PREPARE THE FLOWER BED:
Ice the top and sides of the pound cake with chocolate frosting
Then trim the
top of each ladyfinger into a point to resemble a fence picket
Gently press the
pickets against the frosted sides of the loaf cake
Seal a handful of chocolate
wafer cookies in a plastic bag and crush them with a rolling pin
Sprinkle the
crumb "soil" on top of the loaf cake
PLANT A ROW OF TULIPS:
Sprinkle sugar onto waxed paper
Roll the gumdrops to a 1/4-inch thickness
using a rolling pin on the waxed paper surface
With kitchen scissors, cut
notches in the tops of the flattened gumdrops to create tulip shapes
Insert a
toothpick stem into the base of each blossom
Make a pair of leaves for each tulip by trimming flattened green gumdrops
into teardrop shapes
Spear the base of each leaf with the toothpick stem
and push it halfway up the stem
Now plant the tulips in the cake
For a fun
finishing touch, sprinkle coconut tinted with green food coloring around the
garden to resemble grass