Here's the Cake Wrecks website to see the crazy messy cakes some people make:







But here are some beautiful ones:

Remember I was talking about the different kinds of frosting??  Here is the regular frosting that we did.  Click the picture to see more piping images.





And here is fondant.  See how it's more smooth and you can add details?  Very cool.
Click the picture to see more fondant cakes.

Here is how to pipe a rose out of frosting:




Here is how to do fondant (which I have never done before, but would like to try if you want):