Monday, March 28, 2011

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

by Amanda Juetten
(Plumas Lake, CA, USA)

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

It's Raining Babies!

Umbrella Baby Shower Cake

I used Wilton's 18" half round cake pan for this. I made the cake from Duncan Hines Marble Fudge using 3 cake mixes. I baked the cake for about 65 minutes and let cool completely. I covered a large wooden cutting board in aluminum foil and wrapped the edge with a coordinating pink ribbon. I turned the cake out onto the cutting board. When I removed the cake from the pan the one edge refused to leave the pan so I was left with a chunk missing from the upper left side. I forged ahead anyways and made the frosting with my favorite decorator frosting (1 1/2 C. butter flavor shortening, 1/2 C butter, 2 TBL Vanilla, 4 TBL Water, pinch of salt, 2 LBS confectioners sugar. Mix shortening and butter until well blended, add liquids, mix until smooth, add pinch of salt, mix, add confectioners sugar a little at a time until well blended. Mix for 5 to 15 minutes on high until it reaches desired consistency.)

I tinted most of the frosting pink, reserving a cup and half to add cocoa to for the brown/chocolate frosting. I frosted the cake with a crumb coat of pink frosting and let set. I frosted with a final coat and let set, the key is to work the frosting as little as possible to keep it smooth. I used Whoppers malted milk balls for the bottom edge and piped the lines of the umbrella with the chocolate frosting and a star tip (16 I think). I still had the dilemma of the chunk missing from the top left so I took some silk flowers I had on hand and arranged them in the empty spot. Voila, instant beauty! I took a wooden dowel and covered one end of it with plastic wrap to stick in the cake. I pushed it most of the way through so it wouldn't tip and then covered the rest with chocolate colored satin ribbon and tied a coordinating pink, printed ribbon at the end.

I had a lot of fun making this cake and enjoy telling my friends it was by far the easiest cake I have ever made!


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