Sunday, January 31, 2010

Baby Shower Carriage Cake for Twin Girls

Today I co-hosted a baby shower for my friends who are having twin girls and this is the cake I made for the party.  At first I had the idea to make 2 carriages, each with a baby inside.  However, after using all of my white chocolate for the top of the first carriage I decided perhaps both babies could fit together inside one carriage.

The cake was comprised of two cake layers.  The first layer was made with a regular 9 inch cake pan.  The carriage layer was made with half a soccer ball cake pan (a half sphere).  First, I iced both layers with cream cheese frosting.  Then I used a delicious buttercream for the colored icing.

The top of the carriage was made by melting white chocolate (with a bit of kefir) and then painting it on to a half sphere cake pan lined with saran wrap.  At first it didn't go very well and I almost gave up.  The chocolate didn't want to stick to the saran wrap, but after the first layer was down it was easier.  I just wish I had made it a little smaller so the babies inside would be more visible.
I made the babies out of Starbursts.  Two orange Starbursts slightly warmed and rolled together make one baby head.  I also used one Starburst for the body below the blanket.  To make eye holes and ears I used a toothpick.  The hats and pacifiers were made of icing. 

The final step was to place the golden Oreos on for the wheels.  A big plus (or minus, depending on how you look at it) of this cake is that now I have a whole bag of Oreos left over.

More photos of the shower to come!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

OMG!!! I thought the babies at first were real (i.e., plastic dolls). And all that frosting! How is it that you have so *many* artistic talents in lots of areas and you're a wonderful person to boot? I guess you get to "have your cake and eat it too"!--Kara

KayAnne said...

A very impressive feat of cake engineering. Great job! I'm getting a sugar high just looking at the photos. Yum!

elizabeth said...

Awww! I love this! You are so talented!

Jen said...

That is nothing short of incredible....

Tony said...

Incredible! Any leftover frosting?

Angie said...

I agree- you have so many great skills! This is amazing!!! Where were you when I was trying to make a bowling cake for my daughter last year that ended up in the trash right before the party???

Jamie said...

The cake was adorable and tasted great too! Thanks Vanessa!

Jamie