Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!

Submitter's Comments: (High Res Image)
I spent A LOT of time coming up with a concept and choosing a threadless tee. Finally two days before the deadline I thought of it, Refresh Your Ego.

"Refresh" is a cup of coffee (the ego comes in later) I baked the cake from scratch which took hours and hours as it is a layered/sculpted cake and I could only bake two layers at a time. It is white cake which I covered in homemade buttercream, carved and covered in dyed fondant. I made the handle out of rice crispy treats and covered that in fondant as well. I melted chocolate and poured it in the rim of the cake to look like coffee with creamer the way I like it.

"Ego". I learned about this contest by reading the blog on charmcitycakes.com, the title of the blog being shameless self promotion. It seemed only appropriate to me to appeal to the ego of the one who brought the contest to my attention....Mary Alice.

My cake, Refresh Your Ego, is the Charm City Cakes mug full of refreshing coffee.

We luckily had lots of family show up tonight and they were able to watch me finish and then enjoy cake!

As a side note my 7-year-old daughter wanted to help and the only thing I could really find for her to do was be my photographer, which accounts for some blurry photos with my head cut off!