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Here are some photos that I just pulled off my Game King-II camera. Some of them have been sitting there for quite some time.

Here are the finished versions of the cakes that Ali took to the fair.

Here’s a drawing that Jonny put up on a white board. I don’t know why I look so worried…

Here’s a picture of Griffey from the last Reds game I was at.

Ali entered 4 cakes into the Franklin County Fair this year: her first time entering an actual cake competition. Her entries were completely about decoration, not flavor. Nevertheless, everything had to be edible, with the exception of wedding cakes.

Unfortunately, I do not have any shots of the Christmas cake, maybe I will post those later. Also note that these shots were taken in most cases before the cakes were completely done.

Here’s the other holiday entry, Halloween:

A huge fondant spider was later added to the top of this cake. My lone contribution: I informed Ali that spiders have eight legs, not six.

Ali entered two wedding cakes. The first one has a sash of flowers leading up to the heart-shaped topper. This shot is before the top of the cake was completed:

Finally, this is a wedding cake with a picket fence theme. Each slat of the fence was painstakingly crafted out of royal icing (and some other icing I think), causing hand cramps. Flowers were later added to both levels of the cake behind the fences.

They are all quite lovely, and I couldn’t be prouder of her! The cakes are all on display for the rest of this week, so feel free to go see them. Ali has already started making very expensive plans for next year’s competition as well.

[Photos provided courtesy of the Game King-II]

My father’s birthday was just the other week, and my friend’s daughter’s first birthday is coming up this weekend. Ali decided to make cakes for each one.

My father is a car nut, and he is currently restoring a Nash Metropolitan in his garage (the picture below is not his car, but looks very similar). Ali made a car-shaped cake colored about the same as his.

Apparently all the kids love Dora the Explorer now, even the 1-year olds. Ali made a Dora cake for her.

You can check out other cakes she’s made by using the cake tag here.

From what I understand, this cake is a prototype for a cake that Ali is going to make for the monthly office birthday party here at work. It has a pretty thick layer of fondant on it, and the giant yellow ribbon is made of fondant as well. The actual cake itself is a rainbow swirl of colors.

Here’s some more cake decoration from my wife Ali. This time it’s a practice cake made of foam (the decoration is real of course). This particular cake was not done with icing, but a sugary doughy substance known as fondant.