American Baker in Germany

 This cake was an order from a friend of a friend.  This cake was inspired from this one, however it was requested that the top be left free as they have a wedding topper already. Also, they wanted the colors to be inspired by raspberries. So, I began a few days before by making roses in raspberry pink and baby pink. Then I used a 12-inch silver cake board and the bottom tier is an 8-inch vanilla cake filled with raspberry Swiss meringue buttercream... and fresh raspberries. Then I frosted the cake with raspberry Swiss meringue buttercream. Then I started the top tier. This is 6-inch vanilla cake filled and frosted with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. Then I frosted the bottom tier again. And I covered it in a store-bought roll of rolled out marzipan, which I have never used before and never will again. This product, while a nice, convenient idea, leaves folds and creases everywhere and is very difficult to smooth properly. Also, it's very thin and you can see the pink buttercr