Baby In A Bassinet Cake for "Curling" Parents
by Ramona Bause
(Cleveland, OH)
Baby In A Bassinet Cake for "Curling" Parents
This is a 2 tier cake--a 6 inch on a 10 inch. It was made for a young couple who enjoy curling as a hobby.
The bassinet hood is made of gum paste molded over a ball and left to dry. It was attached to the cake using royal icing.
The cakes are white almond sour cream filled with seedless raspberry preserves and iced with vanilla buttercream. They were then covered in fondant.
The cake board is covered in embossed fondant and under the bottom tier, thin circles of gum paste were frilled and decorated with half daisies in order to form a border.
The bassinet blanket was scalloped and imprinted with a shell pattern.
The baby is hand modeled, as are the curling broom and the curling stone. On the babies head are a few spouts of delicate fondant hair. The curling stone is painted with luster dust.
All of the daisies are made from fondant.
The entire cake was dry dusted with super pearl to make it glow.
WASC Recipe
2 boxes white cake mix
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 teas. salt
8 egg whites
2 2/3 cups water
4 Tbls. vegetable oil
2 cups (16oz carton) sour cream
2 teaspoon clear vanilla flavor
2 teaspoons almond extract
Mix all dry ingredients by hand using a whisk in a very large mixing bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients and beat on low speed for 2 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees
***One recipe makes: one 14" round + one 6" round
or one 16" round
or one 12" round + one 10" round
or one 12x18" sheet cake
or one 12" round + one 8" round + one 6"
Half a recipe makes: two 8" rounds
or two 6" rounds + 6 cupcakes
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