by Amanda Juetten
(Plumas Lake, CA, USA)
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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