American Baker in Germany

 This is a France-inspired spilled wine and cheese cake. I started out frosting an 8-inch cake dummy on a large cake board. I had also bought a cheap wine glass at a kind of German equivalent to a dollar store. I rolled out some wine-colored fondant and cut out a spill shape. I laid it on the cake. I realized quickly I need to prop up the wine glass, as wine glass stems are quite heavy. I am using an old piece of orange fondant that has hardened to stone texture. I pressed some of the wine-colored fondant on one side of the wine glass. Then I cut the dark purple into pieces and rolled them into grapes. And I pressed them onto the chunk of hard fondant, sticking them on with buttercream. And I placed the glass on the cake. But there is still a chunk of orange visible. I made a chunk of "cheese" with yellow fondant and made holes with round piping tips. I also made a couple slices. I placed the wedge over the exposed orange fondant and placed the slices of "cheese" on...