Baby Shower Cake

I made this cake over the weekend for a baby shower. The cake is chocolate with a chocolate butter cream frosting. I piped the grass and leaves onto the cake with a butter cream frosting as well. I used royal icing to make the flowers. I make several (as in a few hundred) flowers in advance as they keep and do not degrade as long as they are not exposed to moisture or light. The mother and carriage is made from color flow icing, which is similar to royal icing but also produces a nice sheen. These were fragile and do not hold up well in humidity or any vibration. I had made an extra mom and carriage in case anything were to happen. Sure enough, one of the mom figurines neck snapped before I even put them in the car! Needless to say, I was quite relieved that one did make it and got on the cake in one piece. Phew! The place where the baby shower was held had a swamp cooler and as soon as I went to remove the mom figurine she became a double amputee. I am still learning so I hope to figure out a way to better reinforce the more fragile areas of a piece when working with this type of sugar art. All in all, I think the cake was a hit!