One of my interests (besides cake and chocolate) is collecting Department 56 Snow Villages and I belong to the local club of collectors, Desert Villagers. As a member I'm hoping to learn how to construct a village scene to display my houses from the experienced scene creators. The club is part of the National Council of 56 Collectors which is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To celebrate they are holding a cake contest that each club may enter. The present part of the cake represents the celebration and the snowman was made to look like the snowman piece that was created by NCC to celebrate the 15th anniversary. The present cake is white sourcream cake with raspberry mousse, buttercream icing and the snowflakes are fondant dusted with a little pearl dust. The snowman is chocolate sourcream cake covered in buttercream and fondant. The 15th anniversary logo on the shopping bag is an edible image.
