Panny Cakes: Gender Reveal Cake

Soooo excited that I FINALLY received a 'Gender Reveal' Cake request!! I have been dying to do one for such a long time! I was however surprised to discover that many don't really know what this theme is all about.. so let me explain before we go any further :) ..It is typically a type of baby shower or gathering where the sex (gender) of the baby is revealed. The cake is dyed pink or blue accordingly and (sometimes) nobody knows the sex until the cake is cut into.. I say 'sometimes' because in some instances the parents may already know and this is how they go about revealing it to their family and friends.

In my case, only the couple's doctor and myself knew the baby's sex before the gender reveal party - how cool is that?!?!?!? It was a piece of information I'm glad I didn't have to carry around for very long though.. I have been known to slip when it comes to surprises ;) Not this time.. maybe it helped that I didn't have the gender in my hands until the week of the party (thank god!) The other fun aspect of this cake was that the couple left their cake design entirely up to me! I don't get this very often but do enjoy it. It can be somewhat nerve-racking if you're not sure of the client's style or taste. I found myself wondering if they would like the design as much as I did, but I guess that comes with the territory, and overall I like the challenge of a 'surprise' cake.

I mulled over gender reveal designs for weeks! Finally I settled on doing a 3-layer ombre style cake, which is simply graduating tints of the same color (pink or blue in this case). The couple chose a confetti cake with cheesecake filling and buttercream icing. Along with that, I chose to keep the cake simple with a bit of a rustic look. I decided on 'cake bunting' as my main embellishment and iced the cake with a rustic finish. I knew I wanted to do fabric pieces for the bunting, which included burlap. I also wanted to incorporate some type of message on the bunting but that took me a little longer to settle on. Here is how it turned out!

Here's a first look at the inside of an ombre cake!