Unfortunately, I missed the festivities last year due to a pesky case influenza which turned into an even peskier case of pneumonia. So much for that flu shot! I didn't figure the ladies would appreciate me coughing up a lung on their new panties last year so I stayed home with my nebulizer.
So, that brings us to this year's party...I went all out and made a Bikini Cake that looks like a pink panty and bra set.
Some of you may know that I have a "thing" for making special cakes. I love baking and it's a hobby that I've enjoyed for many years. I've come a long way since I first started baking. The first time I made a cake all by myself at the ripe age of 11 years old, I thought "egg whites" meant the shell. Seriously! So, yes, I crunched up the egg shell and put it in the cake. It was quite crunchy to say the least. I never made that mistake again! I've teamed up with my sister on a few occasions as well. I have fond memories of assisting her with a multi-tiered luau party cake (while drinking margaritas) for my niece's 8th birthday. My husband was supervising us (haha!) and making margaritas. It's a miracle that cake turned out so well in our tipsy-turvy state.
So, back to my Bikini Cake. A friend made a similar cake years ago for a coworker's lingerie shower and I thought it was so cute. I knew it would be perfect for our little celebration. I scoured the internet and Pinterest for examples and got a plan together hoping to use a specialty cake tee-shirt shaped pan I already had on hand.
Can you believe this is how my cake started out? Using one boxed cake mix, I poured a little bit of batter into 2 small round dishes which would eventually become the "boobs" for the woman's torso. Here are the boob cakes before being attached. The inset photo shows the cups I used for baking.
I poured the remaining cake batter in the tee-shirt pan. I baked the tee-shirt cake first because it would take longer than the small cups. After everything finished baking, I allowed the cakes to cool completely. Using a bread knife, I carved the waist of the torso in slightly to give it a more feminine curve.
I then "attached" the boob cakes to the torso using frosting. I continued with a crumb coat of icing on the entire cake including the boobs. I placed cake in freezer so everything would set. I later added a more substantial layer of icing. I placed cake in the freezer again.
This was my first time to ever use fondant so I was a bit nervous about this step. The next morning I rolled out the ivory colored fondant to cover the entire cake which simulates the "skin" for the body. I smoothed it out and trimmed around the edges. I had a few areas that looked slightly cracked but overall I think I did pretty good for a fondant first timer.
I cut out a template for the undies and bra using regular printer paper. I placed templates on cake and used a toothpick to trace little dots around edge of pattern.
For the bra template, I only traced the front of bra and the straps. I piped frosting along the side and underside of the natural shape of the "boobs" but left a little "cleavage" at the front.
I piped pink frosting for bra/panty set using a #16 star tip.
I also embellished the bra and panties using edible heart candies and pearlized candies (which look like beads).
For the border, I piped same color pink frosting using a #12 round tip to make dots. I alternated red and white sixlet candies all around border on each dot.
This cake would be perfect for other celebrations too:
So, that brings us to this year's party...I went all out and made a Bikini Cake that looks like a pink panty and bra set.
Some of you may know that I have a "thing" for making special cakes. I love baking and it's a hobby that I've enjoyed for many years. I've come a long way since I first started baking. The first time I made a cake all by myself at the ripe age of 11 years old, I thought "egg whites" meant the shell. Seriously! So, yes, I crunched up the egg shell and put it in the cake. It was quite crunchy to say the least. I never made that mistake again! I've teamed up with my sister on a few occasions as well. I have fond memories of assisting her with a multi-tiered luau party cake (while drinking margaritas) for my niece's 8th birthday. My husband was supervising us (haha!) and making margaritas. It's a miracle that cake turned out so well in our tipsy-turvy state.
So, back to my Bikini Cake. A friend made a similar cake years ago for a coworker's lingerie shower and I thought it was so cute. I knew it would be perfect for our little celebration. I scoured the internet and Pinterest for examples and got a plan together hoping to use a specialty cake tee-shirt shaped pan I already had on hand.
Can you believe this is how my cake started out? Using one boxed cake mix, I poured a little bit of batter into 2 small round dishes which would eventually become the "boobs" for the woman's torso. Here are the boob cakes before being attached. The inset photo shows the cups I used for baking.
I poured the remaining cake batter in the tee-shirt pan. I baked the tee-shirt cake first because it would take longer than the small cups. After everything finished baking, I allowed the cakes to cool completely. Using a bread knife, I carved the waist of the torso in slightly to give it a more feminine curve.
I then "attached" the boob cakes to the torso using frosting. I continued with a crumb coat of icing on the entire cake including the boobs. I placed cake in freezer so everything would set. I later added a more substantial layer of icing. I placed cake in the freezer again.
This was my first time to ever use fondant so I was a bit nervous about this step. The next morning I rolled out the ivory colored fondant to cover the entire cake which simulates the "skin" for the body. I smoothed it out and trimmed around the edges. I had a few areas that looked slightly cracked but overall I think I did pretty good for a fondant first timer.
I cut out a template for the undies and bra using regular printer paper. I placed templates on cake and used a toothpick to trace little dots around edge of pattern.
For the bra template, I only traced the front of bra and the straps. I piped frosting along the side and underside of the natural shape of the "boobs" but left a little "cleavage" at the front.
I piped pink frosting for bra/panty set using a #16 star tip.
I also embellished the bra and panties using edible heart candies and pearlized candies (which look like beads).
For the border, I piped same color pink frosting using a #12 round tip to make dots. I alternated red and white sixlet candies all around border on each dot.
This cake would be perfect for other celebrations too:
- a lingerie shower
- a pool party (make it look for like a swim suit)
- a swim team party
- a tropic or luau themed engagement party or a couples shower (make one cake a bikini swim suit for woman, make another cake as swim trunks for the man)
- a bachelor party
- a bachelorette party
- a bachelor birthday party
No matter what kind of celebration you are planning, make it special by ordering (or creating) a unique cake.
This type of cake would cost a lot of money if purchased in a bakery. I saved myself some cash and it was a fun, creative adventure!
This type of cake would cost a lot of money if purchased in a bakery. I saved myself some cash and it was a fun, creative adventure!
Happy Baking!
