Wow, that sounds rich!!!

Can you tell me what icing you use to get such a smooth, silky finish?

All your cakes & cookies are so great.... I love this one! :)

Martga Stewart's Italian Meringue Buttercream, using all unsalted butter (no shortening) and egg whites. It;'s nice and creamy and easy to work with. I use a plastering tool to get my cakes really really smooth! (Plus I beat the buttercream with a paddle after I make it, to get all the air bubbles out.)

Beautifully done!!!! I love this one....:)

Beautiful cake. Your cakes are awesome Antonia.. and the lime and da coconut would do Jimmy Buffet proud!

Antonia that is beautfiul!! You should do a tutorial on smoothing!!! Hint, hint!!

not until I smooth my tops better (hahaha!!) I'm going to try the paper towel trick I've read all about on this site because I'm NOT good at that part yet!

I agree with tcturtleshell about the smoothing tutorial. Your cakes set the standard for smooth!

beautiful as usual! love this cake

Your crisp edges amaze me! I'm in awe! I'd love to know how you do it!!

How do you get the edges of the top meeting the side so perfect? Please describe...BEAUTIFUL!

antonia - this is beautiful!

Hi Everyone - FYI If you go to the forum and search for "Lilac Champagne Bubbles" you'll see a long thread that discusses this cake and Antonia's tips on how she achieves such perfect results.

so cute, i love it :D

Your cake is so beautiful and smooth. My son just saw it and said wow smooth not like yours mom! Nice kid. lol. You did an awesome job.

This is super smooth. And super beautiful. Very nice.

Very nice...very smooth, love the flavour combination!

Simple, yet it has a certain flair to it...love it.

Very nice decorating job.