I have created this problem for myself and now I need some help to pull it off. I am dying to do a purse cake, but since I recently quit my job to stay at home, I don't feel like I can make cakes "just because." I need to do a cake for DH's office for Valentine's Day, so I thought if I could do a purse cake for that, then it wouldn't be wasteful. I also need to practice gumpaste flowers, so I would like to incorporate those too. But now I can't come up with a way to make that make sense!

Any ideas?

All I can think to do is maybe decorate the purse with red or pink hearts and do some longstem gumpaste roses to lay on the cake board. If you've got something better, please let me hear it. Thanks!

will they think your DH is weird bringing in a purse? LOL

I love purse cakes! Here are a few pics of some purse cakes I thought might work for ya! Hope this helps!

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=65838

You could do a cake like this one in like a zebra print with red roses faling out of it! That is valentinesy! hehe

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=359723

I say, you can do any purse you would like a surround it in red roses! I just thought zebra print always looks hot with red accents! Good luck!!

oh if he's working w/ a bunch of gals they'll LOVE IT!!!! I also LOVE the idea of the zebra print.......very classy and striking!