Here is a handbag cake that I created for the birthday of a very special young lady. Burberry is one of her favorite brands so I decided to create this Burberry inspired "bag". After baking an amazing red velvet cake in two loaf pans, I sliced each loaf cake in half horizontally and stacked the cakes with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercrean between each layer. The entire cake was then carved into the purse shape and covered with a crumb coat of Swiss meringue buttercream. I made a large batch of marshmallow fondant which I divided and colored the Burberry plaid colors. After covering the entire cake with the tan fondant, folding in the sides to resemble the way a handbag would fold, I carefully applied strips of red, black and white fondant to give the plaid pattern. The top of the bag was covered with a strip of black fondant imprinted with a real zipper impression and a fondant zipper pull. I fashioned straps and strap bases of fondant also. Into these I imprinted marks to imitate stitching and after allowing to dry for 24 hours, I applied the straps with royal icing. Though the straps were heavy and difficult to stablize, the entire project came out quite well.
The birthday girl was so excited. It was an agonizing decision to cut into the dessert (who wants to ruin their handbag??) but the results were delicious.
Wouldn't it be fun to get a Purse Cake for your birthday, or to give a Purse Cake to a friend? I'b be happy to create one, just contact me.
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