I made this for a friend who likes purses. It's a tiny, individual cake measuring 4" wide x 2" deep x 4" high. I baked one 6" round cake (2" high), cut it in half down the middle to get two, half circles, stacked the two halves together for a 4" high cake.
I then carved the shape of the purse out and filled the middle with fresh strawberries and Strawberry Italian Meringue Buttercream (IMBC). See my post about an 80th Birthday Cake for the recipe HERE.
I then covered the whole cake with IMBC and put it in the fridge for about an hour to firm up.
Once the IMBC was firm, I covered the cake with marshmallow fondant and added the purse details and decorations.
This little cake was completely inspired by Cupcake Envy's YouTube video tutorial, Mini Clip Purse. It turned out so cute and was so fun to make!
