Dooney and Bourke handbag cake

 

This cake was a replica of the Dooney and Bourke handbag that is directly behind it and was my first attempt at carving a cake after starting to watch Ace of Cakes. The dark brown trim is made from chocolate clay and the cake is iced in buttercream as I do not care for fondant.
I measured the bag and made templates of the ends so I could carve it. The cake itself is several layers-I baked a large sheet cake and cut the layers from it. Cutting all the little DB's was time consuming as was putting all the "stitches" in the handles and trim pieces.

For those that don't know me, I don't have a shop or sell from home. I make these cakes for family and friends. Thanks for looking. If you have any questions about a cake please leave a comment and I will get back to you.

Vase Cake / 4 Tier Wedding Cake

The first cake is a Lenox vase in cake form with fresh flowers which I did for a friends birthday. I started with 4 6" layers of cake and 2 6" brownie layers. The bottom layer was yellow cake, then pink with raspberry flavoring and then the brownie layer. Between the layers was raspberry Simply Fruit. I did put dowels thru the bottom 3 layers, then a cake board and three more layers with a dowel thru all six layers.
Next, I used a travel lotion bottle with the top cut off to cut a hole in the top for the flowers. The bottle was inserted in the hole and water and flowers added. I also put flower spikes around the top to bring the flowers down to cake level.The cake was iced with buttercream icing and then I copied the design from a Lenox vase onto the cake.
The best part was when the birthday girl walked into the dining room, the lights were out with just candlelight on either side of the cake and thought it was a vase of flowers.

The wedding cake was for my son and daughter-in-law's wedding. I baked the cake and his Uncle Darryl and I decorated it. I had never done a wedding cake before so I was most grateful for Darryl's help since he had made many in the past. Of course, he was the one who volunteered us to do it in the first place!