your amazing talent with us.

[applegrove]

74. So creative.

[C Moon]

75. Wowzers!!!

[33taw]

76. Beautiful, good luck!

[anniebelle]

77. Absolute perfection!

It is a stunning work of art.

[Kali999]

78. twice is nice

Both of your cakes are great. Hope it's as fun to do as it looks. Best wishes for a ribbon.

[flor-de-jasmim]

79. I love this: elegance with a sense of simplicity in its complexity

For me, it shows simplicity in that the lines of the cake itself are clean, yet the design is so complicated and the glaze so perfectly imitates stained glass. It definitely deserves to win. Congratulations!

[BlueTexasMan]

80. WOW

That is mind blowing! What fun! Good luck in your contest. I always love checking out the vast displays of canning and crafts at our state fair here in Texas. I go every year. Happy cooking!

[samnsara]

81. wow! how are you transporting it??

[Pepsidog]

82. Very talented. Well done!

[lark]

83. Oh my, you are so talented. These cakes are totally beautiful.

If they taste as good as they look (a very high bar) you will do very well, I predict. Good luck to talented you!

[mamacita75]

84. Cake

that looks like stained glass in so creative!! It is beautiful. 1st Place Ribbon!

[CrispyQ]

85. It's beautiful! Good luck!! -nt

[electric_blue68]

86. Ooooo, serious stuff. Very pretty!

Love the colors, and the tricky detailed work of the humner and dragonflies!

[twodogsbarking]

87. They both take the cake. Superb.

[Fiddlelady11]

88. Wow

Best of show!

[stollen]

89. You.will.win.

So artistic! Never have I ever!

[Marthe48]

90. That's not just icing

It's art!

Both cakes are beautiful!