Baby shower cake: “Baby’s First Books”

by Mitja on October 2, 2008

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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1 elysia October 2, 2008 at 7:29 am

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!

2 Aaron October 2, 2008 at 1:06 pm

I still have nightmares of the Baskin Robbin cakes and birthday cones… you’re starting to scare me!

3 Tania October 2, 2008 at 4:21 pm

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.

4 Janet October 4, 2008 at 6:00 pm

I’m so easily impressed.

5 Katherine October 5, 2008 at 1:12 am

Awesome cake decoration! I’d love to know the story of how “Getting to Yes” ended up being one of the books…

6 Mitja October 5, 2008 at 9:51 am

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…

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