• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
What'sCookin'Chicago?
  • About
  • Recipe Index
    • By Cuisine
    • By Holiday
    • Collections
  • Recipe Videos
  • Vegetarian
  • Winter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
whatscookinchicago-logo

What'sCookin'Chicago?

  • About
  • Recipe Index
    • By Cuisine
    • By Holiday
    • Collections
  • Recipe Videos
  • Vegetarian
  • Winter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Home » Uncategorized » Our Second Baby Shower!

Our Second Baby Shower!

March 8, 2010 · WCC Administr@tr · 6 Comments

038-4925417064-6909581040-1222893
What a wonderful day! After such a busy week, it was wonderful to have a whole day spent with family and friends to celebrate the arrival of our little Joel! It was a fabulous baby shower thrown my by awesome parents, with the help of my sister, Jean and brother, John. Louis and I are so truly blessed with having my family in our lives. They have done so much for us and we love how excited and involved they are in our pregnancy. It will be so sad knowing my parents will be leaving for Philippines soon, but after today, I realize how many people will still be nearby to reach out to if needed.

035-7988754
The shower was held at a local restaurant up in the far north suburbs of Chicago. With nearly 80 guests attending, it certainly was a day full of hugs, kisses, belly rubs and smiles. So many long time family and friends attended, it just felt so good to be “home.”

imag0014-9029239029-3870123030-5721794
For the party room, we went along with the same jungle theme and colors to match the invitations my sister made earlier. After knowing what decor my mom purchased for the party, I wanted to contribute somehow and offered to make the cake and edible favors. Using the decor as inspiration, I made the three tiered shower cake for the party.

031-5857264032-9483798
The cake was a marbled dark chocolate and yellow butter cake. I also made a french vanilla pastry cream as the cake filling. Rather than using buttercream, I made a homemade marshmallow fondant with a hint of orange extract. It was absolutely the *best* fondant I’ve ever had and also the easiest to make and work with! I’ll be posting the recipe for the fondant on my food blog soon!

036-1248074
For the edible favors, I wanted something easy that wasn’t too time consuming. I dipped large pretzel rods in colored white chocolate to match the color scheme – yellow, orange, blue, white, green and tan. Displayed in grouped colors, it went well with the overall look and added some height to the table too.

I got so many compliments on the cake and favors, it felt really good… even though I know it’s been awhile since I worked with fondant and did some cake decorating. I’m sure once Joel gets here, he’ll give me an excuse to keep working on my cake decorating skills and fondant work!

Since there were so many guests, we opted not to do any shower games or do any show and tell with ‘opening of the gifts’. Instead, we waited until we got home to open up gifts and envelopes we received. Here are some pics of the gifts we received:

013-5077170016-6482329018-5702808019-1214045020-2626299023-1976188024-2096336026-9010914028-1084068030-4299948031-8895463
Louis and I can’t thank all our generous friends and family enough for spending time with us today. Thank you to all our friends and family who welcomed us with open hearts and arms back into the suburbs! And of course, thank you to my family once again for hosting such a special day for Louis and me…*hugs*

Uncategorized

Previous Post: « Taco Pasta Casserole
Next Post: Mushroom Marsala Risotto »

NEVER MISS A POST

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Comments

  1. Memória says

    March 8, 2010 at 5:30 am

    Awwww, you look too cute!! Congratulations!! I can't wait to see the new member of this world and your family.

    I'm so glad you didn't use an over-abundance of blue. Thank you! hahaha

    Reply
  2. Courtney says

    March 8, 2010 at 10:22 pm

    Everything looks fantastic, Joelen! Your cake design is so cute, and I think you did a great job with the fondant.

    Reply
  3. lose weight fast says

    March 9, 2010 at 6:33 am

    Congratulations!! I can't wait to see the new member of this world and your family. thanks

    Reply
  4. Maggie says

    March 9, 2010 at 1:58 pm

    Congratulations! I love the look of the cakes and I definitely have to try flavoring my next batch of fondant with orange. It sounds delicious!

    Reply
  5. Baby Gifts says

    March 10, 2010 at 3:09 pm

    Great Post…..I found your site on stumbleupon and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!

    Reply
  6. Sarah says

    March 29, 2010 at 6:05 am

    How adorable!!

    Reply

Primary Sidebar

me
Hi, I'm Joelen! Welcome to What's Cookin, Chicago. My goal is to share my culinary adventures in hopes to inspire you to embrace life in a delicious way.
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

Footer

whatscookinchicago-logo
Welcome to What’s Cookin, Chicago. Our goal is to share our culinary adventures in hopes to inspire you to embrace life in a delicious way…

NEVER MISS A POST

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

SEARCH THIS SITE

  • About
  • Recipe Index
  • Wine & Dine
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact

Copyright © 2023 · What's Cookin' Chicago