Baby Shower Cake Designs

The tradition of baby showers started off by welcoming the new baby into the house with lot of pomp and celebrations. It was basically an all women affair with a few close male relatives. Today, baby showers have become an extravagant affair and a chance for planning a family reunion. There are many cool baby shower themes followed to make this day special for the baby and the new mum. One of the main attractions of the baby showers is the food and the show stealer is the cake. The following baby shower cake designs will help you decide on a cake that will be remain the talk of the town for a long time.

Baby Shower cake Ideas
There are many unusual baby shower cake ideas that are not expensive yet can be a party puller. These baby shower cake designs will not only taste good, but also will be pleasing to the eye.

Miniature Baby Shower Cake Idea: These miniature cakes are served to each guest and looks like a traditional square building block. The baker can use the frosting color similar to the color of the baby theme. Ask your baker to write capital alphabets on each block. You can also use other baby shower cake ideas like teddy bears, milk bottles, rattles etc. as the shape of your miniature baby shower cake.

Quilt Baby Shower Cake Idea: You can prepare this baby shower cake design yourself. Prepare a square shaped white vanilla sheet cake. Top the cake with fondant to top the cake. Determine the number of squares you will need to make a baby quilt. Use different color fondant to color each square. Cut the fondant shapes and place them on the top of your cake. Add strips of fondant to make blanket borders. Use icing to adhere the fondant shapes to the cake.

Unique Shape Baby Shower Cake Idea: You can try unique shapes like a pram, or a cute baby face, duck, baby shoes, gingerbread man, butterfly shaped, baby feet, etc. for your baby shower cake designs. There are many bakers that offer an array of shapes and sizes of different baby shower cake ideas that will go well with your baby shower themes.

Gift Basket Baby Shower Cake Idea : You can use a large brown frosting as a basket and decorate it with a colorful cake that looks like goodies in a gift basket. There are many baby shower cake decoration ideas that you can use to decorate your basket.

Belly Baby Shower Cake Idea: The most popular baby shower cake design is making the cake look like a pregnant belly. A round cake is placed over a rectangular cake and frosted together to look like a pregnant belly.

Baby Bum Baby Shower Cake Idea: You can make a cake that looks like the bum of a little baby. Add little details like a diaper and small feet visible like the baby is crawling. The feet can be make from rice krispies covered with frost.

Baby Shower Cake Flavor Ideas
There are many different varieties of baby shower cake available that can be both unique and delicious. The following is a list of popular baby shower cake flavors:

• Butter cake
  
• Carrot cake
  
• Cheesecake
  
• Chocolate Cake
  
• Chiffon cake
  
• Devil's food cake
  
• Ice cream cake
  
• Pineapple upside down cake
  
• Fruit cake
  
• Sponge cake
  
• Strawberry cake
  
• Vanilla cake

These are few baby shower cake designs that you can choose from for your baby shower. Many bakers also offer a great variety of diaper cakes that you can use for your baby shower. You can be creative and come up with different baby shower cake ideas. If you know the gender of the baby, you can have the cake color in pink or blue with a shape associated with boys or girls. For example, a car or superhero shape for a boy and a doll or fairy for a girl. These yummy baby shower cake designs will surely make your baby shower deliciously unforgettable.