Baby Bib Shower Cake Food

BABY BIB SHOWER CAKE

Steps:

• 1- Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottoms only of 2 round pans, 8 or 9 x 1 1/2 inches, with shortening. Make cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and egg whites. Pour into pans.2- Bake 8-inch rounds 27 to 32 minutes, 9-inch rounds 23 to 28 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.3- Fill layers and frost side and top of cake with 1 tub frosting. Make horizontal lines on side of cake with decorating comb or tines of fork if desired.4- Place 1/2 cup frosting in decorating bag with star tip. Pipe zigzag border around outer top edge of cake.5- Tint 1/4 cup of the remaining frosting with blue food color and place in decorating bag with writing tip. Pipe outer border of bib with blue frosting. Pipe inner opening of bib about 3 inches in diameter join circles with tie at top. Tint 1/4 cup of the remaining frosting with red food color. Write desired message in bib opening with pink frosting. Tint remaining frosting with green, yellow or desired food color. Pipe stars on bib with small star tip. Arrange mints around base of cake. Store loosely covered at room temperature.High Altitude (3500 to 6500 feet): Do not use 8-inch rounds. Bake 9-inch rounds 25 to 30 minutes.1 Serving: Calories 575 (Calories from Fat 225) Fat 25g (Saturated 14g) Cholesterol 5mg Sodium 310mg Carbohydrate 89g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 3g. % Daily Value: Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 8% Iron 4%.Betty's Tip: Writing tips come in many sizes and can be used to write messages and make dots, beads and outlines. Popular writing tips include numbers 1 through 4 (small), 5 through 12 (medium), and 1A and 2A (large). We found that a number 5 writing tip works great for writing and making a bow on this cake.From "Betty Crocker's Ultimate Cake Mix Cookbook." Text Copyright 2004 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BEAUTIFUL BABY GIRL BIB CAKE

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat a 14 x 2 inch round cake pan with butter the dust with flour, shake out excess.
• With electric mixer, beat 1 box cake mix, and 1/2 melted ice cream, & eggs in a bowl for 3 minutes on medium speed. Scrape into a large measuring bowl. Repeat with the remaining and scrape in the pan with the rest. Be sure not to put more then 10 cups of prepared cake mix.(Unless you have an industrial mixer you can mix all in one step, or if you are cutting the recipe in half one step is all you need).
• Bake at 350°F for 60 minutes (be sure to turn pan for even baking) or until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool pan on wire rack 20 minutes. Cut 2 small triangle (2 x 3 1/2 x 4 inches this 4 inch side will have a rounded edge) out of cake along side the neck. Take note of picture.
• Save cut pieces for hubby since he won`t be going to the shower.
• Chambord Glaze:.
• Melt preserves and chambord just till soft and mix thoroughly.
• Pierce wholes throughout cake with a fork and spread chambord mixture over cake. Chill in refrigerator.
• Chocolate glaze:.
• Melt chocolate and butter in microwave just till melted and mix to blend.
• Spread a thin layer on over the chilled raspberry glaze, chill.
• Fondant:.
• Roll the fondant into a circle and place where the neck would be.
• Frosting:.
• In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, shortening & liqueur on medium speed until light & creamy (2 min or so). On low speed, gradually beat in confectioners sugar, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove some to pipe stars over the section as shown in picture. To the rest of the frosting add the raspberry preserves and chambord.
• Mix in food coloring of choice into the frosting. Add a light pink food coloring to all and set aside a 1/3. add a brighter pink to the remaining frosting and remove 1/2 set aside, and with the last add a vibrant pink or just more drops of pink.
• With color you will least use. Using tip # 7 Along the outer top rim of cake where the ruffle will go pipe a row of icing so the ruffle will be supported.
• Using color of your choice. Using tip # 125 or 127 start at the base a ruffle around the side of cake making row, around and overlapping slightly an other row, ending with a top ruffle which is piped over the row of icing and coming over the cake edges.
• Trim the border of the ruffle where it meets the piped stars, and trim between piped stars and fondant, and along the bottom of cake where sides meet the cake dish with color of choice. Using the same color make the bow. With fat side of tip #104 down at cake holding the bag sideways.
• Decorate cake with things of your choice (flowers, bottle, ducks, teddy bears, clowns) Dot the bow with frosting using tip # 2.
• Garnish with fresh raspberries. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

BABY'S BIB CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for two 8-inch or 9-inch rounds.
• Reserve 1 cup frosting for decorating. Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting. Make vertical lines on side of cake with decorating comb or tines of fork if desired.
• Tint 2/3 cup of the reserved frosting pink with 1 or 2 drops red food color. Place pink frosting in decorating bag with small writing tip #2. Pipe 2 circles around outer top edge of cake, about 1 inch apart, leaving 3-inch opening at top. Make loop design within circles.
• Tint remaining 1/3 cup frosting blue with 1 or 2 drops blue food color. Place blue frosting in decorating bag with writing tip #5; pipe outer border of bib. Pipe inner opening of bib about 3 inches in diameter; join circles with tie at top. Make small bows on bib and write desired message in bib opening. Pipe dots between bows with remaining pink frosting if desired. Store loosely covered.