Fiesta Baby Shower Cake

I was recently asked to make a baby shower cake for a fun loving couple! The "belly cake" is a very popular baby shower cake style and since this party was being held on Cinco de Mayo, I was asked to incorporate some FIESTA elements into the belly cake design!

The cake flavors were chocolate with chocolate Swiss Meringue and Vanilla with strawberry cream cheese.

Congratulations and Ole!

Zebra & Stars Baby Shower Cake

I an animal print kinda girl, so I was super happy to make a baby shower cake featuring fun zebra stripes! Mommy-to-be also wanted to incorporate pink shimmery stars for the little "star" about to make her debut!

The cake was a strawberry cake with strawberry cream cheese filling and a carrot cake with cream cheese filling...all covered in a yummy vanilla buttercream! Zebra stripes, stars and ribbon all made from vanilla fondant.

A super fun cake for a wild little star getting ready to enter the world!

Woodland Baby Shower Cake

I recently had the pleasure of working with Wendy of Wendy Updegraff Photography to create a cake for her sister's baby shower. Wendy, her sister and her mom are a seriously talented trio who put together amazing parties. It's always an honor to play a small part in any of their celebrations. Wendy's sister Jamie chose a  woodland themed shower, which is a perfect theme when you are expecting a sweet baby boy!

The cake inspiration came from the beautifully illustrated invitation from Whimsy Whimsical. As soon as I saw that invitation, I knew I wanted to create those sweet woodland animals out of fondant! But my favorite part to make was the teeny tiny cupcakes.

The cake was a chocolate cake with salted caramel Swiss meringue buttercream filling, which is quickly becoming one of my most requested combos. The top tier is covered in chocolate fondant and the bottom in vanilla fondant.

The shower was absolutely gorgeous with so many beautiful details. You would be amazed to know how much the family did themselves...from sewing the tablecloths, making the centerpieces (the wood used was cut by Wendy's husband) and when their mom told me she cut the wooden banner signs with her jigsaw I about fell over! Check out the gorgeous photos Wendy took and all the fabulous details over at Wendy Updegraff Photography!

*all photos provided by Wendy Updegraff Photography

Princess Shower Cake

I was so excited to make my first baby shower cake! My husband organized a shower for a coworker and I offered to make a cake. This shower was a little different because it was for the daddy-t0-be. But it so happens that he is expecting a baby girl, so there was no way this cake was going to be anything but girly!

Daddy-to-be chose strawberry for his cake flavor, so the pink cake just added to the girly-ness of it all!

Strawberry cake, vanilla buttercream, filled with buttercream & fresh strawberries, and marshmallow fondant decorations. He even opted to take the edible crown home to save (such a sweet daddy).

And if he's anything like my husband, that little baby already has daddy wrapped around her tiny finger!


Aren't all girls daddy's princesses after all?