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Fun With Frosting, a photo by neatlysliced on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Lincoln made a checkerboard out off the excess cake I cut off. Yum!

When you cut off the excess cake, never waste! Much fun can be had with the trimmings.

This piece became a delectable delight – and fun to gaze upon – after applying some excess buttercream in a checkboard pattern.

What creative methods have you put your cake trimmings to use?

R2-D2 Groom’s Cake, a photo by The Uncommon Cakery on Flickr.

Absolutely adorable “Artoo!” cake! All is edible sans the bow tie.

Always my favorite character, back from when I was a wee tyke.

The only question: where do you slice first?

Ants on Watermelon Cake

Originally uploaded by sugarcrushmiami

This cake is a great mixture of fondant and buttercream. The ants and watermelon shell appear to be fondant, where the softer interior and ant legs are buttercream frosting.

A perfect cake for a summer picnic – decorations that won’t slide away in the heat!