Mykael's Birthday Cake

She picked this out of a wedding cake and said, "just make the top layer and it'll be a birthday cake".

                                                              So I made two layers.

                                       Hand painted "bark". (it's supposed to look like tree bark.)

Tinted the leaves with gold dust and painted the centers as well. The scroll/branches/twigs were used with melted chocolate. It wasn't quite hardened yet. That's why it's so shiny.

She didn't want to cut it, so I had made these cupcakes instead. German chocolate with CoolWhip Chocolate filling. And a nilla wafer for good looks.