We are making our first purse cake??? Can anyone give insight/help on how we go about doing this??? Thanks....
I've attached a picture.

I would use a loaf pan. then ice it and do the decorations. do the decorations in fondant. ie gold and brown

The purse cake I made is similar in shape and I used a loaf pan. (it's in my pics). I stacked 2 on top of eachother and then rounded off the top corners a bit by carving & then covered in fondant. I was totally intimidated to try & make a purse cake, but it turned out that the purse was the easiest part of that cake!

Have fun

That picture looks like everything is buttercream except the trim of the purse? I also want to try to make a purse cake for my friend for her birthday but I want it to be buttercream and not fondant. I've been searching up and down the forums too!

Instead of a loaf pan I baked a rectangle pan then cut it so I had three layers to stack up. I was also able to have the bottom piece slightly larger than the top piece so I had very little cake to cut and throw out. Here is a pic of the one I did, hope this all makes sense!! Good luck and of course we would love to see it when you done!!

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