Need Help With Ideas For Shower Cake

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tomsmom245 Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:19am
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I am doing a baby shower cake for 150 people. I have never done a shower this big. I need ideas!!! (I stink at ideas) The baby's room is done in story books...I was thinking book pan in her fav book and then sheet cakes? I could use a bookworm somewhere..

I really want to do something that will knock their socks off!

Thanks!

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ccr03 Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:30am
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A tier cake automatically comes to mind. Check out the gallery for ideas.

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FeGe_Cakes Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:30am
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What about Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes? Maybe you could create several book cakes with your favorite nursery rhyme on each book cover.

Or do a tiered-cake with each layer being a nursery rhyme.

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prterrell Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:46am
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I'm not sure how many each of the book cake pans serve (I know Wilton makes 2 sizes). But I think it would be soooo cute to do several of these with a different nursery rhyme on each. You could do the written rhyme on one side of the cake and an illustration on the other.

Hehe, now I want to make a cake like that! icon_lol.gif

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FeGe_Cakes Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:53am
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I recently bought the 2 mix book pan (Wilton) and it says it serves 30.

Prterrell, I do like your idea of the nursery rhyme on one-side and illustration on the other. Sounds sooo cute. And it does make you want to do one for somebody.

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youngestdecorator Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 3:59am
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Yeah if your more comfortable w/th just cake pans not tiers, then the idea about each book being a nursery is the best idea. It just sounds so cute! Good Luck!

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chefcindy Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 4:06am
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You could do a tiered cake and have humpty dumpty on the top with a fondant brick wall on the sides, another layer with "Hey Diddle Diddle" characters around the side, or other rhymes.

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tomsmom245 Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 1:28pm
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you guys are awesome! Unfortunately the party planner nixed more than one book cake. I have the 2 mix pan so I can make one of those. I like the idea of tiers though! I am trying to find out what the mother's fav books are and then I can go from there.

Thanks!
Ashlee

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JaneK Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 1:34pm
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If they only want one book, then you could do the Index of Nursery Rhymes as the book cake and make the tiered cake with each layer as a particular nursery rhyme(s)

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2sdae Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 1:41pm
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you could do a tiered cake with a gumpaste book that is the mother's fav on top and then "tumbling down" the tiers characters from that book along with whatever scenery is in the book.

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LaSombra Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 4:07pm
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You could do a stack of books and then have one open book...

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sweetviolent Posted 5 Apr 2007 , 4:18pm
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or a stacked cake with "books" around it ( like duffs postcard cake) and then a cute topper like a cute baby bookworm laying across a gumpste book reading it.

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