Baby Showers are fun!

Baby showers are not a very common thing in Sweden...but tonight I was at a super sweet baby shower for a super sweet lady! It was a lovely chance to get together with other ladies, eat good food and play fun games. Life is so much more fun when you can share the special moments it brings with other people!

I made the cake for the baby shower...it was the first time I have attempted modelling a person...it came out pretty cute, if I can say so myself;-)


The cake was made up of layers of cake, chocolate cream, caramel cream and covered with a white chocolate icing. I love the look that a cake covered in fondant gives, but fondant is unfortunately very very sweet. So i'm trying to find ways to cover cakes with icings that aren't as sweet, yet still look good. The biggest challenge with icing is getting it perfectly smooth. But practise makes perfect! The little polka dots and the lady were all made from home-made fondant.

The cake recipe is SOOO easy...4 simple ingrediants:

4 eggs
1½ dl (just over ½ cup) sugar
1 dl(100 ml) flour
½dl(50 ml) cocoa

Beat the eggs and sugar together very well until light and fluffy. Sieve the flour and cocoa into the egg mixture and CAREFULLY fold it in until mixed. Bake at 200 degrees for 10-15 minutes and you're done ;-)
For tonight's cake i made 2 of these, cut each one in half and layered it with dark chocolate cream and caramel cream.

Dark chocolate cream:
200g dark chocolate, melted over a water bath
3½ dl (1½ cup) cream.

Whip the cream and mix in the cooled, melted chocolate...it's that simple.

And the caramel cream...it was AMAZING! I could eat it just like it is. But to get that recipe you'll have to come back some other day ;-)

I have another cake and party project coming up on the week-end...for my son. He's turning 2...and he loves cars...so guess what kind of party we're having...

Sleep tight and sweet dreams everyone!
Happy baking!