April Showers Baby Shower: Umbrella Cake

This cake design and photo is courtesy of Make Fabulous Cakes, where you'll find detailed instructions on making this entire cake. Here's a simplified version for DIY hosts to make the only umbrella cake of this display.

Steps:

• Bake a large round cake that you will cut in half to be the umbrella. (I suggest at least a 14" diameter cake.)
• Cut the cake in half and place one half on a cake board. Spread filling on top of the half on the cake board and place the other cake half on top. Refrigerate the layered cake until ready to frost.
• You can ice the cake with canned frosting or homemade butter-cream, or cover the cake with fondant; whatever's easiest for you.
• Cut a PVC tube or wood dowel to a length that's in scale with your cake to be an umbrella handle.
• Roll out prepared white fondant and wrap the umbrella handle in the fondant. Insert the handle into the side of the cake (see photo).
• Fashion a hook for the bottom part of the handle by molding fondant and attach it to the handle.
• Cut out white flowers from the fondant to embellish the umbrella or purchase hard sugar flowers to decorate it.
• Write a congratulatory phrase on the cake using decorator's icing, and fill in the umbrella details to give it authenticity and style.