Planning a baby shower can be a lot of work with so many preparations to do such as decorating the venue, coming up with table decorations, planning the games or other activities. This is why the menu is often neglected, which often leaves your guests unsatisfied. There are several fun baby shower cakes recipes that you can try to suit the party’s theme and enable your guests to enjoy good food.

Below are easy yet delicious baby shower cakes recipes for you to choose from.

Jell-O Cake

This is one of the most innovative baby shower cakes recipes that you can prepare for the event. There are two sets of ingredients that you must prepare for this cake recipe: one for the cake and another for the topping. For the cake, you must prepare a package of white cake mix and a package of Jell-O. For the topping, you need instant vanilla pudding, 1 ½ cup milk, and whipped topping.

Follow the instructions on the white cake mix package and use a 9 x 13” greased baking pan to prepare the cake. Then, dissolve the Jell-O while the cake baking and pour in half a cup cold water to reach a syrupy consistency. Punch holes into the cake while it is still warm and pour the Jell-O into the holes. Store the cake into the fridge and let it cool.

To prepare the topping, you must mix the milk with the vanilla pudding. Wait until it thickens so you can add the whipped topping. Apply it onto the top of the cake and chill in the refrigerator.

Pineapple Baby Shower Cake

This is one of the simplest baby shower cakes recipes that you can serve to your guests at the party. It is also quite simple to prepare and the ingredients used are easy to find.

You can start by baking two regular sponge cakes. Once both cakes are ready, soak them in pineapple juice. Whip some heavy cream and layer it onto the cake before you add the pineapple at the center. Apply the whipped cream on top, then add some more pineapples and cherries.

Your guests will surely enjoy the wonderful taste and texture of a pineapple baby shower cake. It is also a good alternative if you cannot find or prepare your own pudding.

Stork Baby Shower Cake

This is another one easy recipe that your guests will love at the baby shower party . You must bake two rectangular shaped cakes that are 12 inches in measurement. Then, make two more round cakes, each measuring at eight inches and 12 inches in diameter.

Start by cutting the rectangular cake in a diagonal manner. Place it onto one side of the eight-inch round cake to serve as neck of the stork, while the round cake itself serving as the face. You must set the broad diagonal pieces on the round cake while the ones with pointed ends will serve as the beak. Finally, the 12-inch round cake will become the body of the stork.

You can add the neutral color icing onto the face and main body. You can use deep chocolate icing on the legs using melted chocolate. You can also use chocolate drop to form the eyes and lines on the facial features of the stork.

The Building Block Cake Recipe

You will need:

• pound cake (frozen)
• 2 16-oz. containers of cream-cheese, vanilla or white icing
• 1 16-oz. container of pink strawberry icing
• 1 small bottle of food coloring- blue, pink and yellow
• 1 tube prepared white icing with screw-on plastic star tip
• 1 Glass filled with hot water
• a sharp-edged knife

Procedure:

Cut the frozen pound cake into three using a ruler. Trim the edges to make a cube like appearance for each slice. Now for the frosting, take some white frosting in a medium-sized bowl then add the blue food coloring. Mix the frosting and food coloring well using a hand blender. Repeat this procedure for the yellow and pink frosting. Refrigerate the frosting before use. Get the sharp-edged knife and dip into the glass of hot water then frost the cake cubes – one cube in yellow, one in pink and one in blue. After this, draw a letter or number on each of the cubes using the white icing tube. Arrange the cubes in a way that the pink and blue cubes are sitting side by side and the yellow cube is resting on the top edges of the pink and blue cubes. You will then have a charming baby shower cake shaped like building blocks.

The Butterfly cake

Bake two heart shaped cakes and about eight cupcakes. The cupcakes will form the body of the butterfly so they have to be placed in a row. Put the heart shaped cakes on either side of the row of cupcakes to represent the butterfly’s wings. Now you can start with the icing. Use white vanilla frosting to ice the cupcakes and yellow or pink strawberry flavored frosting for the butterfly wings. Complete the cake by creating the antenna using pick frostings. Butterfly cakes are perfect as baby shower cakes for girls.

Try any of these baby shower cakes recipes to serve on your party to treat your guests to a delicious and fun meal.