Description
Celebrate the upcoming arrival with a stunning baby shower cake! This guide provides everything you need to create the perfect centerpiece, from classic designs to gender reveal surprises. Get inspired and bake a memorable treat!
Ingredients
- Cake Flour
- Granulated Sugar
- Eggs
- Unsalted Butter
- Milk
- Baking Powder
- Vanilla Extract
- Buttercream or Fondant Frosting
- Food Coloring (optional)
- Sprinkles and Edible Decorations
Instructions
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, then vanilla extract.
- Whisk together flour and baking powder. Gradually add to wet ingredients, alternating with milk. Do not overmix.
- Grease and flour cake pans. Divide batter evenly. For gender reveal, color batter in one pan with pink or blue.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire rack to cool completely.
- Level cake layers. Place frosting on serving plate. Frost top of first layer, then add second layer.
- Continue frosting the cake until fully covered. Decorate with sprinkles, edible decorations, or fondant figures to match the baby shower theme. For a gender reveal cake, frost the outside neutrally and fill the inside with colored candies or frosting.
Notes
- Use high-quality ingredients.
- Measure ingredients accurately.
- Don’t overmix the batter.
- Cool cake layers completely before frosting.
- Use a crumb coat before final frosting.
- Practice decorating techniques.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 350 Kcal
- Sugar: 35g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0.5g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 75mg
Keywords: baby shower cake, baby shower cake ideas, gender reveal cake, baby shower dessert, baby shower cake designs, baby cake