Let's be honest; when going to any sort of party, including baby showers, one of the things looked forward to is the food. Well, if you're the hostess of a baby shower, there is no reason you can't have people begging you for the recipe of the baby shower cake you made and asking how you so charmingly decorated it to fit the chosen theme.

Baby shower cake recipes can found online. Look in the sites you are scanning for other baby shower ideas and you'll find that some of them have baby shower cake recipes. Alternately, go to any online recipe site; recipezaar is one where the recipes are rated by cooks who have made them helping you narrow your search to the best. After making the cake, decorate it according to your theme thus creating a free baby shower cake recipe that you can pass on.

A cute idea for a baby shower cake recipe is the belly cake using a rectangular cake above a round one, frosting and decorating them to resemble a pregnant belly, complete with belly button frosting and the outline of hands folded over the belly.

Free baby shower cake ideas are limited only by your imagination. If a lighter cake is what you want, make a baby shower cake from an angel food cake. It will inspire bad puns about babies being angelic giving everyone a chuckle. With some food coloring, it also fits the future babies' gender.

Baby shower cakes aren't just the focus of the menu. They're usually the centerpiece of the table so decorate accordingly. Surround it with babies' breath and baby toys. The amateur photographers' at the baby shower will be snapping away so get creative and give them a photo to drool over.

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