Deb's Baby Shower #2

Because baby #2 was a boy, my sister needed a second baby shower!!! Little did we know when we planned it that baby #2 would have been born four days before the shower. Mr. Tyler Cole decided to pop six weeks early and throw off everyone's plans. We still had a shower though!!!

Deb was released from the hospital about thirty minutes before her shower started. She went straight from the hospital to the shower and we all thought she was nuts. Anyways, here is a display of everything I made. I only had about three hours to make everything (between work and going to the hospital) so this is what was whipped up:

Wacky Cake cupcakes with "Duke" blue frosting . . .

"Crack" cookies: My sister came up with this one. Basically they are Toll-House chocolate chip cookies with chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, and nuts of your choosing . . 

Cinnamon fudge: Yes, it sounds kind of weird, but it is absolutely delicious. I dipped the tops in cinnamon sugar for a sparkly effect . . .

Chocolate macaroons with a mint ganache in the center . . . 

And this was how the dining room table looked . . .  Not too bad for only three hours!!!

Minnie Mouse

Apparently little kids these days love Mickey and Minnie Mouse. This cake was for the 1st birthday of my neighbor's daughter.

One tier of the cake was chocolate filled with strawberries and raspberries. While the other tier was a vanilla cake filled with blueberries and blackberries. I covered the entire cake in vanilla buttercream and fondant. It was a definite hit!

Joey's Lego Cakes

Joey requested a Lego cake for his birthday . . .

Originally I was going to make one cake with multiple colored Legos, stacked on top of each other like the typical tower kids build with them, but I couldn't decide how I wanted the tower to look, so I made four individual Legos instead. Apparently this was the best decision I made because all of the kids wanted a specific color piece of cake. 

Speaking of cake, the flavor was red velvet; Joey's favorite, of course. I topped the cakes with vanilla buttercream and then fondant. I used marshmallows to create the traditional Lego shape.

Spiderman

My downstairs neighbor's little boy loves Spiderman. When it was time for his sister's 1st birthday, his mom wanted to do something special for him as well. I asked the little boy what kind of cake he wanted and he shouted, "SPIDERMAN!!!" I got out the black and blue food coloring and created this:

I believe the cake was a wacky cake (which you can probably tell from my previous posts is my favorite chocolate cake) with vanilla buttercream and layered with blackberries and raspberries.

 

When I walked down the steps to deliver the cake, (I must say that was definitely the easiest delivery I have ever made) the little boy was so excited. He immediately ran and got his Spiderman action figure, which he then shoved directly into the cake :) 

Mini Cupcakes

Mini cupcakes are not only adorable, but are just as tasty as normal sized cupcakes. Even better, is the fact that you can get away with eating more than one!!!

These are wacky cake mini cupcakes with chocolate wing-it icing (one of my favorites) and some green sprinkles. I found the cupcake liners at Michaels, on the clearance rack, and were perfect for the holidays. 

Katie Turns Two!!!

This adorable cake was made for Katie for her 2nd birthday. Katie loves Mickey Mouse and red velvet cake, so why not put the two together . . . 

The cake was a moist red velvet cake with pink cream cheese frosting. You have to put cream cheese frosting on a red velvet cake or it isn't a red velvet cake. I used one half of Wilton's Sports Ball Pan Set to make Mickey's hat and then covered the cakes in fondant. Mickey's ears were completely made of fondant and were strong enough to stand up with just a few toothpicks holding them in place.

Max's Soccer Ball

This cake was a lot of fun to make. It isn't often that I get to make a spherical shaped cake. Max's mom and I work together almost every day and for Max's 3rd birthday he wanted a soccer ball cake. So here it is:

It was a yellow cake with chocolate chips folded into the batter. Vanilla butter cream was dyed green for the grass, while fondant pentagons and hexagons covered the ball. I've never had so much fun piping icing on a cake before.