Nautical Baby Shower Cake

Nautical themed baby showers seem to be really popular right now, but this was the first time I'd been asked to make a cake for one. My customer did what I love, she told me the theme and the colors she'd like for me to use and let me come up with how I wanted to decorate it. I'd originally planned to have fondant life preservers on it as well, but my fondant thought otherwise, but I thought it still turned out great! It was vanilla pound cake with buttercream frosting and marshmallow fondant decorations.

Baby Shower Cupcakes

I know earlier in the week I said I don't make cupcakes often and now here I am posting about them again. This was a last minute order that was picked up on Valentine's day which explains why I didn't take a picture until I had them boxed up. Whoops! Anyway, they were chocolate cupcakes with pink and blue vanilla buttercream frosting since they aren't finding out what they are having.

Baby Shower Sheet Cake

Here's a vanilla pound cake frost in vanilla buttercream. The baby decoration is marshmallow fondant. The shower hostess sent me a copy of the invitation so I could use the same design on the cake. I love getting to see the invitation, because it helps me to stay close to the theme.

Chevron Baby Shower Cake

This was a cake for a baby shower for a couple who isn't finding out if they are having a boy or girl. The hostesses showed me a picture of what they wanted and told me the colors and flavors they wanted, so this was a pretty easy cake for me to make! It was a vanilla pound cake with vanilla butter cream frosting, and the chevron stripes are marshmallow fondant.

Double Shower Cakes

What's better than one baby? Two babies! What's better than one cake?? Two cakes! I had a friend call me and see if I could make two cakes for a double baby shower she was hosting for two sisters both having boys. That's something I hadn't done before, so of course I told her I would love to make them! They were vanilla pound cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and all of the decorations were made from marshmallow fondant.

Since I was so happy with how well these cakes turned out, I had my sister-in-law come over and take pictures for me. She takes great pictures and has an amazing blog you should check out at www.handmedownstyle.com. 

Train Cake

For this cake, I was asked to make a cake for a baby shower. I was told the theme was trains and it was for a baby boy. I had used fondant plenty of times for flat decorations, but I've never made 3D figures before. As soon as I heard train, I knew I wanted to attempt a 3D train. I feel like less is more right now, especially when it comes to cake decorating. I kept this one very simple and the customer was happy with the finished product! This was vanilla pound cake with vanilla butter cream.

Baby Shower Cake

When I was asked to making a jungle themed cake, I was thinking leaves and trees and animals and vines,  but the customer actually said she wanted something simple. She sent me a copy of the invitation, and I made fondant animals to match the invitation. It was vanilla pound cake and vanilla butter cream frosting with marshmallow fondant animals.