A baby shower is one of those times in life when people just must have a special cake. Like a wedding, graduation, or award, the arrival of a child is an event we celebrate with as much fanfare as possible. If you spend any time at all watching TLC (The Learning Channel) or Food Network on television, you’ve seen that cakes have even become the “stars” of events and celebrations. Baby shower cakes are no exception!
Whether your baby shower cake will be a homemade delight or a designer creation ordered from a bakery, here are a few baby shower cake ideas to get your planning started.
Bakery-Cakery-Dock!
If you plan on ordering a cake from one of the reality TV show bakers, you should be prepared to offer the producers a unique situation that would interest viewers. Camera crews will surely invade your event. Their waiting lists could also be exceptionally long. If the baby is due in a few months, you can’t exactly wait until next season’s show or the season after that. If you do have a unique angle, however, they might take the job.
On a more realistic note, your local bakery has probably done many showers and will have hundreds of baby shower cake decorating ideas. Many local and national bakeries have websites where you can look at photo galleries of theme cakes, examine costs, order what you want and they will have it delivered to your event. If you’ve already thought of your own baby shower cake idea, just tell your local or online baker. More than likely, that craftsperson will be able to create what you want.
Some bakeries can transfer a photograph of the mom-to-be, parents, or siblings onto the cake. If the baby has already been born, that photo could be used as well. Even if the child is no raving beauty, one of the old Chinese wise quotes says; “There is only one pretty child in the world and every mother has it.”
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Many people cannot afford a bakery cake for these special events. Others don’t believe that true, yummy, goodness can actually come from anywhere else than the kitchen of their homes. Therefore, for the home cook with an interest in and talent for cake decorating, there are several resources.
When it comes to baby shower cake decorations ideas, a tool called the Cricut Cake is a wealth of inspiration and patterns. Originally produced as a die cutting machine for paper crafts (scrapbooking, schoolrooms, presentations), Cricut just released its Martha Stewart Edition of the cake machine. This tool cuts fondant, gum paste and other cake decorating materials into letters, shapes, animals or toys. Although the Cricut Cake is an expensive investment at first, if you or your family plans to do many events with theme cakes, the machine can be worth it over the years.
Your cake does not have to be professionally made, or made with expensive tools to be perfect for your shower. It is fine for your cake to look simple and homemade. In fact, some people interpret handmade gifts as more loving than purchased ones. To them, the fact that you took the time to make a crochet baby blanket or decorate a cake free hand trumps a store-bought version every time.
A couple of websites showing baby shower cake ideas pictures are Piece-A-Cake and Creative-Baby-Shower-Ideas. There is a website that even holds a contest for the best baby shower ideas for girls and boys, including cakes. It is http://www.cutest-baby-shower-ideas.com/baby-shower-cake-pictures.html. You can also try www.creative-baby-shower-ideas.com. Looking at websites will usually help you think of several appropriate ideas for baby shower cakes.