Tea Party Cake

Love this cake. I made it with cherries instead of strawberries for a cherry blossom cake. Yummy.

this cake was made with a 8X8 square cake pan. I have the issue and looked up the original recipe. Also, to make fondant flowers, roll out pre-made fondant like pastry to about 1/2" thick and use small cookie cutters to cut flower shapes for candles. A tip- dip the cookie cutters in cornstarch to prevent them from sticking to fondant! Good Luck! :)

Does anyone know what size pan I'm meant to use for this? It doesn't say.

I would love to make this cake for my daugther's birthday, but am feeling very daunted by the swiss meringue buttercream. I tried it a similar recipe once and it was a disaster. Does anyone have any idea as to what I could use as topping instead?