Sorry, should have talked about the cake itself!  Swiss Meringue buttercream with a vanilla latte cake in 15"x11" size.  Beige tint comes from espresso in the buttercream.  I wanted to keep the design very basic since the honoree is a very low key guy and I was given 4 days notice so I "just" replicated the Order of Ontario medal and lanyard.  I used gum paste.  Of course it is a pretty detailed piece!  

I didn't have a brush fine enough so had to use a toothpick to outline the red cross in gold and to add the Fleur de Lys in the crown.  If anyone can suggest a quality super fine brush, I would appreciate it!

The top pipping WAS straight but I added the lanyard after pipping (dah) so it pushed out the border a bit.  I didn't want to fiddle with it to avoid smudges so crooked it was!

Looks terrific!  Sounds yummy too!   :-)