bird nest

i have been taking these cake deco classes in a local store and totally enjoying it. the instructor and the classmates are fun, and i have decided to go to course 3 to continue this new found hobby of mine. so here's my finished product for course 2, i couldn't quite imagine it would look like this when i was making those flowers in class --


what? chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing
occasion? wilton's decorating class