Gender Reveal Cake: Question Mark?

Know someone that is pregnant?  Going to have a gender reveal party?  This cake is a fun surprise for everyone.  I created this one for a friend of mine that was having a baby shower for another friend.  She wanted the inside to be pink or blue depending on the baby's sex.

A week before the celebration, she brought me a sealed envelope from the doctor with the results.  I made a four layer cake thickly covered (no peaking!!!!) in vanilla buttercream.  Then, decorated the outside with colored fondant to match other colors of the shower.  I got to see a video later of the mom-to-be cutting into the cake.  She was delighted to find out she was having........A GIRL!!!!!  The cake was bright pink on the inside to match the dots on the outside.

This cake was made with Wilton fondant and buttercream recipe.

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Gender Reveal Cake - Lips and Mustaches

My sister just had baby #2, an adorable little boy.  So, a few months ago we had a gender reveal party for the family.  Another sister and sister-in-law put together lots of fun decorations and food.  The theme was adorable....lips and mustaches.

I was in charge of the cake.  What an important job.  My sister went to the doctor on a Thursday.  He put the gender in an envelope and she brought it to me.  I was the only one that knew what the baby would be.  So exciting!  I didn't even let my hubby or kids know.  I already had the white cake baked.  It was waiting to be filled with M&M's that would fall out to reveal the gender once cut.  The family gathered and made their guesses by stamping a mustache on a poster for boy, and lips for girl.  Overall, it was a pretty even split.  What a fun way to reveal the gender!!

I baked 4 round cakes to create the 4-layer cake.  I cut a circle out of the middle two layers.

Start putting the cake together by frosting the bottom layer.

Next, add the middle layers with the holes.  Frost each one.

Fill the cake with colored M&M's.

Add the top layer.

Frost the outside of the cake, smooth, and decorate.

The lips and mustaches were created with lollipop molds and 
Wilton candy melts from Hobby Lobby.

Here are the guesses before we cut into the cake.

The sequin ribbon decor & lollipop sticks were also found at Hobby Lobby.

Ta-da!!  IT'S A BOY!!  They were so excited.

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