I made this for my birthday; I decided I wanted to try something new. It's not anywhere near perfect as I was exhausted and just wanted to try it, so pretty much threw it together. I wasn't really sure on what I was doing as far as stripes go. I put the black dot in the center where I was going to place my bow, but due to exhaustion and knowingly not doing the bow correctly, the bow totally bombed, so it didn't make it on. If anyone could offer any input on the best way to do the stripes, I'd be grateful. I also tried the technique to make the inside zebra stripe. It sort of turned out, but I think it could have had been better. The cake was white on white buttermilk colored pink and black.