One of my friends is having her 5th baby and I was blessed to make her a cake for her shower. Our Catholic families group tries to have a shower for each new baby even if the mom has already had several children. It is so neat to welcome each new life with a celebration and a cake! :) Also I think the moms appreciate having some things that are just for the new child.
The theme was sage/brown with polka dots. I found some ribbon as requested and then made a gumpaste/topper with a piece of the ribbon attached and the baby's name piped onto it. The cake was white chocolate cake with vanilla/caramel buttercream and chocolate butter cake with chocolate fudge icing. Buttercream icing with gumpaste fondant decorations and chocolate icing polka dots. The cake did a little slide to the right in the car so I had a bit of frustration with the after travel look, but that part of cakes (driving them) is still something I have to work on...long, long way to go. I think with a buttercream cake I need to use more icing to secure the cake to the board and perhaps double check the centering of the top tier. OR I just need to assemble on site! :)
Evie, you do such a beautiful job!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! You make beautiful cakes. :)
ReplyDeleteI just swore off cakes after making fondant and doing some simple owls on top of cupcakes, but your cakes make me want to do more! I think I need to wait for the babies to get a bit older..... Anyway, fabulous! I LOVE the colors!
ReplyDeleteTheresa...making small toppers is very tedious! I think it is harder and more work intensive than a cake like this! :)
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