Really, a pretty easy cake. I baked a 6inch cake (2 layers) put chocolate ganache in between the layers and lightly iced the outside with buttercream. I made very light brown "ropes" and coiled them around the entire cake, all the way up. I used a mixture of diluted brown gel color and cocoa power to color the pancakes. Then the finishing touches, fondant butter and brown piping gel syrup. Very fun!