Day at the Beach

by Gina H
(Chicago, IL, USA)

This was a chocolate cake (made with coffee, which adds super moisture and enhanced the chocolate flavor) with homemade chocolate pudding filling. I used chocolate butter cream icing and a white rolled fondant outer shell. I made piping gel for the water and toffee bits for the sand mixed with glitter sugar in beige. All the pieces are fondant including the people, raft, inner tube, castle, shells, pail and shovel, and starfish.