Baby Bib Shower Cake Recipes

BABY BIB SHOWER CAKE

Steps:

• 1- Heat oven to 350°. Grease bottoms only of 2 round pans, 8 or 9 x 1 1/2 inches, with shortening. Make cake mix as directed on package, using water, oil and egg whites. Pour into pans.2- Bake 8-inch rounds 27 to 32 minutes, 9-inch rounds 23 to 28 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pans to loosen cakes remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.3- Fill layers and frost side and top of cake with 1 tub frosting. Make horizontal lines on side of cake with decorating comb or tines of fork if desired.4- Place 1/2 cup frosting in decorating bag with star tip. Pipe zigzag border around outer top edge of cake.5- Tint 1/4 cup of the remaining frosting with blue food color and place in decorating bag with writing tip. Pipe outer border of bib with blue frosting. Pipe inner opening of bib about 3 inches in diameter join circles with tie at top. Tint 1/4 cup of the remaining frosting with red food color. Write desired message in bib opening with pink frosting. Tint remaining frosting with green, yellow or desired food color. Pipe stars on bib with small star tip. Arrange mints around base of cake. Store loosely covered at room temperature.High Altitude (3500 to 6500 feet): Do not use 8-inch rounds. Bake 9-inch rounds 25 to 30 minutes.1 Serving: Calories 575 (Calories from Fat 225) Fat 25g (Saturated 14g) Cholesterol 5mg Sodium 310mg Carbohydrate 89g (Dietary Fiber 0g) Protein 3g. % Daily Value: Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0% Calcium 8% Iron 4%.Betty's Tip: Writing tips come in many sizes and can be used to write messages and make dots, beads and outlines. Popular writing tips include numbers 1 through 4 (small), 5 through 12 (medium), and 1A and 2A (large). We found that a number 5 writing tip works great for writing and making a bow on this cake.From "Betty Crocker's Ultimate Cake Mix Cookbook." Text Copyright 2004 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

BABY'S BIB CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Make, bake and cool cake as directed on box for two 8-inch or 9-inch rounds.
• Reserve 1 cup frosting for decorating. Place 1 cake layer, rounded side down, on serving plate. Spread with about 1/3 cup frosting. Place other layer, rounded side up, on top. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting. Make vertical lines on side of cake with decorating comb or tines of fork if desired.
• Tint 2/3 cup of the reserved frosting pink with 1 or 2 drops red food color. Place pink frosting in decorating bag with small writing tip #2. Pipe 2 circles around outer top edge of cake, about 1 inch apart, leaving 3-inch opening at top. Make loop design within circles.
• Tint remaining 1/3 cup frosting blue with 1 or 2 drops blue food color. Place blue frosting in decorating bag with writing tip #5; pipe outer border of bib. Pipe inner opening of bib about 3 inches in diameter; join circles with tie at top. Make small bows on bib and write desired message in bib opening. Pipe dots between bows with remaining pink frosting if desired. Store loosely covered.