Baby Shower Cake as the Centerpiece

Written by Randy Wilson


When you’re holding a baby shower one ofrepparttar most important items that you’ll serve isrepparttar 140025 baby shower cake. Cakes should berepparttar 140026 highlight ofrepparttar 140027 food lineup and should be served with a selection of desserts, finger food and cookies. Cakes can come in all shapes and sizes, including baby cakes, diaper cakes and bootie baby cakes.

When you’re planning what type of cakes to prepare forrepparttar 140028 baby shower you’ll find many babyshower cake cookbooks from which to make your selection. If you knowrepparttar 140029 baby is a girl you can decoraterepparttar 140030 cake in a pink style. The same goes ifrepparttar 140031 baby is a boy, in which case you’ll want to focus on blue or green colors.

Baby shower cakes can be either one large cake, or you can make several smaller individual cakes which can be created for each guest that is invited.

The main focus of cakes is of courserepparttar 140032 expectant mother. Baby cakes make a great centerpiece that will bring a smile to any expectant mother. Diaper cakes also continue to be popular and are easy to make and assemble.

When you’re planning which cakes that you want to make you can be as creative as you like. There are cookbooks available that feature some great ideas for cakes that you can adapt to fit your baby shower theme. Ifrepparttar 140033 theme ofrepparttar 140034 baby shower isrepparttar 140035 alphabet you can find cakes that highlight this theme. There is no limit torepparttar 140036 types of cakes that you can choose from forrepparttar 140037 shower.

Many timesrepparttar 140038 cakes themselves createrepparttar 140039 theme forrepparttar 140040 shower. This is becauserepparttar 140041 cakes can berepparttar 140042 focus and centerpiece ofrepparttar 140043 entire party. You can plan allrepparttar 140044 decorations, food and themes aroundrepparttar 140045 type of baby shower cake you decide to feature.

When you’re looking for baby shower cake recipes you can find cookbooks inrepparttar 140046 recipe section in your local bookstore or library. You can also find a selection of recipes for baby shower cakes and diaper cakes onrepparttar 140047 internet. If you can’t findrepparttar 140048 exact cake that you have in mind for your baby shower you can make any adaptations that you need to modifyrepparttar 140049 cake to your liking.

Making a Chunk Candle

Written by iLovetoCRAFT.com


Making chunk candles is an and fun activity for all ages. A unique technique using wax chunks of different colors givesrepparttar finished candle a beautiful texture and look. They make a refreshing alternative torepparttar 139946 usual pillar candles. Follow these step-by-instructions and make your own pretty chunk candles to gift or keep.

** It is assumed thatrepparttar 139947 reader has a basic knowledge of preparingrepparttar 139948 candle mold by spraying oil and wicking it and also for setting and removingrepparttar 139949 finished candles fromrepparttar 139950 mold. Anyone who has made a pillar candle before will find this project very easy to follow.

What You Need

Wick Paraffin Wax Candle Mold Candle dyes in various colors Shallow Tray

For an image ofrepparttar 139951 completed project, visit http://www.ilovetocraft.com/candlemaking/chunk-candles.shtml

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