Purse and make - up

by Kim Hildreth
(Hamilton Mo,USA)

The cake is frosted with buttercream frosting,colored pink and black.I made two 11x15 cakes,put them side by side and first put a crumb frosting layer on,then the frosting layer.
Then i made a 9inch round cake and cut it across the middle,stood them up.with the flat cut side down,put some frosting and stuck them together.
Color some fondont pink and i added a few drops of punch flavor oil LORANNS from hobby lobby,roll it out then cover the half circle's and smooth out,there you have a purse.Now the handels,i cut and shaped a wire hanger and taped the ends,the ends being about 2inches,to hold in the cake and inserted them to rest on one another after coloring and shapeing black fondont.
All the rest of the stuff on the purse are shaped black fondont,just to whatever design you may like.The necklace's are the only real thing on there.
The make up and nail polish,and lipstick are all pink and black fondont all shaped to what ever you like and colored.Except a small cut piece of foil for the mirror on the compaq
I placed the purse on the left corner,and the rest on the cake wherever and star tipped all the way around for the top trim,then on every other star i put a white candy bead,bought in a bag in the wedding department at wal mart.
For the sides of the cake i made 24 minature lipsticks and 12 purses.And the lil purse is a triangle with the top folded half way down and a candy bead on it then a lil rolled out handel,to make a purse.
(ALWAYS use a mixture of karo syurp and water and a brush to dab on to get all of your pieces to stick together)
I used pink WILTON glitter powder in my water mixture and brushed the purse and all the items i made on the cake to give them a shiney,glittery effect....
NOTE.......I wrote happy birthday first,then added my objects around,so i didnt have to write around the room left,it turns out better that way.Then the last step was to put very small dots with my buttercream all over the cake,at first i was afraid it was gonna be a bit much,but so glad i did,because it really set it off,and it all came together.