Christmas Potluck cake

Last night Matt and I collaborated on a Christmas cake to bring to his work Christmas potluck. I asked him what kind of things were being brought to the potluck expecting some of the traditional Christmas food (mac and cheese, cranberry sauce, ham). Instead I was told hot wings, Adobo, and spaghetti. Yeah, I was making a face like you are probably making now....yuck! Well I said ok I will make a Christmas cake. I have been wanting to make one anyways but didn't wish to consume the calories. I meant to spend a lot of time making a beautiful cake but instead holiday craziness came in the way and I had ended up making it last night. Matt told me how he wanted it to look and also said he wanted a snowman in the middle. I gave him snowman duty and I have to admit he did a great job. I know a snowman seems like an easy thing to make but my husband has the artistic ability of a newborn so I was very impressed by him making the fondant snowman. I did the rest including hand painting the trees and candy canes. Though you can't really tell by the pictures I also used piping gel and some sugar shavings to make it look like the snow man was melting. Though there was a thousand ideas in my head we had limited time. I still think it came out cute.