Last Saturday I had the pleasure of attending a dear friends baby shower. She is Kimberly's twin sister and although they do not look alike, they are both super fabulous in their own unique ways and hold a very special place in my heart. Brittney is having a girl...whohooo...I am overjoyed that I have a friend having a girl close to Hartley's age. Play dates, make-up, dresses, dolls, bows and sparkles...here we come!
I baked the cake the night before. I choose a delicious French Vanilla flavor. Saturday morning all I did was cut the two 9" round cakes I made in half each so my bottom layer had 4 cake layers and in between layers I put vanilla icing and a blackberry preserve. I placed 4 cake sticks in the middle of my bottom layer to serve as a support system for the top layer. I did a crumb coating of icing, which actually served as my final "rustic" look for icing as I was following a version I saw on Pinterest that I LOVED.
After the bottom layer was assembled on the stand I cut my two 6" round cakes I made in half each so my top layer had 4 cake layers and in between layers I put vanilla icing and a blackberry preserve. Once the top layer was assembled separately, I used a large spatula to carefully place the top layer on the bottom layer. I placed three large kabob sticks from the top to the bottom in a triangle pattern through all the layers to give it a little bit more stability since I did have to transport it. Then, just ice top layer like bottom.
The topper I created by using:
This cake was really a team effort. Kimberly tackled the DIY
tutu cake stand, while I made the cake, cake topper, and assembled it for the
shower. I'm no cake maker, but sometimes it's fun to tackle something new and work off of a Pinterest inspiration :)
You know when you have a bestie when she takes step-by-step pictures
for you to capture how to make something PERFECT…thanks Kimberly!!
How she made this adorable DIY tutu cake stand. She cut a rubber placemat the diameter of the cake stand she had. Then she wrapped a piece of yarn around the edge and attaching it about every 1" with a drop of hot glue. With two colors of glittered tulle, she started making loops to adhere the tulle to the piece of yawn (perfect simple no sew solution). She kept alternating the pink and lavender tulle until she made it all around the stand.
How she made this adorable DIY tutu cake stand. She cut a rubber placemat the diameter of the cake stand she had. Then she wrapped a piece of yarn around the edge and attaching it about every 1" with a drop of hot glue. With two colors of glittered tulle, she started making loops to adhere the tulle to the piece of yawn (perfect simple no sew solution). She kept alternating the pink and lavender tulle until she made it all around the stand.
After the bottom layer was assembled on the stand I cut my two 6" round cakes I made in half each so my top layer had 4 cake layers and in between layers I put vanilla icing and a blackberry preserve. Once the top layer was assembled separately, I used a large spatula to carefully place the top layer on the bottom layer. I placed three large kabob sticks from the top to the bottom in a triangle pattern through all the layers to give it a little bit more stability since I did have to transport it. Then, just ice top layer like bottom.
The topper I created by using:
- hard stock paper - pink
- burlap twine
- hot glue
- scissors
- gold letter stickers
- straws/kabob sticks
- Cut the paper in about 2" long rectangle and then make the V by cutting into the middle from both sides, bend the paper in half so it is like a small tent
- Place the letter stickers on the paper
- Once the letters are all made, take your twine (or ribbon) and put the inside crease of you tent over the twine and secure the two side together over the twine with hot glue
- Once all letters are attached to the twine, you are ready to attach to the straw/sticks by simply wrapping and knotting the twine
Finish the cake off with some beautiful fresh flowers. The tulips and baby's breath were perfect for this lavender spring themed shower.
I was so proud to show this off at the shower and all the details Kimberly and her mother put together were absolutely amazing. Kaelyn has a wonderful family that is very excited to meet her!
I was so proud to show this off at the shower and all the details Kimberly and her mother put together were absolutely amazing. Kaelyn has a wonderful family that is very excited to meet her!
(the maid of honor order two 20 packs in 2" pots and she had some extras to make some adorable displays in her home)
(this is a large bag, we only used about half for this entire project)
(I had the idea of buying thrift store tea cups, but for such a large shower this would have been a little costly, but if you have a smaller group this would be so pretty!)
and 
that will work perfectly)
