Baby Cakes! Inspiration For a Classic Baby Shower Cake

An elaborate beehive cake was apropos for a "birds and bees" tea for a mom-to-be! Source: Cakes Likes a Party

When the shower has a "milkaholic" theme, a cow cake is just what the doctor ordered. This one was sophisticated, not silly.

This rustic campfire cake went perfectly with the clever theme of a camping shower.

This elegant Velveteen Rabbit cake was a tasteful approach to the shower's sweet theme.

A $12 plain white Target cake was accented with mini yarn poms (kept in place with toothpicks) and topped with a printable flat label from Anders Ruff's baby shower printable collection. Source: Anders Ruff

The two-tiered cake at a flower- and owl-themed shower had a most fitting topper.

A mod pop-art theme was perfect for this gender reveal party, and this fun unisex cake wasn't spilling the beans!

This mustache party cake topper ($17) from Etsy's Quilted Polka Dot is a subtle way to carry out a masculine theme.

Sweet pennant cake toppers were appropriate for the theme of this vintage newsprint shower.

Pickwick Baking Co.'s red velvet cake with aqua frosting and heart accents is sweet for a baby boy or girl's shower.

A simple chocolate cake was made extraspecial with the addition of "Hooray" bunting flags ($8) from Etsy's Cake Events. Source: Cake Events

Toppers can transform even the simplest of cakes, as in this example from a Pottery Barn Kids staged shower.

If a crib mobile is part of the expectant mom's stash of loot, then put it to work during the shower. Hanging a mobile above a tiered cake gives it another level of dimension.

Elegant icing and edible fondant pearls transformed this cream-colored cake from ordinary to outstanding!

The hostess of this springtime "Sprinkle" made the rainbow layer cake herself and said it was easier than it looks, since it didn't require allover frosting.

For a vintage-themed shower full of antiques (like the stork atop this cake), a simple, swirled ribbon cake was perfect. This cake, weighing in at 12 pounds, created a focal point for the party. But the cake was more than meets the eye. "The cake cutting definitely stands out as a memorable party moment," Jenny Keller shared. "Instead of your typical white cake, I secretly colored the cake batter blue to surprise party guests with the baby's gender. We called it the 'Blue or Pink, What Do You Think?' cake." Source: Jenny Keller of Jenny Cookies

Rather than going cutesy for a Winnie the Pooh-themed shower, this fondant version with Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and Tigger made for the sweetest cake, flanked, of course, by milk and honey. Photography by Abby Jiu via 100 Layer Cakelet

Forget a traditional chocolate or vanilla cake. For a woodland-animal-themed shower for a Martha Stewart Living employee, only a Lady M's Green Tea Mille Crepes Cake ($45-$80) would do. The woodland scene was extended to the cake with some toy deer, sugar mushrooms, and ladybugs. Source: Charlotte Jenks Lewis

Pastels are usually de rigueur at baby showers, but for a nighttime Peter Pan-themed shower, Merely Sweets crafted the galaxy cake, giving it a tie-dyed feel.

Patricia's Cake Creations made this adorable two-tier striped cake with a baby lamb holding balloons for a lamb-themed shower.

"The cake may just be my proudest achievement," Dina Holland says of her semi-homemade cake. "This is just a standard grocery store cake that I customized with some yogurt-covered stars from Trader Joe's and a sweet garland of the tiniest little books."

A close look at the Cake Studio LA cake from a nautical baby shower reveals an anchor topper and chevron and golden fondant rope.

For an old-world glam shower, a crown cake topper made a royal statement. "My sisters and I have put my mom's cake skills to good use," Summer Watkins says. "She makes a tiered cake for every single shower (baby or wedding) that we host at her house (which, with all of our girlfriends getting married and having babies, is several a year!). It's always special to have sweet handmade elements like that!" The gold crown cake topper is now a keepsake in the baby's nursery.

For a Tiffany-inspired baby shower, this Tiffany box cake by 4 Kids Cakes was the main attraction.

When the guest of honor is a pastry chef, you know the dessert table is going to be gorgeous. Mom-to-be Melody Brandon created all the custom desserts for this pink-themed baby shower, including the stacked cake. Source: Gabriel Ryan Photographers for Hostess With the Mostess