two tier (8x6 and 6x4)chocolate marble cake filled with whipped ganache. frosted with swiss meringue buttercream and decorated with fondant accents. balloon is a styrofoam ball wrapped in fondant and suspended from a cake wire (secured with a coffee straw in the cake). fondant rope and lettering were made using my new favorite tool - Makin's Clay Extruder. silhouette was traced from a clip art photo and cut free hand with an X-acto knife.