This was a carrot cake, but since it was for a 15 year anniversary, the hubby wanted something a little more special than just the normal icing carrots on top, , and his wife loves blue. I put cornelli lace on the top of the cake to cover up how un-smooth it was cuz I find cream cheese icing so hard to smooth and work with! In fact, the flowers are buttercream - I would never even think of attempting a rose with cream cheese icing!