Purple and White Roses Cake

For this birthday cake I was asked to make a Victoria sponge with raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream, cover in white fondant and decorate with purple and cream roses with a Happy Birthday message. I started working on the roses first so I mixed purple fondant with a small amount of sugarpaste to give it more strength and so I could roll the icing thin to give them a more delicate look. I find the best way to make fondant roses is to start with the large petals and build them in a flower forming cup, then add a small rose in the middle to create the open rose. For this cake I made three purple and three cream roses with a mix of large and medium leaves.