This cake was fun to make, but time consuming. I covered the cake first in MMF and then used my extruder to make all of the stripes to go around the cake. The front has the cascading flowers and on the back, (to hide where the stripe seam is) I put bows. I tried brushed embroidery for the first time, but it didn't come out as well as I would hope. Practice, practice, practice. TFL!