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Is it ok to do your own babyshower instead of having a family member/friend throw you one?

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  • RainNFyreRainNFyre member
    But what is underneath that delectable looking Ronald Reagan?
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  • J1DJ1D member
    RainNFyre said:
    I might need to make new poll about cake. I'm torn between yellow cake with chocolate frosting (has always been my go to bday cake) vs white cake with lemon curd/raspberry filling and a cream cheese frosting vs my newest discovery of lemon meringue cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory. I want all the cake.


    White cake with lemon curd/raspberry filling and a cream cheese frosting!!!! Give it to me NOW!!! Layer that b*tch cause I want both the lemon curd and the raspberry filling! Make it happen and put it in my belly!!!!

    @intheversa I want your tasty treats!!!
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  • intheversaintheversa member
    J1D said:
    White cake with lemon curd/raspberry filling and a cream cheese frosting!!!! Give it to me NOW!!! Layer that b*tch cause I want both the lemon curd and the raspberry filling! Make it happen and put it in my belly!!!!
    OMG this, this exactly!

    @intheversa I want your tasty treats!!!

    @J1D Don't hate me but they're easy.

    Pre-heat oven 350, brownie mix (follow instructions on box) mix in one bag milk chocolate chips (I'm a Tollhouse kind of girl), break up and add graham crackers and marshmallows to the mix (use your best judgement but I would do like 6 graham crackers and 20-30 marshmallows). Bake in a 9x13 for 20 minutes. 

    Once out of the oven layer more broken up graham crackers, marshmallows, and Tollhouse chocolate chunks (looks like firewood) and layer it until the whole pan is covered. Bake another 8-10 minutes until marshmallows are brown. 

    Can't take credit for this one, my mom thought this up. She might have stolen it who knows. They're so rich though!

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  • MariahOBrienMariahOBrien member
    RainNFyre said:

    But what is underneath that delectable looking Ronald Reagan?

    RainNFyre said:

    But what is underneath that delectable looking Ronald Reagan?

    I cannot say what the actual cake is. I think the surprise element is part of the allure.

    Also, is it bad that I think movie star/pre-politician Reagan is hot as f**k?
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  • intheversaintheversa member
    @RainNFyre sorry!
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  • MandahGirlyMandahGirly member
    My mom is making my baby shower cake and it is going to be a lemon cake with raspberry frosting and I AM SO EXCITED! She made some cupcakes a few weeks ago and they were glorious. I'm hoping my Dr will let me have a cheat day for my baby shower (GD) but if she doesn't I'm still having a big ass piece of cake!
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  • leighann1leighann1 member
    @MandahGirly I may put that in the "don't ask, don't tell category." ;)
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  • EllioCorEllioCor member
    edited August 2015

    I was going to throw myself one because half of our relatives live in another state and wanted to be invited with ample notice, (and no one invited any of my friends to my surprise bridal shower 6 years ago), my work schedule is not exactly conducive to surprise things, and no one had offered to throw one. I don't like surprises so I just told my relatives I was going to throw it and my mom said "absolutely not!".

    They let me pick the theme and date, and add to the guest list, but said I was not allowed to throw it myself.


    ETA: I had been asked about when my baby shower was going to be and which friends would love to be invited repeatedly. The in-laws (12 hours away) had specifically asked to be invited, my work friends had specifically asked to be invited, but since no one had offered to throw one I had no answers to give people. Being type A, i'm also REALLY not a last minute kind of girl- especially when people might be coming from another state.

    (I didn't want a final 4 weeks shower since babies can come early, which meant an August shower, which meant inviting out of state people a month in advance which meant invites needed to go out early july, which meant needing to be in planning stages in late june which was 3 months before due date and early to most people)


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  • leessshhhleessshhh member
    my mother , my MIL and my sister is throwing my baby shower with my sister hosting it . but they involved me in on almost every detail to where i feel like im throwing it myself . tacky ? maybe . but thats just how we roll . 
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  • intheversaintheversa member
    I know, I couldn't find cake so I found White Castle instead. Should have had cake... :((
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  • MamaOwl15MamaOwl15 member
    leessshhh said:

    my mother , my MIL and my sister is throwing my baby shower with my sister hosting it . but they involved me in on almost every detail to where i feel like im throwing it myself . tacky ? maybe . but thats just how we roll . 

    But you're still technically not throwing your own shower, and they asked for your input, so I think we can let this one slide. :-)

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  • maiatenemaiatene member
    I know I'm late to the party but I'm glad to see its still popping
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  • gabrielleldgabrielleld member
    I am a control freak. My mom I s "throwing" the shower but I've done everything from pick out invites, location, food, decor and games. She's paid for things and I've paid for things.

    Do whatever makes you stress less. It's not about gifts it's about celebrating babies.

    By the way I haven't seen such an immature group of ladies on here in a long time!

    I hope I helped!
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  • gabrielleldgabrielleld member
    :) I wasn't being "nasty" just saying calling it tacky, and taking the conversation into a cake debate seems... Off.

    Remember we are here to support.
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  • gabrielafrnqyepezgabrielafrnqyepez member
    MandahGirly said:
    Update: the sprinkle did in fact have cake, although it was plain cheesecake. I really had my heart set on lemon and raspberry thanks to you ladies. Also, no Ronald in sight. All in all, not a total waste. Could have used way more balloons.
    PLAIN cheesecake!? Like they didn't even bother with fruit or ANYTHING!? Lame-o
    I dont know if you guy know but plain cheese cake is A-OK....something like Juniors cheesecake !!!! o bbooiiiii





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  • gabrielleldgabrielleld member
    If I was the woman who started this thread I wouldn't want to sift through cake cravings and memes to get an answer. I'd like an opinionated, educated, answer.

    I'm sorry you took offense that you thought I was specifically calling the cake commenters immature. People who bring up these "sensitive" questions are because they feel a certain way about it to begin with.

    I'm not looking to bicker back and forth.
    Continue on with your cake and craving rant. :) there are threads for that though!

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  • jamieknowlton8jamieknowlton8 member
    We had our baby-q co ed shower yesterday. My hubby and I hosted it ourselves and we wouldn't have done it any other way! I'm picky about things like that so I didn't have to worry about someone else planning things I wouldn't want to do.
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