American Baker in Germany

This is a hauntingly romantic cake design I came up with last year, but didn't have a reason to make. I decided to make it this year as part of our series on how to dress up a sheet cake. I don't need a reason to make those. I made some black and purple buttercream. Usually when I make purple buttercream, I add pink to it, but since this is halloween-themed, I decided not to add anything. That makes the purple quite cool. Also, the black buttercream is more dark gray, but it darkens with time.  Then I had three piping tips. A small round tip, a petal tip and a star tip.  Then I put black buttercream in a piping bag with a small round tip and a star tip. The purple buttercream is in a piping bag with the petal tip.  Then I piped a handful of purple roses.  Then I took a cake dummy the same size as a quarter sheet cake.  This design would work on any shaped cake, though. I frosted it with white frosting. You can frost it yourself or buy it fros...