You may or may not know... but I love pink. Like really, really, really love pink. With that in mind, it's no wonder that I was totally in love with this Baby Girl Baptism Cake, Cookies and Cake Pops.
I'll start by telling you about the cake. It was 6" and 8" round tiers (each two layers of cake), and the flavor was vanilla. You can see my How to do Fondant Ruffles on a Cake Video Tutorial here... but for this cake, you're going to do things a little backwards.
You'll start at the bottom and have the ruffles hanging down instead of standing up (no tylose required this time!). For the very last ruffles, I rolled out a circle of fondant around 10" across and did the ruffled edges, then laid it over the top.
For the top tier, I kept it very simple and clean. I covered it in homemade marshmallow fondant and then I used silicone pearl molds to do the border and a cross candy mold for the cross.
I have a tip for you... if you're going to use fondant with a plastic candy mold - be sure to dust it with corn starch first or brush it with shortening. I learned the hard way that if you put soft fondant onto plastic without any barrier - it sticks and makes a mess!
Next up... the cake pops! These were made 100% by my husband. What a gift it is to have him in my life - willing to help out and do whatever he can to help me!
You can see how I make cake pops here (except for these, the stick was up instead of down). While these were still wet, he sprinkled on some tiny white nonpariels.
The tiny chocolate crosses were the real labor of love for these cake pops... I ordered a variety of cross molds to see what I liked best and it ended up being the tiny cross in this mold. Unfortunately, we only had one that size, so he had to make them one at a time.
He used a piping bag to fill the mold with white chocolate (almond bark, actually), then he had to freeze it for a few minutes, gently pop it out with out breaking it, and start again. The order was for 3 dozen!
The cake pops were favors for the guests at the baptism, so we individually wrapped them and added a white ribbon. You can find everything you need to do this in the Wilton Cake Pops Gift kit.
The last thing I did was the cookies. I'm not always proud of the cookies I do, but I was really happy with how these turned out! They were all made using my best roll-out sugar cookie recipe and I covered them all in white royal icing.
For the large round ones, I added tiny dots of royal icing around the edges to dress them up and then I added an pink fondant "E" to match the cake. I used funky alphabet cutters to cut them out.
For the crosses, I piped on a loopy pink cross with royal icing to finish them. Both cookies were around 4" tall.
And that was everything! I think I've said it already, but I loved all the sweets for this celebration. The pink and ruffles and cake pops were all so soft and delicate and pretty...
Do you have any questions about the cake, cookies, or cake pops? Leave me a comment and I'll do my best to answer!
Gladys
Hi, How many people does the pink christening cake serve? If I make similar but in 10 inch and 8 inch, about how many does that one serve? I am making a two tiered similar but with 10 in and 8 in and am curious to know.
Thanks for your assistance.
Rose
If you do that size, you'll get 48-62 servings according to the Wilton chart.
Gladys
Hi, Thanks you so much for your response. I am new at baking and love your work and your ideas. They are awesome and your work is prize winning. I am definitely a follower. Take care and keep making all those fantastic projects and tutorials.
Dinah
How do you get your royal icing on the cookies so smooth? It looks flawless!
I love you so much for all your posts, tutorials and ideas.
Thank you!!
Rose
I have no idea... cookies are the hardest thing I do!! 😉 Sometimes I get lucky and they are beautiful. Other times they look awful and I'm embarrassed to give them to a customer!
Gladys
Hi,
And by the way, I mean similar as in two tiered and layered cakes. I dont think I can make mine as beautiful as yours. Mine will be lavender and totally different theme. I will try and post a picture for you. by the way, how can I make sure the tiers dont fall apart on delivery. I know I will put dowels on bottom cake to support top, but am afriad top will move on delivery. The person is picking it up.
Rose
Check out my post here: http://rosebakes.com/cowboy-western-cake-smash-cake-how-to-stack-cake-tiers-tutorial/
Gladys
Hi Rose,
Thanks so much, that is as always a great tutorial. QUESTION: Ok so can I just make a small hole in the middle before placng my cake to help a little? Also, I am only placing a tiara on the top layer, how do I cover the hole on a fondant cake. I know with buttercream it can be disguised easily but im thinking. do you have any idea on that? Thanks.
Rose
If it's white, I always pipe in a little buttercream. If it's colored, I sometimes just push a small ball of fondant into the hole. You could also drive the dowel into the bottom tier and then try to lower the top tier (cutting the dowel short enough that it won't go all the way through). I've done this a few times but it's not as easy to get the cake centered.
Gladys
Hi, you are a life saver. Many, many thanks for your response.
Mary
Hi, what's the size of the pearl mold border on the 6'' cake you used?
Rose
I think I used the 10mm mold for that border.
Gabriella Ferroli
Please would you send me a picture of the baby girl baptism cake as it wont show me a picture.
Thank you so much
JOSEFINA
Beautiful work!
Where did you buy the cross cookie cutter??
Thanks.
Rose
It's been awhile since I made them, but I'm pretty sure it's a Wilton cutter - you can get it here: http://amzn.to/1vchhqS
Liz
Hi Rose, I love your biscuits !!! I just had a question about using royal icing & fondant together. I made some royal icing peppa pigs & placed some fondant bows & flowers on her dress (didn't use any edible glue or royal icing to glue them on, just sat them on dress to glue on later) but after a day the fondant went soft & gooey. Has that happened to you before? I saw your biscuits with the royal icing backing & the fondant letter on it. Did you let the royal icing dry then stick the fondant letter on with royal icing? And then do you store in an airtight container? My container may have not been airtight enough. Would love your opinion. Thanks,
Liz
Rose
I let my royal icing dry, then I put the letters on. And actually - it's better that they're NOT in an airtight container. As moisture evaporates out of the cookies, it goes up into the air and away from the cookies. But if the cookies are sealed in a container, the moisture is trapped and the fondant will absorb it.
Liz
Thank you so much for your reply. Just wondering what do you use to stick your fondant to the royal icing? And how do you store your biscuits, so they stay fresh?
Thanks so much,
Liz.
Cecilia Hernandez
Hello!
I'm interesting in the cake pop and cookies for a baby girl baptism do you think I could place a order or get more information .
Rose Atwater
Please read the info here and fill out the form: http://rosebakes.com/order-request/
Deborah
Hello
I usually make the red candy apples but saw your colored ones and used your method to make them. I would like to know how to decorate them using varies items such as the candy cross that you used to make cake pops. I'm not sure how to make them stick. I've never decorated apples before. Your help is greatly appreciated. Everyone loved the green apples that I made. Thanks again for your help.
Lita Watson
These cakes will make the best birthday ever for my child! But i see sometimes the cake pop falling out of the stick so maybe doing a "tap and turn" can be a great solution