Celebration Coconut Layer Cake (Plus Book Giveaway)
I’m usually not the sort of person to succumb to depression but these past few weeks can only be described by that melancholy word. Tears were a daily companion, sleep was an infrequent friend and I lost interest in everything I usually take so much pleasure in – including blogging and baking. Thankfully my stubborn work ethic forced me to haul myself out of bed and off to work on a regular basis. Oh mom, you taught me well when you said I should never shirk my responsibilities!
You’re probably wondering why I was so glum and the reason is pre-natal test results. Five weeks ago the hospital called us to say that one of our screening tests indicated there might be a serious problem with the baby, so within days I was in the doctor’s office preparing for an amniocentesis. It was nerve wracking to say the least, but it wasn’t until the past few weeks, as the much dreaded yet eagerly anticipated day we’d discover the amnio results came closer, that I began to sink into sadness. What would we do if the test results were bad? Granted there was only a 5% chance that the baby had the problem the doctors were looking for, but still, 5%! Much as I tried to focus on the 95% chance that everything was OK my mind kept racing with scenarios that would jolt me out of bed at 2AM and cause me to spend the rest of the morning on the couch trying to distract myself with HBO on Demand.
Then this past Friday at just over 22 weeks of pregnancy our doctor called my husband’s cell phone. My husband was home getting ready for work and picked up without my knowing – only to burst through the bedroom door moments later to excitedly tell me “The baby is OK! He’s OK!” Never in my life have I been so happy. In fact, my husband and I both agree that getting that phone call beat out our wedding day on the scale of happiness – hands down.
After spending some 30 minutes crying with relief we finally pulled it together and got ready for the day, exhausted from weeks of worry and wondering in the back of our minds if that phone call had really happened or if we’d just imagined it. My husband later posted on Facebook:
Best day ever!!! After a !month! we finally got back the amnio results (longest and most stressful month of my life, haven’t slept well in weeks) and our baby is perfect!!!!
(after we were told there was a 5% chance of a serious problem based on some of the screening tests, hence the amnio 5 weeks ago). I never cried tears of joy before but I did today, full out, while making breakfast after the dr called! Life is beautiful! Tonight we celebrate!!!! And I felt the baby kick!
So that is where I have been these past few weeks and why the other day I Twittered about being happy for the first time in weeks. I hope you won’t hold my being MIA against me. I’m feeling much better now!
Now where does this coconut layer cake come in? Well, this is a celebration cake that I made with my brother’s girlfriend last Friday for two reasons: first, for my brother’s birthday, and second, as an indirect celebration of the good news I’d received that morning – which is to say, I was able to have someone over and actually enjoy baking again. That evening my husband and I went out for a nice Italian dinner to celebrate and over the weekend we ordered our nursery furniture. Now that everything is OK, life is moving forward again.
The picture at left is from our trip to the apple farm about a week and a half ago. I’m 21 1/2 weeks pregnant here and trying so hard to be happy. Little did I know that good news was only six days away. 
More posts soon! In the meantime, I’d like to spread the happy feeling by giving away a copy of Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make, which is one of the highest rated cupcake books on Amazon. To enter to win this book simply comment on this post and answer this question: What is your favorite kind of cupcake?
Coconut Layer Cake with Homemade Frosting
Reprinted with permission from Southern Cakes by Nancie McDermott.
This is a two layered, moist sugar cake with fluffy frosting that’s generously sprinkled with shredded coconut. If you’re not a coconut fan you could easily replace the frosting with chocolate or vanilla.
Ingredients:
For the cakes:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
For the frosting:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 egg whites (I actually used 3)
- About 3 cups sweetened shredded coconut
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans and set aside. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt, and use a fork to mix them together well. Stir the vanilla into the milk.
In a large bowl, beat the softened butter with a mixer at medium speed until creamy. Add the sugar and continue beating, stopping to scrape down the sides, until the mixture is light and evenly combined. Add the eggs, one by one, beating well each time, until the mixture is thick and smooth.
Add about one third of the flour mixture to the batter and beat well at low speed. Then add about half the milk to the batter, beating well. Continue beating as you add another third of the flour mixture, followed by the rest of the milk, and then the remaining flour mixture, beating well each time until the batter is very thick and smooth.
Quickly scrape the batter into the prepared cake pans, dividing it evenly, and place them in the oven. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 to 30 min until the cakes are golden brown, spring back when touched lightly in the center, and begin to pull away from the sides of the pans. (Note: I had to bake my cakes for 40 minutes before they achieved these characteristics.)
Remove from the oven, and cool in the pans on wire racks or folded kitchen towels for 10 minutes. Then turn out onto wire racks or plates, turning the layers top side up, and cool completely. You could also split the layers horizontally to make 4 thin layers of cake.
To make the icing, stir the sugar into the water to dissolve it. Bring the mixture to a gentle boil, and cook without stirring for 3 minutes. Then boil for 5 to 10 minutes more, stirring often, until the syrup has thickened and will form itself into a thread about 2 inches long when poured from a spoon back into the pot. Set syrup aside.
Beat the egg whites in a large bowl with a mixer at high speed until they are bright white, shiny, and pillow up into voluminous clouds. (Note: When separating your eggs make sure not even one speck of yolk gets into the whites. If any yolk gets in there it will change the chemical structure of the whites and they won’t take on the billowy appearance you so desire. Also, bring your eggs to room temperature before using them.) While beating at high speed, slowly pour the cooked syrup into the egg whites to blend them together into a fluffy white icing, 4 to 5 minutes.
To ice the cake place one cake layer, top side down, on a cake stand or serving plate. Cover the top with icing and sprinkle with coconut. Place the second layer on top of the iced layer, top side up. First ice the sides to help keep the cake steady, and then spread icing generously over the top, completely covering the cake. Place the cake stand or serving plate on a cookie sheet to catch any loose coconut as you shower the cake. Sprinkle the coconut all over the cake, and then gently pat or fling handfuls of coconut onto the sides and top to cover any bare spots.
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YAY Ari! So happy to know everything is fine.
My best wishes for you through the rest of of this period. The coconut cake is so perfect to celebrate this piece of news.
I was HOLDING MY BREATH while reading this but I should’ve known there would be a happy ending! 5 weeks is such a long time to hang in the balance, you poor thing. I’m pretty hormonal these days, thanks to my own pregnancy, so I admit to being weepy at the ending. Enjoy that cake! You deserve it.
I’m very happy to hear that your baby is okay. I hope that you and your husband have nothing else to worry about in the coming months–enjoy your pregnancy and get ready for your little one! Thank you for sharing–this was a beautifully written post.
I totally didn’t see the part about the giveaway. HA HA. My favorite cupcake is a good old fashioned yellow cake with a thick, sugary frosting (but not like the kind they sell at Crumbs… that’s too much! I’m more of a Magnolia girl.)
Wow, that must have been so stressful for you both, but I’m so glad to hear that happy days are here again! The coconut cake looks like the perfect way to celebrate. Coincidentally, my favorite cupcake is a coconut cupcake
Thanks for the delicious recipe and congratulations on the baby!
I am so GLAD they little one is going to be fine. I know what you went thru’ and I know how hard it is to wait for an answer.
On the lighter side, beautiful cake. Love coconut – especially fresh.
I guess my favorite cupcake would be, eh, well, maybe. Shucks, I don’t have a favorite. But I think Tres Leches would be at the top of the list.
i’m so glad things turned out ok!! i can only imagine the stressfulness of waiting for results like that… a lovely cake, too
Nearly any flavor although I don’t care for boring white cake. What I like is the frosting! I’d love to get one of those I see at the bakery that has about as much frosting as cake and in cool designs like a monster or clown or such.
So glad to hear everything is perfect!! I can’t even imagine how worried you must have been, and for a month – that is horrible! Definitely treat yourself for awhile – you deserve it!
PHEW!! Hang in there with everything – I’m praying HARD that everything continues to go well and that there are no more setbacks or scares.
**My favorite kind of cupcake = chocolate with banana cream frosting!
Oh! What sweet relief! I’m so happy for you!!!
Favorite cupcake? ANY cupcake.
Congratulations on the good news!
If I’m doing the baking, I like a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting (in a cheery color, of course). But I did just have a lemon cupcake with a well of raspberry jam in its center last week that blew me away.
Congrats on the happy news…that is such an adorable picture of you! I love coconut cake. Yum Yum! My favorite cupcake are the cupcakes my friend baked for my daughter’s first bday. Coconut cupcake with pineapple preserve filling.
Thank goodness your baby is healthy! I can’t even imagine the joy and relief you must feel.
Thank you so much for the give-away! My favorite variety so far has been Coconut Lime.
I know what you have been through. One of my tests came back with a much higher than normal result that made me have an amnio for my second pregnancy. I was a nervous mess for the 2 weeks that I had to wait. So thrilled that you know your little guy is healthy. Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy – it goes by so quickly.
So glad to hear that everything is okay. Those tests can be useful, but they can also cause a lot of needless heartache. One of them in particular (I can’t remember which – it’s been almost four years) has a high false-positive rate – so high we didn’t do it. Not worth the anxiety for us.
The cake is lovely – thanks for sharing. Best wishes to you for a healthy, happy and uneventful remainder of your pregnancy.
Congrats on the good news! I can only imagine what an awful time that must have been. To answer your question, my favorite type of cupcake is caramel apple. So delicious! A few years down the road, your little one is most definitely going to bring in the best birthday treats in the whole class. I’m telling you, all the other kids are going to be jealous…:)
Mmm…I love anything with the peanutbutter/chocolate combo!
Glad your little guy is OK!
I am so happy for you both! That’s great news!
What a wonderful cake!
All the best and cheers,
Rosa
What wonderful news! Here’s to continued health for you and the baby!
On to cupcakes: I’m a traditionalist…vanilla cupcake with buttercream frosting. But that coconut cake sounds fabulous. I know what I’ll be making for my husband’s next birthday (he LOVES coconut).
That’s fantastic news! I’m so pleased for you. And I love both these pictures in this post – the cake almost looks as pretty as you do!
Rosie of BooksAndBakes
PS. My favourite cupcake is possibly…well, it would have to involve fresh fruit – orange, probably – and, naturally, it would actually be in a cup.
So so so glad to hear the boy will be perfect!! Life really is beautiful!!! Now the boy will be even more special, if that was possible!!
The cake looks amazing! I’ve recently joined the Cake Slice Bakers, and we are baking through this very book! I’m going to jump out of line and try this very soon though, it looks amazing.
And a great giveaway. I would love to own this book. Have had my eye on it since forever!
Congrats on the wonderful news!!
My favorite cupcake would have to be peanut butter with peanut butter cup frosting…yum.
OH, I can’t even imagine the pain and anxiety you two went through waiting for the results – I am so happy for you that the baby is fine.
My favorite cupcake is an almond cupcake with coconut frosting.
Glad everything is okay.
My favorite kind of cupcake is yellow with chocolate icing!
I’m glad you’re baby is OK and that you’re feeling better. Beautiful cake!
So glad to hear that your baby is doing well.
The best cupcake I’ve ever had was a banana cake with dark chocolate frosting. Mmmm. I don’t think there could be a better flavor combo!
By the way, I read your blog all the time and I think it’s great! Thanks so much for sharing
Congratulations Ari, I’m so happy for you. It must have been awful to wait so long to hear news.
My favourite cupcake? I think that must be one that pairs hazelnut in the batter and lime in the icing…yum!
So happy to hear the baby is OK!
Favorite cupcakes – strawberry with strawberry cream cheese frosting!
Glad to hear that all is ok with the baby – what a relief. I understand you completely about how hard the waiting period is. We were in a similar situation and just waiting around for results is so anxiety-provoking and I couldn’t find a way to stop the worrying. Thankfully all is well though.
As for cupcakes, I like it simple – vanilla bean cake with a buttercream frosting, though the coconut sounds delicious.
That is terrific news!! Thanks for celebrating by hosting a giveaway. My favorite cupcake is anything with chocolate.
I’m so thrilled for you that everything is okay. I love that you’re involving us readers in your celebration by offering to giveaway such a neat book. I’d love to try this coconut cake too…it looks so delish! My favourite cupcake would have to be one with cream cheese frosting…I love cream cheese frosting, so maybe a carrot cupcake or a dark chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting.
I’m so glad to hear your good news!
Oh dear, I don’t know which cupcake is my favorite. Chocolate is always good, but I also really like carrot cake.
Congratulations and mazel tov!!! Wonderful news!!!!!!!!
Ari, I’m so happy for you. At 26 or so weeks ourselves, we haven’t had any tests come back scary, but until it’s come back, every test has seemed scary, every one has set the darker side of my imagination in motion, so I have some basis for imagining what that must have been like for you two, and I’m so sorry you had to go through it, and so relieved that all is well.
Go have an extra piece of cake.
I’m glad you two haven’t received any negative test results, this was such a stressful experience! Thankfully everything turned out ok though… whew.
How exciting that your little one is at 26 weeks!
Hey,
So glad your baby is healthy and whole! Congradulations.
My favorite kind of cupcake has got to be carrot with cream cheese icing…or pumpkin. I can’t pick between those two
Vi
Congrats on the good news!
I love cupcakes – especially coconut, which is why this is such a great post!
Boston Cream Cupcakes. They’re really easy to make and so, so good!
What a relief that your baby boy is healthy and getting stronger so that he can meet his mommy and daddy! Best wishes!
Favorite Cupcake: chocolate with chocolate frosting and sprinkles
Congratulations on your healthy baby!
Favorite cupcake? Definitely carrot cupcake, the kind with nuts and raisins and then topped with sweet cream cheese icing. At least I can pretend the cake is somewhat healthy with that serving of vegetable.
That is brilliant news Ari.
I’m so glad everything turned out okay! It is definitely understandable that you might not feel like baking or blogging with such stressful news hanging over your heads. Congratulations!
That coconut cake looks amazing… I’d love to make it sometime. My favorite kind of cupcakes are the Guinness and Whiskey cupcakes: http://smittenkitchen.com/2009/01/car-bomb-cupcakes/
Although, if you haven’t made those yet… you should wait several months before trying them.
hey ari! so glad to hear everything is ok – next time you are in our neck of the woods, come by and visit! at the very least, you can use the bathroom – ha! anyway, my favorite type of cupcake is (hands-down) red velvet…it’s the perfect size for such a rich cake!
big hugs your way and l’shana tovah!
alix
Congrats!
Mmm, I love most cupcakes. They have to be moist, don’t necessarily need to be iced/frosted. Above all I go for lemon/citrus ones or chocolate!
Congratulations on your great news! And, your cake looks perfect and delicious and I want a piece right now.
Oh… how awful to wonder for such a long time! You must be floating on air and to give us a beautiful fluffy, light coconut cake to boot? Thank you!
And I actually love coconut cupcakes. I like a moist vanilla cupcake the best, and prefer the frosting coated in coconut.
So I’m definitely interested in your recipe. And I hope the day he’s born is every bit as joyful as the day you got that call. Fantastic news! Congrats!
Congrats! My favorite is red velvet w/ cream cheese frosting.
Oh, congratulations all around! And all the best to you.
Thanks for sharing your story, and that recipe as well. It looks good, and when I make it, I will think of you.
Now, on to cupcakes – I am a fan of most any cupcake, but if I had to chose one – I would go with a basic chocolate devil’s food cake and chocolate frosting, fluffy not thick buttercream.
Ari, so happy for you! Enjoy the rest of your pregnancy- the time will fly by.
That coconut cake looks delicious, thank you! That might be my parents’ 39th anniversary cake next month.
My favorite cupcake is devil’s food with dark chocolate frosting and (for the kid in me) sprinkles! But then, I’ll take just about any cupcake I can get.
I am so happy for you.
The coconut cake looks delicious, lucky brother to get homemade cake baked by two lovely ladies !
Enjoy!
I’m expecting a baby girl in 2 weeks. While we chose not to have the screening tests done, I felt that I could be very empathetic with all the emotions. (We have lost 3 babies before, so you can imagine the emotions that we have encountered in the past 9 months!)
I am so happy that all is well. Congratulations.
My favorite cupcake would be chocolate with some sort of cream cheese filling. I haven’t made them myself, but they are delicious!
I’m so sorry to hear about your loss.
But congrats on expecting a baby girl in 2 weeks, how wonderful!
Ari,
I’m celebrating right along with you! Hugs to you and baby!
Okay so I started reading this and then worrying! Would the baby be okay?! Phew, thank God!!! Mazel Tov!!! I’m so happy for you, your husband, and future baby!
And cupcakes, how can I pick a favorite?! I have to be honest that I love magnolia, yellow cake with pastel vanilla icing. But hummingbird cake is awesome too! Ugh I’m now reading the menu and on the edge of my seat, I love cupcakes and that book looks super cute.
Shanah Tova!!!!
Ari,
I am so glad for the wonderful, comforting news. What a gift for a Shana Tova! Keep smiling that bright smile!
As for cupcakes- there isn’t one I would refuse, but I will go with a peanut butter cream filled chocolate cupcake. Anything with chocolate and peanut butter is tops on my list! Take care and be well!
I am so glad that this has a happy ending – what a nice way to bring in the new year. I will be watching your blog and hoping for good things for you and your family.
My favorite cupcake is – carrot cake! I made them one year for Rosh Hashanah – delicious with cream cheese frosting.
OMG! pregnant!
)) u look very beatiful!I hope you will be healthy ..
my favorite cupcake :
milk chocolate chip and banana cupcake + brown sugar frosting
D yay delicious!
I am so very happy for you! May you always be blessed!
As for the cupcake question–any small cupcake with a large dollop of icing is good, very good! However, someone did recently share with me a batch of coconut cupcakes with cream cheese icing and lots of coconut on top. YUMMEE!
My favorite is banana cupcake with dark chocolate ganache… by the way, congratulations on your healthy baby!
I’m SO happy that the news was good ~ no! the news was GREAT! With each word I read I was afraid to read the next but reading when your hubby burst into the room to give you that wonderful news gave me a huge smile this morning. Congratulations!
Hmmmmm my favorite kind of cupcake you ask? That’s not an easy thing to answer because they are all such wonderfully tasting little tidbits and some, when decorated are works of art you almost don’t want to ruin. The best answer I can honestly give to that question would be ………….my favorite kind of cupcake is …………..one that is baked. LOL
Ariela, you and your husband must be so relieved! I think that all of your readers are as well! My favorite cupcakes are traditional deep dark chocolate with cream cheese frosting. They are versatile, and can have all kinds of additions. Take care, and thanks for the chance to win the book, Michele
Congratulations on your good news!!
My favorite cupcake is one someone else has made!
If I was to make one, I’d fill it with something and make an awesome frosting (not canned crap)
So glad that everything is okay
My favourite type of cupcake would have to be a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter swiss meringue butter cream.
The e-mail of this post breaks right at the suspenseful part. “The hospital called us to say…” Scary. So glad the kid is OK. Does the “He’s OK” mean you found out that it’s a boy?
You don’t need a reason to celebrate to have coconut cake…You just need to find enough coconut.
Congratulations to you! Such good news and we’re glad you shared.
It’s harder to think of a cupcake I don’t like than choosing a favorite. Cupcakes were my choice of birthday cake some mumble mumble mumble years ago (yes, a whole lot longer ago than many of you have been alive – lol).
My current favorite is a carrot cupcake with cream cheese frosting. But I could be swayed but anything that is set in front of me!
Oh, Ari, Congrats! That is *such* good news. And coconut cake! Delicious.
So.. cupcakes. I think my favorite cupcake would have to be devil’s food with that gooey marshmallow-y icing. Mmm.
I am SO glad to hear that everything came out looking good. You look great and happy (even if you were just pretending at the time!). And this cake looks wonderful, so moist. Enjoy feeling that little one move inside of you!
Hey Lady,Very Glad to hear all is well!! What a beautiful Cake!! I have made a coconut every year for 36 years,and several inbetween.I made a fresh coconut,for my wifes birthday,every year.I never was into cup cake or muffins,but this year,the schools here,are pushing them for snacks,and I have so many request(grandkids),I sorta like them.Have a wonderful day,Jim(Southern MS.,THAT IS)!!
Congrats on the good baby news
My favorite cupcake is pistachio with cream cheese frosting!
WOW!!! I’m so glad you are back on the happy train. You seem like such a joyful person that I imagine the dumps were way down for you. It’s great to have you back!
my fave cupcake would be…. ANY cupcake with CREAM CHEESE ICING!!! yeehaw! be it carrot cake (yum), chocolate cake, yellow cake (again, yum), or zuchinni banana cake–so long as its got a hefty dollop, no dollop is not strong enough, a hefty mass of sweet cream cheese icing! (yum yum yum)
I’m so glad your news was good. Enjoy being a mother. It is the best and most blessed time of your life. As for my favorite cupcake, I think anything chocolate. I would love to win that cookbook. My kids would be asking me to bake from it all the time.
Perfectly acceptable to MIA, even without all this preoccupation- so so happy to hear the baby is okay. I love how a phone call can change our world. Enjoy your remaining weeks and keep up the baking! My favorite cupcake is a vegan carrot cake (off another blog bunnyfoot that I ran across forever ago in a random search for a good carrot cake recipe) that doesn’t contain refined sugar. I made it for my first son’s first birthday and it was such a winner now both my boys and my husband request it every time!
Hey! My favorite cupcake is a yellow cupcake with a rich, decadent chocolate ganache on top. I’m also very fond of fruit-flavored ones such as raspberry
I am SO glad everything is ok. My favorite cupcake is probably chocolate coconut or key lime.
Prayer & Praise.
Communicate to God your thoughts and concerns.
Praise Him for your blessings daily.
I love Coconut cake and homemade frostings,
I thank God for the trees, herbs, cows and chickens that make the cake possible.
Worry is a thief.
It steals your joy.
It steals your peace.
Morganne
Hi Ari, I am so delighted to know that you and baby are doing great. I pray that you will have a safe delivery and will enjoy motherhood
Ari, that is such wonderful news – may life continue to be that wonderful from here on in.
My favorite cupcake – should be decadent chocolate with an espresso/chocolate frosting.
What an ordeal you’ve been through! Congratulations on the great news about your baby!
My favorite cupcake is kind of boring, but I LOVE white cake with white icing. When I’m craving chocolate cake or cupcakes, it has to be chocolate cake and dark, fudgey icing.
Love to the new family! Makes it so meaningful to say, Have a healthy new year.
Big sigh of relief
I’m so happy everything worked out. The cake looks wonderful and will be on my “list to try soon.” Hopefully the remainder of the pregnancy will be smooth sailing 
News like yours puts everything in perspective. You find out what is really important in life. I’m so happy your little boy is fine. Enjoy him when he comes and keep on baking these delicious looking cakes
So true! Worrying about work or other random life stuff seems so trivial after worrying about something like this.
Congratulations on such happy news!
My favorite kind of cupcake is a chocolate cupcake with a little lump of cream cheese and chocolate chips in the center with chocolate cream cheese icing on top.
I’m so glad that you received good results. Hopefully everything is smooth sailing from here on out.
glad everything is ok.
coconut cupcakes w/ a little bit of lemon curd filling would be one of my favorites. also strawberry ones made with fresh berries.
CONGRATULATIONS. I remember being pregnant. . .try to enjoy it. It’s over before you blink. THanks for the cupcake book giveaway.
my favorite cupcake is red velvet with cream cheese icing!
i’m sure that was a phenomenal relief to you–i’m so glad the news was good! if ever a cake was worthy of being used for celebration, it’s this one. i do love coconut, but my favorite cupcake would be an apple-spiced one with loads of cinnamon cream cheese frosting.
I’m boring but my favorite kind is my mom’s chocolate cupcakes with white icing. Preferably a day old, and for breakfast.
Congratulations on the test results & may the remainder of your pregnancy be as uneventful & normal as possible! Thanks for the giveaway & my favorite cupcake is anything made with chocolate!
I cannot even imagine what the last few weeks have been like for you. I think every expectant mother worries, whether or not her fears have any basis. To be told that you have a chance of having a serious problem–even only a 5% chance–must have been torture. I am SO happy to hear that everything is fine. Sending you lots of happy thoughts for a healthy second half of pregnancy, and no more reasons to worry.
Oh, and my favorite cupcakes right now are pretty much any cupcake. But, I’m especially fond of my local bakery’s from-scratch version of the Hostess Cupcake. They call them “TV Treats,” but they’re basically an overindulgent Hostess cupcake, with chocolate cake, cream filling, and a hard chocolate coating.
Oh, I am so happy for all of you! I can’t imagine how stressful the wait for the test results must have been. Now you can focus on the joy this child will bring to your lives.
The timing of this post is amazing. I’m getting ready to go into the kitchen to bake coconut cupcakes with raspberry jam filling for my daughter’s 38th birthday. She is a cupcake fan-atic. The book would make a lovely Christmas gift for her. Thanks for the chance at the giveaway.
Once the baby is here, we will definitely not expect frequent posts, but I hope you will put up a photo!
So happy for you all! I was holding my breath reading your post. So glad it turned out fine.
Favorite cupcake? Chocolate on chocolate, of course!
Congratulations on your fantastic news! I always enjoy an extremely simple brownie Reece’s cup cupcake for a splurge!
This cake is gorgeous, and must only begin to convey your sense of relief and celebration with the good news!! And did I mention how much I love coconut cake?!
I’m so happy and proud for you both. Heck, your husband even made me cry. You’re going to make a beautiful mother, I can tell because you’re all ready a beautiful mother-to-be.
Oh, and my favorite kind of cupcake is the lemon or any kind that is on my plate!
Thank you Laurel! Your comment made my day.
I work for a surgeon that repairs birth defects and it is my pleasure to meet with scared moms and dads just like you. I’ve never lived through it, but I’ve sat through many a teary-eyed doctor’s visit, holding a frightened mom’s hand. I’m happy for you that you don’t have to go through that.
And nothing beats my mom’s cream filled chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting.
Well. Except her strawberry pie. But we’re talking cupcakes here.
Congratulations on the very good news!
I’m not sure I would have kept it together for as long as 5 weeks. That’s a long time to wait for important test results.
I have to admit that my sweet tooth is so strong that I don’t actually have a favorite cupcake so much as a favorite frosting treatment: lots! I want the cakes to be soft, not too heavy, with a good crumb, which is a little easier to find in a white cake than a chocolate cake.
So happy for you Ari that exams turned out just fine, this lead to the most beautiful declaration of love for a child… your hubby’s… And you are half way through!!! Congratulations!
Praise be to God! Such great news! (Got me a bit teary. So happy for you to be through that tough situation.)
This is very happy news for you…congratulations!