A few of my co-workers know that I love to bake so I was asked to make a cake for my co-workers Baby Shower that we had for him at work (his wife is pregnant, just in case I confused you). The cake was simple...yellow with chocolate frosting. The tricky part, making it look pretty.
Before last Thursday (12/8), I never piped anything on a cake. Originally I wanted to use fondant but also wanted to keep the budget low so buttercream was the winner. The only baby decoration I could think of and still use buttercream was baby booties. Before I left work that day I watched a 2 minute tutorial on how to make baby booties.
So, now I'm home the cake is baked and cooled, the chocolate frosting is complete and the buttercream is waiting to be used. Tricky thing about buttercream is, you have to lock in the moisture while it's sitting, so I wet a paper towel, put it over the bowl and then put a heavy kitchen towel over that.
After putting the chocolate frosting on the cake I knew it was show time. I colored some of the buttercream (I had white, blue and green). I tried making a few baby booties and didn't like them so I was like forget it, I'll stand there all day and play with it so I started decorating with no prior design set in mind...so here's the end result! Let me know what you think, I'm looking for constructive criticism. I know my border isn't straight, but that was the first time I've piped on a cake.
Before last Thursday (12/8), I never piped anything on a cake. Originally I wanted to use fondant but also wanted to keep the budget low so buttercream was the winner. The only baby decoration I could think of and still use buttercream was baby booties. Before I left work that day I watched a 2 minute tutorial on how to make baby booties.
So, now I'm home the cake is baked and cooled, the chocolate frosting is complete and the buttercream is waiting to be used. Tricky thing about buttercream is, you have to lock in the moisture while it's sitting, so I wet a paper towel, put it over the bowl and then put a heavy kitchen towel over that.
After putting the chocolate frosting on the cake I knew it was show time. I colored some of the buttercream (I had white, blue and green). I tried making a few baby booties and didn't like them so I was like forget it, I'll stand there all day and play with it so I started decorating with no prior design set in mind...so here's the end result! Let me know what you think, I'm looking for constructive criticism. I know my border isn't straight, but that was the first time I've piped on a cake.
