Diaper Bag Baby Shower Cake

Last weekend, Adam's mom threw us another baby shower! There were so many people there to talk to and so much good food to eat that I didn't take a single photo at the shower. Whoops! I can't believe it! So I have no new baby bump photos to share with you, but I do have a gazillion photos of the cake!

It's the first official cake for Mikaela from Mommy! In other words, I made it. I spent almost all day Friday working on it because I wanted it to be just perfect for her.

The cake itself was shaped like a giant diaper bag and had a layer of chocolate cake, a layer of vanilla cake, and guava filling. The baby shower was held at Cafe Nuevo in Tampa (yum!) so I thought it was appropriate to have guava filling.




I made a tag for the bag and wrote "Mikaela" on it so it looked like we were ready to drop her off at day care. Although, I don't know if she'll ever go to day care with 2 sets of grandparents dying to babysit. *wink*


And I made a couple of pairs of shoes using cutters from Cakes N'Supplies by Ximena. Love them! I made these late at night on Thursday so they came out a little sloppier than I'd hoped...I think my eyes had started going cross-eyed...but the cake wouldn't have been complete without them! In fact, Taylor, who came over to help me deliver the garbage truck cake & cookies, helped me by making the buttons and cutting out the Converse logos. Perfectly done!


Then I made a key teether set using another cutter from Cakes N'Supplies by Ximena. So cute! And I had to make some safety pins to represent the fact that we're going to use cloth diapers for Mikaela.


And after we finished putting all the accessories on the board, Taylor and I noticed a blank spot towards the back. Oh no! That will not do! But Taylor came to the rescue and made this adorable baby rattle to fill the spot!


My due date is only 7 weeks away now and we can't wait to meet Mikaela!

Owl Baby Shower Cake

It seems like we've been doing a lot of baby shower cakes lately! Here's one we created for Betsy, the owner of The Plant Shoppe here in town.


The whole cake was iced in white buttercream and decorated with fondant polka dots. The bow was also made of fondant and rested at the base of the bottom tier.


The owls on the topper were straight from the baby shower invitation! They were printed on icing sheets using a PhotoFrost machine and mounted on gum paste to give them some rigidity.

Cute, simple, and to the point.

And don't you love the name Andrew Joseph?!

Boy Bear Baby Shower Cake

Have you all seen enough of Christmas/winter stuff yet? Well, I'll give you a short break today, but I've got more winter cakes to post later so deal with it! *wink*

Here's a cute cake we did for a shower for a baby boy:


They wanted the bottom tier to be quilted, and the top tier to have polka dots that matched the party colors - lime green, dark blue, and brown. Then, they wanted a cute teddy bear sitting on top. We decided to add the baby blanket to give the cake an extra pop of color!


Awe, what a sweet little bear...He looks like he's perfect for hugging, don't you think?


And then we decorated cookie party favors to match the cake! Here are a couple of close-ups of the cookies:



So cute. I'm definitely a fan of the blues, green, and brown color combination!

Colorful Baby Shower Cake

Here is a dummy cake we made for the show room months ago. I know, you're probably asking yourself why I'm just getting around to showing it to you if we made it months ago. Well, we were waiting for the cake to make its debut at the Gainesville Bridal Expo last Sunday! A baby shower cake at a bridal expo? Yup! Those girls have the wedding at the top of their to-do list, but babies are always at the back of their mind. And who doesn't love to look at cute baby shower cakes anyway?



This cake was iced in buttercream and wrapped with ribbon and a Luck's Designer Print Edible Image. It's an image printed on edible paper!


Then, I made some fondant buttons and scattered those around the cake. Get it, cute as a button?


And we topped the cake with some yellow baby booties.


The entire cake was mounted on a white pedestal, which I think really enhances both the size and appearance of the cake. And I decorated a few cupcakes to show that we can use the edible image prints in that way too!

Adam's First Cake Delivery!

This post is a little delayed because this cake was actually delivered on the same day as my last library demo. Since I was all the way in Newberry at the same time they needed the cake delivered to the baby shower, I asked Adam to deliver it for me! His first delivery!!! He was nervous, but I walked him through all the little details. The worst part about it was I asked him to place the gum paste baby blocks on the cake at the baby shower. I was afraid they'd slide around too much in the car and ruin the cake. Overall, the delivery went without a hitch, but Adam seemed to have trouble getting the baby blocks centered on the cake. He's an engineer with an extreme Type A personality! How did he get it so right-skewed!? I'm just teasing, I love to poke fun at Adam. Lord knows, he teases me at every chance he gets too!