First Cake

      Last year, about August of 2010, I got the opportunity to make. . .or attempt to make a cake for a surprise babyshower. I didn't really know the mother-to-be at all, but her husband was on Michael's flight in tech school. Her husband thought of the idea to hold a surprise babyshower, and of course invited all the guys on flight to help make it a special time. So. . when I heard of this grand thing he was planning, I offered to make the cake and mints to help out his budget. After going to Hobby Lobby and selecting some special tools I began to do some test tasting and baking. 

      I tried out one homemade white cake recipe, and it was a no go. So then, I tried out an almond cake recipe, and it was a hit. So then I got on the internet and looked up some cakes to get some ideas. Anyways, if you know me at all you would know that simple and elegant is just. . .me. Also since I have not mentioned, this cake is supposed to be for a baby girl. 

      I don't like pink. In fact it is a very obnoxious color to me. Okay so Champaigne is the only pinkish color I can stand, and of course pink in small quantities is not to bad. So unlike most of the cakes I saw on the internet, I decided to do a simple white on white, with elegant colors that would be suitable for a baby girl: light pink, aqua blue and purple. 

     So two days before the babyshower, I made six rectangular pans of different sizes of almond white cake. I let them cool, took them out of the pans, wrapped them, and set them gently in the freezer. I then made a special frosting and seperated it into three bulks, and colored each one to my desired tint. After doing such, I put each color into the piping tube, and made little flowers. After about three hours of piping out little flowers, I let them sit overnight to harden. 

     The next morning I took the frozen cake out of the freezer, shaved them, stacked them, frosted the cake, did detailing, and then gently put the flowers on in a fashionable manner. Afterwords, I was feeling pretty accomplished. I guess working at a bakery for over a year really taught me some tricks with cake decorating.   I also realize that cake decorating is a real passion of mine.        

     Bright and early the next morning, the husband dropped by my apartment, to pick up the cake for the babyshower. He did not expect to get such a large cake, but thought it was very beautiful and was very thankful. From what I know, the babyshower went well, and a couple weeks later their baby girl arrived. I am very very glad that I got to help him out with his big plan. I look forward to making another baby cake in about a month for another friend of mine, I'll be sure to post pictures of that one as well. 

I forgot to mention I made mints to. . .