There are quite a few questions, though, that are asked about edible baby shower cakes. One of the most popular problems revolves around baby shower cake decorating. How do you decorate a baby shower cake in an easy and affordable way while still making it look good? Not many people are satisfied with presenting a cake iced in an everyday way with a few sugar flowers simply stuck in the top.
There are some simple edible baby shower cakes that you can use, and not all of them are cakes in the traditional sense of the word. One spectacular cake is actually a tower of cream puffs. But to make them look different from the traditional wedding croquembouche, each one is glazed in pastel colored white chocolate instead of the amber caramel that is usually used. Finished off with coordinating sugar flowers, this beautiful cake is an attention-getter supreme.
A simpler variation is the doughnut center tower. Although it looks the same as a croquembouche, it's much easier to make since it involves sticking different types of doughnut centers (plain, chocolate, icing sugar dipped, chocolate and cocoa dipped) onto toothpicks and then onto a styrofoam tree form that had been covered with aluminum foil. Finished off with some sparkling candles stuck on the top, this is a truly terrific cake. Easy, simple, affordable. Need I say more?
A modern form of edible baby shower cakes are baby blocks made
from large cake cubes. Cut sheet cakes into perfect squares and
sandwich them together with jam or icing to form a cube. Cover each
one with butter cream or cream cheese frosting and decorate like
baby blocks with extruded sugar letters and cake or cupcake decorations
that can be purchased from specialty cake companies like Wilton
or Decko.
Purchased cakes from the bakery can be further embellished with
breathtaking natural décor like edible flowers, sugared flowers
and whole sugared fruits. Arranging the edible flowers to form a
bouquet on top of a cake with its sides decorated in basketweave
design makes an unusual basket of flowers. Or a pile of sugared
fruits on top of the cake makes a 3D della Robbia still-life. And
nothing can beat the traditional dark chocolate topped with mounds
of softly whipped cream, candied violets, and perfect whole walnuts,
except maybe gilding the walnuts in 24K gold leaf!
More casual cakes are easily decorated with little candies like
colored shot or dragees, MMs, Runts, and Nerds. The colorful candies
contrast well with brightly iced cakes and give a fun, informal
feel to the cakes. This would be really cute for family showers,
since a candy-covered cake is something that would really pique
the kids' interests.
Another problem revolves around baby shower cake recipe tips. The
most common problem is that the cake is invariably delicious, yet
unfortunately very dry. A tried and tested remedy for that is taking
a new atomizer and after washing it out with soap and water and
rinsing it twice, is to spray the cake layers with fruit juice,
coffee, or flavored tea before putting on the icing. An alternative
would be rum or brandy, but that's not recommended for the pregnant
mommy! A sweeter version would be to soak the cake in light syrup,
like what you would get from a can of fruit cocktail or sliced peaches.