Made this for July/August family birthdays. I also made a "pot of Chili" and a "cherry pie" I baked the cake in the casserole dish. When cool, I torted it and filled with buttercream. I tinted buttercream a pale yellow, spread a layer on top then piped the macaroni. I had some yellow rolled buttercream that I thinned and stretched out and layed over the macaroni to look like melted cheese. Took some brown food color and painted the baked-on crusty bits.