This cake was to celebrate the graduation of my MIL, Diane, from college. She found out that she had enough credits, just a semester early, so we scrambled to get her a party together. Ironically, I had just won the carousel cake pan on e-bay, and had bought it specifically to save for her graduation cake. The very next day, she told us that she had earned her degree early! This was my first time doing ropes, so I need work on those, and it was also my first character cake.