Coach Purse Cake

Okay... so we all know I'm a crappy cook but one thing I do a bit better is bake & decorate fun cakes. Here's one I finished today for a friend of mine who is loves her designer stuff.. like LOVES.. sometimes inappropriately at times I might add.

Its all edible chocolate cake with buttercream icing in between the layers of the purse and fondant icing covering the bottom slab and the purse itself. All purse decorations are done with fondant as well.

So, if you want to wow some friends and love to play with this edible play-doh... then by all means give it whirl. I've included photos as I went along .... holler if you need more deets!

Sharon

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Step 1: Cook yer cakes. I used a 14x14 cake on the bottom and an 8x10 cut in half, with a loaf pan for the purse

Step 2: Assemble purse.... 3 layers, cut to shape.... favourite buttercream in the middle (hello? chocolate)

Step 3: Roll out tan coloured fondant you coloured cause you're that good and cover the sides of it.. push it in til its firm.. and for goodness sake don't scar it with your fingernails like I did.

Step 4: Cover the 14x14 cake with dark chocolate fondant... using small dowels, stick them into the cake and gently place the purse on top.

Step 5: Stencil the 'Coach' emblem on it using buttercream. For this I copied the design off the net and cut out my own stencil using and exactoknife and slurping back coffee. This part is a bit tricky.. so if you have rum on hand, take a couple shots and you'll be good to go.

Step 6: Make a zipper & tail... use a toothpick to edge in seams for detail... tuck it in the top.. don't worry about the edges those will be covered later.

Step 7: Okay.. add 4 'leather' piping down each side, and slap on a line of leather around the top.. i puckered mine a bit. Add 'stitching' indentations and you're good to go.

Step 8: Make handles out of fondant, gold buttons.. and attach them.. I crossed mine over the top.

Voila... that's it. Four hours out of your life you'll never get back. So make it for someone you like and remind them about it every fookin' birthday.