Sweet Expectations

In keeping with the theme of babies, as mentioned in my earlier post, here are some pics of cakes recently made for baby showers. I gifted my niece Shawnee, and niece-in-law Shelby, with the cake(s) for their special day. Small "topper" cakes sat atop cupcake towers.

Considering Corbin

For Shawnee I made layers of chocolate, vanilla, and her favorite, red velvet. All was layer and "dirty" frosted with a cream cheese-enhanced Italian Meringue Buttercream. Everything was nicely sealed under blue fondant with green and purple embellishments. I embossed dots on the cake with the names of our soon-to-be-here baby boy, Corbin, and his parents, James and Shawnee. The "C" was modeled from Rice Crispie treat and turned out a bit wonky, lol. Cupcakes accompanied in flavors to match the little layer cake, topped with the same IMB, and fondant dots.

I might add that today is Shawnee's birthday! I can still remember the first moment I met her ... a face like a baby doll with a rosebud mouth. What a beautiful child and great, soulful kid, and now a remarkable adult. When the Englishman and I were first married he convinced her he was working with James Bond as an undercover agent - 008 - and commissioned her to be a child agent. We even made her a photo ID - in disguise of course, complete with mustache and beard compliments of Adobe Photoshop. I think she believed it for about ... maybe a week. Still she continued on with her agent training, which included martial arts practice in my kitchen. 

Shawnee has been very, very, very ready to give birth for a couple weeks now and she's had a few false starts. We're all waiting patiently, kind of. A week ago she was pretty distraught, uncomfortable, and tired. Now she is resigned to waiting for Corbin's own timing ... and she keeps on smiling (because she has an induce date of Feb. 27 if the little guy forgets to soon check his watch).

Shawnee at her shower. 

She, too, is probably gonna beat me up for this. But she's soooo cute!

Waiting for Shayllen

Unfortunately I don't have a pic of Shelby from her shower. Let it be said she is a tall, gorgeous creature with a mane of beautiful hair, exotic eyes, and a lovely smile. She and nephew Terry are expecting a baby girl .... Shayllen Lee. For the shower I made Neopolitan layers of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry and got to get PINK and girly with the decorating. There were cupcakes in matching flavors, topped with IMB and fondant blossoms.