Posted by Mitja in cakes
I just finished decorating a cake for a baby shower at work tomorrow. It is a half-sheet (12″ x 16″) and the theme of the party is baby books. Click on the photo for a larger version, though you still cannot see the edible sparkles too well. The Goodnight Moon and Very Hungry Caterpillars were pretty tedious to do and I guess I could have done the thought bubble coming from the pram a little bit better.
I was tempted to do more but at a certain point you run a risk of making a major mistake or just overloading the cake with too many decorations.
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I know I’m partial, but I think that is an awesome cake. Not as unique at first glance as the Hippie cake, but the detail is amazing. Maybe it wasn’t intentional, but I love how the “YES” looks like cross-stitching detail. And the shades of the colors match the originals perfectly. Nice job!
I still have nightmares of the Baskin Robbin cakes and birthday cones… you’re starting to scare me!
This cake is beautiful! I can’t ever get my colors to look the way I want them to look! Hopefully I will get to that point soon. I have fallen in love with color flow icing. I think that is what I will be using for my husband’s welcome home cake.
I’m so easily impressed.
Awesome cake decoration! I’d love to know the story of how “Getting to Yes” ended up being one of the books…
I had some other book by Ury in my office at work when I was thinking about what to put on the cake. I took a negotiation workshop with him about a year ago…so far the only negotiating I do is nearly every conversation with my daughter. So it seemed appropriate.
I have not tried color flow icing yet. I probably could have used colored sugar for the caterpillar, but the books were done with buttercream frosting and a #3 and #13(?) star tip. I lucked out on getting the colors exactly right — it’s like wet paint and looks a little different (darker) when dry…