Baby Shower Cake

One of my biggest joys is baking for someone and having them enjoy it. A few Fridays ago I threw a baby shower at work for one of my Administrative Assistants. She is the sweetest person so I couldn't have been happier to throw the shower for her. It also gave me a reason to make a cake!

I looked at tons of different cakes online for baby showers, but somehow none of them felt right. So I just decided to come up with something on my own.

I normally would make the cake from scratch and buy the frosting, but this time I used a cake mix to save time.

What you need:

2 Yellow Cake Mixes
3 Containers of Vanilla Frosting
2 Bunches of Hydrangeas
1 Wilton's Rose Food Coloring
1/2 Pint Fresh Strawberries
9" Cake Pan
6" Cake Pan

Prepare the cake mixes as directed and bake two 9" rounds and two 6" round cakes. You will have left over cake batter, I just made a pan of cupcakes with the extra. While the cakes are cooling, thinly slice the strawberries. Fill the 9" and 6" cakes separately with a thin layer of frosting and one layer of strawberries. Dirty ice each cake and put both of them in the freezer for at least 30 minutes or until the frosting is firm. Put the finishing layer of icing on each cake and stack the 6" in the center of the 9" cakes. Mix 1/2 to 3/4 cups of frosting with one or two drops of the rose food coloring. Pipe a line at the bottom of each layer of cake. Cut the hydrangeas into the desired bunch size and wrap the bottom of the stems well with plastic wrap. Hydrangeas are not edible, so you want to make sure the the stems are cover well before pushing them into the cakes. See the attached pictures for placement of the flowers and piping style.

The cake was not perfect but it was delicious, simple, and beautiful.