Oriental String Work Cake

This is the sample cake I made at a cake decorating class I took with Barb Evans this past weekend. All the work is in royal icing. What is cool is the side work of the cake. You have to flip the cake upside down, do the string work let it dry and flip it back over again. Very risky but very beautiful. Of course my cake has many flaws but thought it would be fun to document my first tries!