Cheap made Classy

I love when people make cheap, easy things look expensive. I highlighted Matthew Mead site a few weeks ago, but I discovered this great cake on his site. It is quite easy and cheap to make, but you would never guess it.

Fancy French Fruit and Cookie Cake

YOU WILL NEED:
Yellow cake mix, prepared in two 8 inch rounds
Fancy Pirouline Cookies (2 boxes)
Fresh raspberries, strawberries, blueberries (2 cups total)
Fresh purple grapes (3 small clusters)
3/4 inch gross grain ribbon (12 inches)
1 container prepared frosting, vanilla
2 cups Bird's custard mix, prepared

Place cake round on cake stand and top with 1 cup custard mix... top with second layer. Frost sides of the cake with prepared icing. Press cookies into the icing to surround enitre cake and tie with ribbon. Cover the top of the cake with custard and arrange fruit. Serve cake immediately and store remaining cake in the refrigerator.