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Free Baby Shower Cake Ideas
by Chris Ryerson

Description: Easy, creative ideas for baby shower cakes.

Are you putting together a baby shower for a friend or family member? This can be a huge task to pull off and you want everything to come out just right. The cake is one of the things that you have to plan for in advance. This is an important part of the shower and not something you want to overlook. People look foreword to having a good tasting cake with some coffee or tea after a light meal.

If you have already chosen a theme for the bay shower you can typically pull the theme into the cake and find some way to decorate the cake. You can also pay to have a cake made.

Free Baby Shower Cake Idea #1: Belly Cake

One great idea is to design a baby shower cake and make it look like a pregnant belly. This can be done by placing a circular cake in front of a rectangular cake and frosting them together to resemble that of a pregnant belly.

Free Baby Shower Cake Idea #2: Toy Blocks Cake

Another idea is to design a baby shower cake and make it look like children's toy blocks (either one large block or 3 to 4 smaller blocks). Toy block cakes can be further enhanced by surrounding them with candies or little toy cars.

Free Baby Shower Cake Idea #3: Gift Basket Baby Shower Cake

Here is a fun idea make the cake in the shape of a baby shower gift basket. You can have a big round basket with brown frosting to make the basket and then decorate the cake like it were a gift basket filled with fun baby items.

Free Baby Shower Cake Idea #4: Cupcakes

A fun idea is to use cupcakes that you decorate individually. These can be fun small little bites for people and they can be decorated individually.

Free Baby Shower Cake Idea #5: Mini Cakes

Mini cakes are the same as regular sized cakes but made with smaller pans. These can be fun because they are very delicate and create one complete serving per person. So, essentially each person gets their own cake. You can easily personalize these with people names or by decorating each one with different colors.

The main ingredient to having a good baby shower cake and a unique idea for the cake is time. You want to plan ahead and leave yourself enough time to make the cake or cakes at your leisure. IF you are rushed to finish the cake right before the party it will not be very creative.

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