FROM intricate fondant flowers to character cakes with big 'wow' factor, Sunshine Coast residents have proved they are handy in the kitchen.  

We asked you to show off you culinary skills and submit photos of your cakes.

And you sure did impress.  

More than 200 cakes were submitted via the Daily's Facebook.   

Here's a delicious selection of the yummy cakes, straight from the kitchens of our readers.  

Melanie Anquetil Kronk- Fully functioning - spun, played music and horses went up and down. All edible. My daughter's first birthday cake. 

Kate Jessup- Birthday cake with edible images

Rebecca Salway Kirby: I made my daughter a frozen cake for her 7th Birthday. Chocolate mud on top & vanilla buttercream on the bottom.

Emma Pullen: Engagement cake I made for my best friend this year. Bottom tier choc mud and top tier red velvet both choc ganache

Claire Headley: Ninja turtle cake I made for my son's 4th birthday