After looking at a lot of Mary Poppins-themed cakes, this is what I created. I used an internal wire structure for the second time only, but it made it possible for Mary to be holding her umbrella aloft and her bag away from her body. I made the bag out of polystyrene, covered with a thin layer of sugarpaste to keep the weight down, and painted it with petal dusts and cocoa butter. Saracino modelling paste used for the rest of the figure.
Cakework Creations
Very nice.
The Garden Baker