Coolest Pregnant Belly Cake 34

by Andrea
(Gilbert, AZ)

Homemade Pregnant Belly Cake

I have submitted another Pregnant Belly Cake that looks very similar except for I made it for a baby girl shower. I had a request for the same thing, except for a boy, so this is what I came up with. My instructions for baking/decorating it are under cake #31.

I had more issues with this cake, however and I will tell you why. First, I decided to do a chocolate cake and put a layer of frosting in the middle of the belly, BUT, I choose chocolate frosting which was a BIG mistake. I also frosted the belly and breasts on the outside, so when I laid my fondant on, my fingertips were touching the underside of the fondant and thus, touching the chocolate frosting. Needless to say I had smudges of brown all over the blue. I had to get creative with the swirly accents and smaller brown dots to cover my mistakes.

It was also very humid the day I frosted this and on the side of the breasts the frosting was literally sliding right off. All in all, it still turned out pretty cute and was a bit hit at the shower, but it did cause me a bit of grief, all my own doing, of course!