Bake an eight inch two-layer cake. Ice it in white buttercream icing.
Use white icing and round tip, size #5 to do lace work on the sides of the cake. The lace work is done by making squggly lines over the surface you are covering.
With star tip, size #18 and white icing, make the shell
border on the top and bottom edge of the sides of the cake. With round
tip, size #5 and the color icing of your choice, write your message on
the top of the cake.
With the same color icing as your message, make roses and place them
around the message. The leaves are made with green icing and leaf tip,
size #352.
Using different color icings, this cake can be made in
many different variations. See the pictures below for more examples:

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