Blankie and Booties Cake
by Carol Workman
(Concord, NC, USA)
Blankie and Booties Cake
I made a pound cake from scratch and added Tollhouse chocolate to the recipe. The Mother-to-be requested a chocolate cake because the baby was craving "chocolate". Imagine that.
I doubled the recipe so that I would have enough cake mix for the three layers. As if the chocolate didn't give it away, we're having a granddaughter!!
I made marshmallow fondant (with added colors) and the cake the night before I decorated the cake so that all layers were sufficiently cooled and the fondant had time to cool also. I made the booties the next day using gum paste. The booties were made by hand and not with a mold. The flowers and pearly balls were made with the fondant.
To decorate the cake I leveled and decrumbed the layers and covered all layers individually with buttercream icing. I rolled and placed the fondant on each individual layer and smoothed with my hands, then cut off the excess fondant. I placed small posts in the bottom cake layer before stacking the other layers to prevent sliding. I took the rolled balls and placed on the bottom edge around the bottom layer. I took the buttercream icing and placed stars around both the bottom of the second and third layers.
15% off for our readersI made a blanket by rolling out the fondant very thin and placing it on the top layer. Placed the booties on top, star decor around the top of the booties, and the flowers to the side of the layers.
This cake was was the centerpiece to the food table. I placed a couple yards of tulle around the bottom of it to give it that finished look. This was a fun cake to make and everyone loved it! Especially the mother-to-be. She took the top layer home with her to share with the baby at the 1st year birthday party!
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