Butterfly Edible Baby Shower Cake Idea

Baby showers are so exciting. If you've been given the honor of hosting the shower, you're probably searching your brain to find a really cute edible baby shower cake idea. Of course you want everything to be perfect for celebrating the new arrival.

Here is a really great edible baby shower cake idea that is easy to make and very cute. It's very unique in that you can provide three different cake flavors for choosy guests to enjoy.

BUTTERFLY edible baby shower cake idea:

What you will need:

- 3 cake mixes (You can use all one flavor, or you can use three different to provide choices for the guests.)

- 2 heart shaped baking pans

- 1 muffin or cupcake pan

- 1 piece of very strong cardboard to fit the finished cake

- Enough icing for 3 cake mixes (A really great idea is to buy all white icing and food coloring so you can create pretty pastel colors yourself.)

- A roll of baby shower gift wrapping paper

- Assorted candies to decorate with (Jelly Beans, Twizzlers, Mike & Ike's)

How to create this edible baby shower cake idea:

1. First you will bake the cakes. Do so according to package directions. If you're using three different flavors, use one flavor for each heart pan and one flavor for the cupcakes. Be sure to grease the pans liberally and flour them. Allow the cakes to cool completely before beginning to decorate.

2. While you're waiting for the cakes to cool, you can cover the cardboard with the pretty wrapping paper. Just tape it on the bottom very well so it won't come off.

3. Using two different bowls, divide the icing into two parts. If the baby that's coming is a girl, you can add a few drops of red food coloring to one bowl of the icing to make a pretty pink. If it's a boy, a few drops of blue or green will make a pretty pastel color.

4. For this great edible baby shower cake idea, you will want to add a few drops of yellow to the other bowl to make a pretty pastel yellow.

5. When the cakes are cool, remove them from the pans carefully, and place them on something to decorate with. (You don't want to put them on the cardboard yet.) Ice about six or seven of the cupcakes with the pastel yellow icing.