In the news: Baby cakes!

I subscribe to several magazines and one of my favorites is always the Food Network one. This month's issue (May 2011, Volume 4 Number 4) had an article called "10 Things You Need To Know". And the very first thing listed was the following which was a fun piece of news to us:

"Bakers are delivering big news. Expectant moms and dads have started a sweet tradition: They're asking bakeries, instead of their doctors, to reveal whether the baby they are having is a boy or girl. The doctor writes down the gender and seals it in an envelope, then the baker makes either a blue or pink cake and decorates it with gender-neutral icing. The parents--to-be cut the first slice and discover the secret. Queen of Cakes bakery in Edina, MN, now gets order for "baby cakes" a few times a month. Says owner Terri Leckas, "I feel like the fairy godmother."

Here are some pics we found of the aforementioned baby cakes. And if you watched last week's "Amazing Cakes" on WE tv, then you would have seen one of these done!!

Happy baking!
Christina