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  A Cascade of Snowflakes

  This cake is as magical as the season's first flurry. Snowflakes made from royal icing are miniature at the top of the cake and larger at the bottom, giving the impressi...
  

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  15 Years of Wedding Cakes

  The icing-like trim on jasperware, developed in England in 1775, translates well to a wedding cake -- piped here in royal icing. This cake and base were covered with fon...

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  50 Great Wedding Cakes

  This six-tiered cake, covered with buttercream, had fresh-blueberry and white-chocolate buttercream filling.. Wedding Cake at Elizabeth and Barton's Reception. This fond...

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  The French Confection

  A majestic design turns a bit coquettish when it's festooned with macaroons -- the quintessential French treats -- and dressed up in flirty pink. Homemade marshmallows c...
  

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  Coconut Swirl Cake

  No special talent is needed to create this luscious-looking confection -- just swirls of fluffy seven-minute icing applied to a snow-white cake. Freshly shaved coconut f...
  

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  Cakes Inspired by Fabric: Crewelwork

  Stems, berries, and flowers in the style of crewelwork edge their way up and over the tiers of this handsome cake like a lush vine. The raised, textured look of the "yar...
  

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  Cakes Inspired by Fabric: Matelasse

  Sugar-paste roses are fashioned to look like fabric flowers; they add a touch of haute couture to a cake based on finely quilted cotton matelasse. The leaves (fondant fo...
  

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  Cakes Inspired by Fabric: Eyelet

  This eyelet "sampler" -- with its cutouts, flowers, and pristine whiteness -- evokes summer as prettily as a billowing cotton dress. Each fondant-covered tier pr...
  

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  White-on-White

  The delicate gum-paste flowers and royal-icing beading on this elegant cake evoke classic white-on-white embroidery. The ornate three-letter Monogram was copied from the...
  

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  Blushing Garden Rose

  The beauty of this cake is punctuated by the purity and simplicity of one giant flawless rose perched on the top. The white tiers are decorated with confectionary bands ...
  

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