On Saturday, I made my first cake for a Baby Shower. According to a 10 yr old, "You're better than Cake Boss!" Thank you, girlie, but if you'll excuse me for a moment, I need to book you in for a brain scan! Far from perfect, but a fun experience.
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| Note to self...buy a smoothing tool! In African culture, party-goers throw handfuls of baby powder at the mother-to-be, effectively surprising her. She is then expected to feel each gift, guessing who it's from and what it is. If she's wrong on either account, she's subjected to the choice of punishment the gift giver so deems. Lipstick smeared on the face? Foul tasting food spooned into her mouth? Or perhaps some curdled milk to drink. This is performed with much laughter and a bit of chagrin. She quickly learned to feel each gift verryyy carefully and choose wisely! |
Guests then ask her a myriad of questions on her "how to properly take care of a baby", adding helpful tidbits when she's unsure.
Garages have more than one use...they make the perfect outside, but inside venue for parties/get togethers/etc.
It was quite a day. And one in which I was quite thankful to be a spectator and not a participant :)
Great job!!! It's a beautiful cake and looks like a lovely baby shower (minus the whole baby powder, curdled milk, yucky food thing)
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That cake looks AMAZING! You are super talented. That's interesting what they do there for baby showers; I think I will rather be a spectator as well :P
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Looks like I spoke too soon! It let me follow you when I did it manually through my blogger dashboard :)
DeleteWow - what an interesting tradition for a baby shower. Sounds like it could get very exciting! :) I like the way the garage was decorated too!
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