A big surprise party was planned for Liz's 60th birthday. The hostess wanted to showcase the birthday girl's interests in curling and shopping, as well as her position as a realtor for Howard Hanna.
The shopping bag IS the cake. It is a yellow cake with chocolate buttercream filling & icing. It will serve 45. In order to maintain clean lines, the cake is covered first in fondant and then gum paste panels painted with the store logo. The panels are then applied to the cake with melted white chocolate. The tissue paper is very thinly rolled fondant. The pearl necklace is fondant, too.
The For Sale sign is hand painted gum paste. The curling broom is cereal treats covered in chocolate & fondant with a plastic handle inserted. The curling stone is cake with a gum paste handle. The martini is cake crumbs mixed with icing, a buttercream "froth", and fondant olives, accented with a fondant napkin.
