The final product is not what I expected, but I am happy with the cake given the limited time I had between baby's naps. This is the first time I used a bench scraper to get the icing smooth. It was coming out very nicely, but it was already cake cutting time, so I had to stop smoothing and add the strawberries. Red velvet cake, buttercream icing and chocolate dipped strawberries. He loved it. That's all what matters :)