Beer Cooler cake

i handed this cake off yesterday, but waited to post it until the bday girl had seen it.....she turns 30 tomorrow, but her co-workers threw her a party today......i've actually known the bday girl since we were small - our dads were truckers together & used to hang out and play horseshoes way back in the day......i've only reconnected with her in the last few years & she's one of the ladies that started the "JMU cake crew" (as i like to call them ~lol~)....those business office ladies at JMU sure know how to put down some cake! ~teehee~ and i think i've gotten my most creative/crazy/original cake requests from them too! ;0)

dee's favorite beer is Coors Light, so her friends had me make her a beer cooler full of them.....the blue "cooler" is all strawberry cake.....the "ice" is clear gelatin....i made the "cans" out of fondant & hand-painted them with gel colors & edible dusts....the white rim of the "cooler" is not edible - it's made out of cardboard, covered in fondant - i needed it to be sturdy, to hold all of the "ice" in ;0)