A friend wanted a very special birthday cake for her mom's 50th. I decided to go with black because it's a bit different than the typical lue/yellow/pink birthday cakes we so often see. I iced the cake in buttercream, used a small heart pan to mark the heart in the center, and then covered the rest in black cornelli lace. I used cookie cutters, filling them with buttercream- then freezing- to get the raised numbers. I painted those with a mixture of gold luster dust and clear vanilla. Then I added red roses