With the help of thebook planet cake, I made a hand bag cake. I used the birthday girls initials on the end of the bag as well, just to personalise it a bit more. I used 2 square cakes for the bag instead of one, ganached it together and then carved it to shape. The base was 10inch round and it was all choc mud as asked for. The handles on the cake were not edible, which if i Did again I would create from fondant or gum paste in advance. We had to travel so I only took what I essentially needed and therefore made the handles out of tubing covered in ribbon.