Retirement Cruise Cake

I was asked to make this cake for a retirement party being hosted for my co-worker (at my full-time job), Debbie, who had been with our company for 20 years. My inspiration for this cake was focused on her "favorites". She loves elephants, cruising, chocolate and Peeps candy. The cake topper is German chocolate cake filled with gooey caramel and iced with buttercream icing. The chocolate cupcakes were simply topped with buttercream icing and finished with a Peep candy.