Cake Smash Pictures!

( Amazing Onesie by Leah @ Simply Made With Love)

I'm so happy to have a best friend ( Liv ) that takes such good pictures!

She isn't professional and this was her first time taking pictures of Jaxon. She first got her camera to take pictures of her kids. I can now say she should definitely do this professionally. She is amazing!

The cake!

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You will need:

I box of cake mix

2 containers of frosting (there will be left overs)

Decorating bags and tips

Cake pan (I bought a small one from michaels)

Food coloring (got mine from michaels)

Bowls for mixing colors

I went and bought this cake decorations set at target. I'm not sure what the tips I used are called. This was my first time making a layered cake and I know nothing about it.

The two blues I used- Royal blue and sky blue.

After I mix up all the ingredients for the cake, I separated it into three bowls so I could have three different colored layers. I first mixed one bowl with the royal blue to the shade I wanted. I put a little of that same blue in the second bowl and then put a little of the sky blue with it. I wanted an in between color. Then I put a tiny bit of sky blue in the last on and mixed it up. If I wanted it darker, I just kept adding till I got the color I wanted. Its good to start out with a tiny bit because you can always go darker. I also did that with the frosting.

Once it was done baking, I cut the tops off to make sure all were the same size and flat. I spread a little of the frosting between each layer.

For the frosting, I had two containers that I put into five bowl and started with the darkest color to the lightest. I put each color in their own decorating bag and stuck it in the fridge until I was ready to use them.

Decorating-I started at the bottom and worked my way up. It took me about 4 hours. If you don't have a baby to watch, it will take less.