Tropical Beach Birthday Cake

I will be the first to admit that the idea of gumpaste flowers sounds daunting.  It is a time consuming task, no doubt, and the road to victory is paved with failure and broken hard work, but the payoff is amazing.  I was provided with a concept picture and told that the flowers should be prettier (the original design had pretty awful flowers on it).  I really like this client, so I just went all out making this the prettiest cake I've ever made.  It's so FUN!  The cake itself is just chocolate cake with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream, with graham crackers crushed up to make the "sand".  I think the pictures speak for themselves!  The client just came to pick it up and she was so pleased!  I'm very very happy, and I'm gloating now.  Humor me!

My son is about to wake up from his nap and we're going to go play in the pool, and I've spent the whole nap catching up on this blog!  I think this should be a lesson to me to update more often.  If you have any questions about the flowers or techniques I use, don't hesitate to email me at alesharaelane@yahoo.com or leave a comment below.