A Purse for Dee

by Debbie
(San Marcos, Texas )

Dee's Purse

I made this cake from pound cake filled with almond buttercream and strawberries. I carved (first time I have carved a cake) into a purse shape and covered with fondant. I embossed the fondant with an embossing pin to attempt to get the look of hand tooled leather, then I painted the purse flap with copper colored lustre dust and the rest of the purse in antique silk lustre dust. I left the handle a little off kilter 'cause I wanted it to look like the person who owns the purse had just put it down and the handle was "falling".