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:
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
A very impressive feat of cake engineering. Great job! I'm getting a sugar high just looking at the photos. Yum!
Awww! I love this! You are so talented!
That is nothing short of incredible....
Incredible! Any leftover frosting?
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???
The cake was adorable and tasted great too! Thanks Vanessa!
Jamie
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