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!
