Baby Shower for Niece #4!

My oldest brother Ken and his wife Julie are now the proud parents are a precious baby girl named, Sienna.

But back in March - I hosted their joint Baby Shower.

I've always wanted to make a "naked" cake...and Julie was kind enough to let me try it out for the shower...but my brother Ken had one request...Hostess.

So their cake was inspired by the Hostess Cupcake.

Devils Food Cake Filled with Dark Chocolate Ganache and a Whipped Vanilla Buttercream, stacked and left "naked" with just a sprinkle of powdered sugar for prettiness.

The flowers are not real and the Elephant toppers were made by myself with scrapbook paper.

Spring Baby Shower

A friend from High School got in touch with me and asked if I could bake something for her sister-in-law's Baby Shower.

The theme was Spring and Pastels.

White Cupcakes with Chocolate Mousse Topping

Chocolate Fudge Cupcakes with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream

All were topped with a Yellow Flower made of Marshmallow Fondant.

The Cake Pop favors are Chocolate Cake mixed with Chocolate Frosting dipped in White Chocolate and decorated with a Pink Flower made of Marshmallow Fondant.

Tags and Ribbon were provided by the host....super cute, right?

I had a few extras...

Cupcakes for Baby Alivia

A friend of mine is expecting a little girl named, Alivia in December.

This past weekend was her Baby Shower and I was thrilled to bake up some sweets.

Mommy-to-be was craving White Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Filling & Buttercream but also some Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting.

What Mommy-to-be wants, Mommy-to-be gets.

The shower colors were pink and green.

I used my pink and green cupcake trees for the display because, well...they matched perfectly.

White Chocolate Chunks ready to go into the batter.

A freshly baked White Chocolate Chunk Cupcake.

Hot Salted Caramel Filling ready to go inside the cupcakes.

Filled Cupcakes.

So excited that I finally was able to use these!

Cupcakes!

Congratulations Trisha...can't wait to meet Alivia!

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, NEW Fish

What an adorable Baby Shower theme huh?

This cake is inspired by this Dr. Seuss book:

3 yummy layers of French Vanilla Cake filled with Fresh Strawberries and covered in a generous amount of Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

I covered and decorated the cake with homemade Marshmallow Fondant and used Gel Coloring & Vodka to paint the black accents.

Lil' Slugger Baby Shower

Baby Showers left and right...and more on the schedule.

This cake was made for a Baseball themed shower.

The cake was three tiers, each being a different flavor.

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Filling
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Filling

and Chocolate Cake with Buttercream Filling

I accidentally colored the Buttercream Blue but then realized...why not? Goes with the whole "Boy" theme.

This Mommy-to-Be is a San Francisco Giants Fan...and she wanted to represent!

The whole cake is covered and decorated with homemade Marshmallow Fondant and Brown Sugar was used for the "dirt".

Congratulations Isabel on your Lil' Slugger!

Pink & Grey Baby Shower

Everyone goes to a Baby Shower hoping for a good time...well, when you order sweets from me that's what you'll get!

These pretty cupcakes were made for a Pink & Grey themed Baby Shower.
The soon-to-be Auntie who ordered them for the shower had very specific design requests from the soon-to-be Mommy.

Half the cupcakes were Vanilla Cheesecake and the other half were Chocolate...both were filled with a Fresh Strawberry Filling and topped with a very generous amount of Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream.

There was a variety of toppers: Chocolate Butterflies, Crystal Sprinkles and Fondant Flowers.

It gets better...

There were also cake balls.

Red Velvet ones, mixed with a dollop of Cream Cheese frosting and then dipped in colored white chocolate and topped with Crystal Sprinkles and a simple Fondant Heart.

Mini cupcake holders and liners make the PERFECT packaging for cake balls.

Sometimes when I deliver these sweets....I want to stay for the party...this was one of those times.

At least I had a few extra cake balls for myself : )
You know...so I could get a good picture...ya, that's it.