Thanks everyone....I could tell that it hadn't been stenciled like the damask cakes that the icing is spread over, but was hoping it the design was transferred with the stencil then piped over. I'm not sure I want to do this, but I'm sure the price I would quote her would change her mind. She has already changed her mind from a chocolate brown oval to this alternating colors with brown piping.

I'm all for catlharper's suggestion! There would be no other way for me to do something like this.