This was a practice cake for my husband's grandmother's 80 th birthday. We took it to TN last week when we went to visit my family and, luckily, everyone loved it. (We live in FL so it had to make a 9 hour trip.) This was my first time doing the basket weave technique. I used homemade chocolate buttercream for that, and I used Wilton chocolate icing for the roses, leaves, and shell border. The cake was a "Best Fudge Cake." TFL!