He? She? Open to see!

Hello everyone! Just recently I made a cake to surprise a family with the sex of their baby. I was given a photograph of a cake that the couple liked. They wanted it to look exactly like it. Also, I was given the envelope with what the sex of the baby is. It was so exciting, only the doctor and I knew what the sex of the baby was. It was awesome! : ) So to surprise everyone at the party the color of the outside of the cake had to be thick enough the hide the colored filling and top tier (the bottom tier was chocolate so that I could not dye). Unfortunately, the cake color on the outside was, you guessed it, white. It was okay I created a dam on the interior of the cake, that way the colored frosting could not "squeeze" out. Here is what the dam looked like:

 

 

 

And if you didn't guess it yet, yes, it is a girl! Anyway, the next thing I had to do was add the top tier which I dyed pink as well.

 

 

 Next, I frosted the cake white with the whipped cream frosting. Once it was nice and smooth and you could not see any cake underneath, it was time to decorate. Everything was handmade with fondant pieces, except for the writing. To make it that adorable I wrote in marker to create the curls the mom-to-be wanted. The bow and curly cues made the cake look like it was perfect gift for the parents-to-be : )

 

 

Here is a close up of the gift tag.

 

 

The mom-to-be also wanted cupcakes to go with this surprise cake, so I matched the cupcakes to the color scheme, bringing the whole thing together : ) Take a look at the overall look. It was so colorful, if I do say so myself : )