This cake is all butter cream. drapery is made with candy melts and karo syrup. Grapes are butter cream. Grape leaves were made by painting melted candy melts on the back side of an actual grape leaf. Do at least 3 coats. Put in the refrigerator in between the coatings. Once the grape leaf has three coats, take out of refrigerator and leave at room temperature for about 20 minutes.....then peel off the grape leaf.