Baby in a Blanket Cake

by Diana Chase
(Wilsonville, Oregon)

I used 3 cake mixes and make one large cupcake and loaf cake ahead of time out of one mix and froze them. Then I purchased a very little duck cookie cutter and made little fondant ducks ahead of time. I used fondant for the face and blanket of the baby and buttercream icing for the base of the 9x13 cake. I colored fondant to skin tone and rolled out a circle double in size of the cupcake and form it around the face tucking the extra underneath. Then I took another circle and and cut about 1/3 off the form the bonnet. I cut strips of fondant to ruffle around the outer rim and cut strips for the ties. The I cut 12x12 inch fondant for the blanket. I laid a very narrow strip on cardboard down to help support the baby head and the baby body. I then laid the fondant for the blanket and put the loaf cake into it and folded it like a blanket and laid that on the cake and then the baby head with the bonnet and attached to the baby blanket. I used food coloring pens for the features and I also make the pacifier out of fondant.