I made this cake for August birthdays at work. I figured since it was August, I may as well make it a pool party cake! Each person represents someone whose birthday is in August, and I wrote their names on the towels with edible markers. The pool chairs are 50/50 fondant/gumpaste. I thought they were plenty hard enough, but once I added the towels, the backs started leaning back. People are gumpaste and ball (my 3-yr-old's idea) is fondant/gumpaste