This was my very first cake ever like this. I used all new recipes from a friend. It took me three straight days to do it. I look at the pics and know only one thing.....smooth out the buttercream!!!! My daughter had a Nemo birthday, but I didn't want a Nemo cake. I decided to go with under the sea theme. I used vanilla pound cake with vanilla buttercream and gumpaste decorations. The seahorse figure came from a play-doh punch that I washed and used for the cake!!!