BABY BUGGY CAKES
 ONLINE CATALOG | OTHER CAKES |

The idea of Carriage Cakes Created by my sister Barbara about 1975

This is a cake I have made many times. Very popular for baby showers.

*More cakes below

Here is another from a cake decorator to share:
From Jill H: I used a round 14 inch Wilton pan for the carriage
& 6 inch Wilton pans for the wheels. I put the cake on a 
24 x 24 board & used 3 different size star tips for the 
decorating. Thank you. 
NEEDED:
Pans: One round 12-inch cake (1 1/2 mixes) and Two 6-inch 1-layer cakes (about 1/2 mix each) 2 1/2 mixes total
Pretty Foil
19 x 14-inch cardboard
NOTE: If you use the handle in the back of the buggy, you might rather use a 24 x 17 inch cardboard.
Tips 1, 5, 8, 16, 18, 21, 48, 104, 352
Buttercream or Bettercream Icing, 2 batches or 3 lbs
COLORS:Pink, blue and white icing for decorations.


DIRECTIONS: Choose whatever colors you prefer. Pink, blue and yellow do nicely.
1. Place the 12-inch cake on the cardboard allowing space for the "wheels".
2. Cut a wedge from the front of the buggy and place half of the wedge at the back of the buggy for a handle.
3. Ice the top part of the buggy and handle as usual (Thin the icing down when icing cut-cake-handle). Crumb-coat the bottom part of 12-inch. OR - use cake icer tip - easier/faster.
4. Set the 6-inch cake wheels in place and ice them smooth.
5. Basketweave the buggy, tip 48 horizontal and tip 7 vertical.
6. Mark lines on the 6-inch and the top of the buggy.
7. Pipe tip 1 cornelli lace on top part of buggy
8. Pipe tip 104 ruffles as shown. Add tip 16 shells at tops of ruffles.
9. Pipe tip 21 shell bottom border around 12-inch cake.
10. Pipe tip 8 balls over wheel and buggy-top marked lines.
11. Pipe tip 18 reverse shell borders on handle and around wheels top and bottom.
12. Pipe tip 104 roses to the center of each wheel and top . Add tip 352 green leaves.
NOTE: This cake can be placed on a 100-serving sheet cake if more servings are wanted.

This is one I did:
Where you cut out the gap, use some 
of that piece for the handle as shown.
I used a 12" layer and 2 six inch
Tip: 2 for bow, 48 basketweave, 
101 daisies, 1 cornelli lace, 18 borders

Photo aquired (probably one of our friends 
from the message board).
Please - if you can identify the 
decorator so that I can give credit, 
PLEASE email me!

BELOW - FROM 'CRAFTING TRADITIONS' MAGAZINE APR 2004:
Items needed can be found like this at http://www.sugarcraft.com:
Icing
Icing Colors
Pans
pastry bags (10-12" are best, probably 10")
coupler w/ring
decorating tips #48, 5, 32, 129
Paper goods Cardboard tray, foil covering etc.


BABY CARRIAGE
Shown are 1-layer PANS 10" and two 6" round cakes...
but I would use a 12" instead of this 10". 
(Cut out 10" for the carriage top).
Bow is pink coating chocolate, in candy mold 
#M-103 here
Drop flowers here
Place on 19x14 inch #817020 cardboard, covered foil
Decorating TIPS: #104 ruffles, #46 carriage top lines, 
#18 shells, #4 writing, #1 sotas lace 
(write pink first, then over with white)
Decorating bags
TIP: Ice cake white over all. 
Then spread pale pink icing over the white where 
pink is shown...or use an airbrush as has 
been done in the picture.

Back to my CAKES page

Back to my HOME page