CHANEL PURSE CAKE

Did my first purse cake and I think it went fairly well. I was asked by my sister in law to do a cake for her grandmothers birthday. Rose is not your typical grandmother. God bless her she looks amazing and never goes anywhere with out her heels!! A chanel cake was the perfect choice for such a high class lady.
I started with an 8" round cake, layered and filled with vanilla buttercream. Then the top and bottom were cut at each edge in a straight line to leave the middle body of the purse. The ivory fondant was quilted with the edge rolling pin tool and then applied to the cake in pieces. I used parchment paper to trace the front, back and sides of the cake which I used as a template when cutting the fondant. The chain is from a real bag. (this in my opinion gave the cake it's real-like look! I sprayed the gold accent pieces with gold glitter spray which I like better than petal dust. Not too bad for my first try!! LOL