Vanilla Bean cuppies with dark chocolate ganache. Using a tutorial from CC and advice from my cake buddy, I made this little tree using a 6" polystyrene ball, a wooden dowel and a plant pot filled with play sand for support. Lots of things to change for next time, the ball needed just over 2 dozen cuppies to cover, I only baked 24. I made a batch of ganache, 300ml of cream and 300g of chocolate, wasn't enough to do all of the cakes, would use 400/400 for this many cupcakes. Wooden dowel was not enough support for the tree, as after all the cakes had been attached and ganached, it became quite heavy, so was swinging round from the slightest touch. Next time, I would use a thick rod, a taller pot (to hold more sand for extra support) and also somehow maybe stick some styrofoam at the bottom of the pot and push the rod into that so it doesn't move, which it did even with all the sand. Any more tips much appreciated!