There are few women who don’t enjoy a bit of shopping. This cake was created for a lady who loves to shop. She is a co-worker of my husband’s and they are celebrating her birthday tomorrow at work. So for this I created a purse cake and a shopping bag … after I finished I thought the shopping bag could be interpreted for just a gift bag but really either work for the occasion!
The purse is about 6″ wide x 6″ tall. The gift bag is 7″ long x 6″ wide and 4″ tall. Everything is edible except the wires inside the handle to form it 
Even the “tissue paper” in the gift is fondant. The purse is painted using a pearl dust to make it shimmer.
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