South Carolina State Cake

I had the wonderful opportunity to make this cake as a birthday present for my state Senator this week. (And as a big thank you to him for helping us to get the cottage food law passed in SC). This SC themed cake was a 14" chocolate fudge and french vanilla marbled cake filled with buttercream. Everything on the cake is symbolic to SC...handmade and handpainted in food colors. Thanks to my daughter Rebecca who painted the butterfly and peach. I had trouble with the tiny details on some of the things...a better brush would have helped...well...maybe better vision would be more appropriate :)