Do you need to make a cake for your daughter or friend? If so, why not make her a purse cake? Have fun decorating it to look like a high end designer purse. You can use color pictures from a catalog or magazine ad. Or you could go funky and do it in neon bright colors with zigzags, dots, or stripes.
Your basic baking supplies should be sufficient. I use a 9x13 pan for this. I cut a trapezoid (4 sided narrowing at the top) and use the cut away pieces to create handles.
Another purse from the same shape pan would be a barrel purse rounded off on both ends and the trimmed pieces can be used for handles. You can vary the cakes by using different recipes from your collection.
Round pans can also be used to make hat box style purse cakes. Let your imagination go wild and have fun creating these unique cakes.