An Utterly Cute Cake

This cake might fall into the , "it's the thought that counts" category. One of my coworkers, who is a livestock agent is having a birthday. She is very big on birthdays and the group of people we eat lunch with wanted to have a surprise birthday lunch for her. Of course I volunteered to make the cake. I wanted to make her a cow cake but it needed to be different from the last cow cake I made for a colleague of hers. This was going to be a traditional brown cow. Of course I did make it a girl and even put a pink bow in the tuft of hair at the top. However when I got done, I wasn't sure that it didn't look more like a brown bear rather than a brown cow. Of course it was made with milk which would be the difference between a cow and a bear. :)

Maybe a Little Monkey Business

You know me. I love a little monkey business, it can be so much fun. So when the sister of a friend called me and we discussed a cake for a baby shower this cake just jumped into my head. She was describing the colors with browns, blues, pinks a little yellow and well there wasn't a theme but there would be a monkey or two because the mom to be likes monkeys. Suddenly my mind went from crawling baby to stroller, baby bottle and suddenly a baby monkey. How can you tell a baby monkey from an adult monkey? By the diaper, of course. The cake itself was a butter cake, because the dad to be (who yes, was at the shower) is allergic to chocolate. Although there were several suggestions of putting chocolate creme in the part of the cake with the diaper, I did refrain. However, now I am in the mood for chocolate creme. Go figure. I think the cake, which had stiff competition with Krispey Kreme Doughnuts was a hit. There was not a piece left by the end of the shower. Congratulations Missy and Jeff on Sami who should be making her appearance in June.