Creative Baby Shower Cake Ideas, Designs and Pictures

Updated December 20, 2025 by Jan of Unique Baby Gear Ideas

Enjoy our crazy cute baby shower cake ideas, designs and pictures on this page that feature tips for delicious baby cakes to make yourself using our recommended recipes, or with canned frosting, boxed mixes, decorations and pans that you may already have in your kitchen cupboard.  The photos in our gallery are shared by other DIY bakers that, just like you, want to create a lovely centerpiece for the party that tastes as good as it looks.

Some hostesses may prefer to devote their skills to the creation of a non-edible centerpiece for the dessert table; a diaper cake.


Diaper cakes are a popular and a practical choice since the creation often serves as a decorative item as well as a gift for the guest of honor who will be delighted to receive extra diapers for her stash.

Tips for choosing which baby shower cake ideas suit your party's theme or color.

Easy Brown and Pink Baby Shower Cake

This was the result of my first experiment with making and tinting my own fondant.

Baby Diaper Cake Ideas

I followed a tutorial to make the bow and used an empty spice bottle and a clean drinking straw to make the polka dots.

Baby Shower Cake Picture Gallery

Instructions for making a pink two tier baby shower cake for twin girls with a homemade sleeping babies cake topper and frosted ruffles.

Twin Baby Shower Cake

The easiest baby shower cake to make yourself may be this rubber duck inspired design. The ducks on the pond are made using fondant. To make things even easier, substitute with rubber ducks or explore a different type of duck or even a baby chick for Easter baby shower cakes.

White chocolate Kit Kat candy bars and yellow rubber ducks make this rubber ducky baby shower cake so easy to make yourself!

More Cakes in Popular Themes and Color Combinations

Go Here to Get More Tips and Ideas for Baby Shower Cakes to Make Yourself

The amount of fondant used for each bead was the most difficult part of the entire process which means this was one of the easiest baby shower cake designs ever!

For those of you with plans to take the quick and easy route using a cake mix there is very little in the way of supplies that you need beyond the mix, the ingredients called for on the box, a can of frosting, a bowl and a mixer or whisk as far as necessities are concerned. But a sheet pan or round cake pans and a basic decorating kit are essential to take your cake to the next level. Fondant requires more tools than a layer or sheet cake as well as skills and time. Beginners are wise to get a few baking projects under their belt before moving on to decorating with fondant as I learned the hard way.

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Hi, I’m Jan — the creator of Unique Baby Gear Ideas. I love helping expecting parents discover nursery décor inspiration and creative photo shoot ideas that make every stage of pregnancy feel beautiful.

Over the years, I’ve helped thousands of parents choose safe, stylish nursery furniture through hands-on reviews and real-world testing.

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