A GENDER REVEAL CAKE

A few weeks ago, my sweet friend headed into the doctor to find out the gender of her third baby. She already has a boy and a girl, and she headed to the appointment thinking she was going to be welcoming another son to their family. I had told her that if she wanted me to, I’d be happy to whip her up a gender reveal cake so she and her husband could cut into it with their to older kids and share the whole experience with them. While she was at her appointment, Gigi and I prepped all the ingredients for the cake. I’d decided to adapt Jennfier Shea’s recipe for Pink Champagne cupcakes from her fabulous book called Trophy Cupcakes and Parties! and make it into a layer cake. We set out the blue and red food coloring and waited…

She anxiously delivered the sealed envelope into my hands as she drove home from the ultrasound. The second she walked out the door I tore open the envelope and saw the ultrasound image that said, “IT’S A GIRL!” I have to admit, I teared up. There was something really amazing about being the first person (other than the ultrasound tech) to know that they were going to have another beautiful daughter in their family.

Gigi and I whipped up this cake and topped it with chocolate buttercream frosting. It turned out wonderfully!

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