Here, you’ll find 15 unique bridal shower cake ideas for beginner and pro bakers, including easy designs with instructions to recreate them. If you’re looking for inspiration to place an order with your local baker, or you want to recreate one of these cakes yourself, you’re in the perfect place.
How to find a bridal shower cake idea suited to your cake-decorating level?
I’ve come up with a system. The cake ideas are presented to you according to their level of difficulty. There are three categories :
What Are Beginner Cake Ideas?
These are easy cake ideas. If you’ve never decorated a cake before (or only did it once or twice), these are the cakes that you should pay attention to.
- What you’ll find: Beautiful cake ideas that only require basic cake decorating techniques. This is a great place to start your journey.
What Are Intermediate Cake Ideas?
Low Intermediate Baker: If you are confident that you’ve mastered the cake decorating basics, such as how to smooth a cake, but feel like you still have a lot of techniques to learn apart from this foundation, this category is perfect for you.
- What you’ll find: Cake ideas that require both basic decorating skills and one or two techniques that are a little bit more advanced. This is a great place to grow your cake-decorating skills.
High Intermediate Baker: If you’ve mastered both basic techniques and several more advanced cake decorating techniques, these cake ideas are made for you.
- What you’ll find: Stunning cake ideas that can be fairly challenging, but are a great place to get even better than you already are.
What Are Advanced Cake Ideas?
If you consider yourself an experienced cake decorator and have mastered most of the decorating techniques, including the use of fondant, then this is the perfect place for you.
- What you’ll find: Showstopping and challenging cake ideas, perfect to sharpen and maintain your skills.
The Grading System
Finally, I’ve also assigned a grade of difficulty to each cake inspiration: 1/5 being the easiest design and 5/5 being the hardest. The goal is to make the ranking the most accurate possible. You will find this to be particularly helpful if you happen to fall in the Beginner or the Intermediate Cake Ideas categories.
Growth Tip : This list is great a place to set goals about your cake decorating skills. Pin this post and come back later to tell us how far you’ve come in your cake decorating journey !
How to recreate these baptism cake ideas?
What cake recipe should you use to make your perfect cake come true?
To recreate these cake ideas, you will need a trustworthy cake recipe. You have several options.
Adapt your favorite cake recipe.
There are a lot of ways to adapt a cake recipe. You mainly have four options to tweak your favorite recipe :
- You could change the flavor of your cake recipe: with citrus zest, the essence of your choice, or turn it into a chocolate or carrot cake for example.
- You could add a filling: a caramel sauce, a homemade flavored whipped cream, ganache, or buttercream.
- You could also add some texture: oreo bits, crumble crumbs, nuts, or fresh fruit for example.
- Finally, you could personalize your frosting.
Be careful, if you’re a beginner baker, having to figure out both your cake design and creating a new cake recipe could be overwhelming. Therefore, I always recommend taking your learning journey one step at a time.
Look for a cake recipe.
Where? You can ask friends, or family or simply look on the internet. You have to keep two things in mind though :
- The recipe has to be suitable for cake decorating, especially for cakes that require stacking or carving (intermediate and advanced cake ideas).
- Once again, if you’re a beginner baker, be careful not to put too much on your plate and choose a recipe suited to your current level.
Use my cake recipe recommendation.
Finally, you could try the delicious recipe I recommend. I firmly believe everyone should have a trustworthy chocolate cake recipe, and my chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting is both beginner-friendly and perfect for cake decorating. I’m sure you’ll love it.
What you will love about this recipe :
- It has a perfect chocolate flavor.
- It’s a really easy recipe, perfect for beginners.
- It has a great texture.
How to follow the instructions of the designs.
For the cake designs in the beginner category: I’ll provide written instructions on how to recreate the cake idea presented to you. Don’t hesitate to watch video tutorials about the basic techniques such as how to smooth a cake.
For the designs in the intermediate category: I’ll provide some guidance on how to perform the more complicated techniques.
For the advanced category: you are an experienced baker, at this point, and you will find great opportunities to put this experience to use. To be completely honest, I cannot make myself several cake ideas from the advanced category, so trust your abilities and go for it.
Find the perfect baptism cake idea for your baking skills.
Growth Tip : If you aim to get better at cake decorating, you should choose a cake idea that feels sligthly above your current cake decorating level. Get out of your comfort zone !
Bridal Shower Cake Ideas For Beginner Bakers
Here, you’ll find 3 easy bridal shower cake ideas perfect for beginner bakers.
Pearl Cake
Difficulty Level: 1/5.
If you want to create an elegant cake design to celebrate your bridal shower, you’ll love this pearl cake perfectly suited for beginners.
What you will need:
- Enough frosting to cover your cake.
- Edible pearls.
- Fresh or fake white roses with their stem wrapped in floral tape.
- A bridal shower cake topper.
How to recreate this cake?
- First, you must crumb-coat the cake to avoid any crumbs in your final design. Apply a thin and even coat of frosting with your offset spatula all around your cake.
- Smooth it with your bench scraper, holding it at a 45-degree angle on the cake while spinning your turntable. Your bench scraper isn’t supposed to move, only turn the table.
- It doesn’t have to be perfect as it only is the first coat. Chill the cake 20 to 30 minutes in the fridge (until your frosting sets).
- Then, apply a thicker coat of frosting and repeat the smoothing operation. Fill in any gaps and smooth the cake again. Repeat this operation until the cake looks smooth enough for you. Here, you’ll find a video tutorial of the covering process, if needed.
- Chill your cake in the fridge for 30 minutes or until your buttercream cover sets.
- Use a knife warmed with water to get sharp edges on your cake.
- Then, place your edible pearls, you might want to use kitchen tweezers to make it easier.
- Finally, finish your cake design with your roses and cake topper.
What you’ve learned :
As a beginner cake decorator, the first thing you have to master is how to frost a cake. From there, you can create stunning cake designs thanks to simple elements like edible pearls, flowers, and cake toppers.
Bold Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 1/5.
On the other hand, if you’re looking for a more unique cake design, don’t hesitate to personalize your cake with bold flowers or buttercream colors.
What you will need :
- Enough frosting to cover your cake.
- Fresh or fake white roses with their stem wrapped in floral tape.
- Edible golden leaves + a small paintbrush.
- A bridal shower cake topper.
How to recreate this cake?
- First, you’ll have to color your frosting properly, which can be challenging if you don’t have the technique. This is why you should take a look at this buttercream coloring tutorial.
- Next, crumb coat, and cover your cake as explained in the previous design.
- Add texture to your cake. To recreate the textured buttercream, place your angled spatula at the center of the top of your cake and start spinning the turntable while slowly moving the spatula away from the center.
- Place your cake in the fridge until the frosting sets and cut the raw edges of buttercream with a knife warmed with water.
- Add the golden leaves. Then, with your paintbrush, transfer gold leaf bits from the sheet of paper to the cake. Don’t use your fingers, it will stick to it.
- Finally, place your flowers and cake topper.
What you’ve learned :
Knowing how to color your buttercream properly is essential for a beginner cake decorator as it gives you more room to express your creativity.
Minimalist Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 1,5/5.
This cake is a perfect example of how using the same techniques you can create completely different cake designs.
What you will need :
- Enough frosting to cover your cake.
- Edible golden leaves + a small paintbrush.
- Fresh or fake flowers.
- Bridal shower cake toppers.
How to recreate this cake?
- First, crumb coat, and cover your cake as explained in the previous design.
- Add texture to your cake. Place your angled spatula at the center of the top of your cake and start spinning the turntable while slowly moving away from the center.
- Then, repeat the process on the cake’s sides, moving from the top to the bottom of the cake.
- Place your cake in the fridge until the frosting sets, then, cut the raw edges of buttercream with a knife warmed with water.
- Add the golden leaves. Next, with your paintbrush, transfer gold leaf bits from the sheet of paper to the cake. Don’t use your fingers, it will stick to it.
- Finally, place your flowers and cake toppers.
What you’ve learned :
Adding texture to a cake is an easy technique to elevate its look.
Bridal Shower Perfect For Intermediate Bakers
Here, you’ll find 8 bridal shower cake ideas perfect for intermediate bakers.
Elegant Bachelorette Cake
Difficulty Level: 2,5/5 (Low-Intermediate)
This sand buttercream really makes this elegant cake stand out from the crowd. If you’re looking for a cake that’s both elegant and modern, this is the one for you.
A little guidance
You can easily recreate this pattern effect following this buttercream stencils tutorial.
Bridal Shower Heart Cake
Difficulty Level: 3/5 (Intermediate)
I feel like heart-shaped cakes are everywhere these days, and for good reason: they’re super cute. So if you like this kind of cake design as much as I do, you’ll love this cake idea.
A little guidance
When trying a new piping technique, I recommend always practicing on parchment paper first. Here, to recreate this buttercream border, use an open star piping tip (like the 1M by Wilton) and follow this quick buttercream shell border tutorial.
Mirror Bachelorette Cake
Difficulty Level: 3/5 (Intermediate)
Now if you’re looking for a cake design that’s trendy but unique, this mirror cake is definitely the perfect cake for you.
A little guidance
As you can see buttercream shell borders are a staple in cake decorating. You should make sure your mirror is the right size and use a circle of parchment paper the size of your mirror to limit contact with the cake.
Fall Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 3/5 (Intermediate)
Message cakes are the best: they’re straightforward and they look amazing. Honestly, what could be better?
A little guidance
This is another type of cake design, where practicing on parchment paper comes in really handy. What I like to do is use a toothpick or the tip of a knife to trace where I’m going to write on the cake and overline it with my buttercream.
Elegant Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 3/5 (Intermediate)
Traditional cakes definitely don’t have to be boring and this simple white cake is a perfect example.
A little guidance
You can inspire yourself from this fondant drapes tutorial to recreate the fondant dress from this beautiful cake design.
Mini Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 3,5/5 (High-Intermediate)
I personally love sober cakes that are one of a kind. If that’s your case too, you’ll love this cake design that can be highly personalized to your image.
A little guidance
I would personally use a mix of fondant and overline it with buttercream for the details. If you’re unsure of how to cut your fondant elements, you can print or draw paper patterns that you’ll follow as guides to cut each of your fondant pieces.
Bridal Shower Flower Cake
Difficulty Level: 4/5 (High-Intermediate)
Flower cakes perfectly represent spring and new beginnings, and in my opinion, there’s nothing better to celebrate the beginning of your married woman’s life. If you want more floral cake ideas, don’t hesitate to check out my 16 Flower cake ideas that would perfectly complement your bridal shower.
A little guidance
To recreate this kind of palette floral cake, you’ll need a little bit of practice, but it’s not as hard as it looks. You can follow this basic palette knife flowers tutorial.
Floral Bachelorette Cake
Difficulty level: 4/5 (High-Intermediate)
If you’re looking for a unique cake design, that your guests will remember, this is the perfect cake for you.
A little guidance
To get this kind of result, you have two options: you can either use a printed frosting sheet, or you can use real nontoxic (they don’t have to be edible) pressed flowers and place them on your cake one by one using edible glue as shown in this quick pressed flower cake tutorial. I personally think the latter is much cooler.
Bridal Shower Cake Ideas For Advanced Bakers
These 3 bridal shower cake ideas will be perfectly suited to experienced cake decorators.
Standing Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty level: 5/5
Standing cakes are definitely the way to go if you’re looking for an original cake design.
Tiered Bachelorette Cake
Difficulty level: 5/5
On the other hand, tiered cakes are more convenient if you’re hosting a lot of people.
Square Bridal Shower Cake
Difficulty Level: 5/5
You could also have the best of both worlds with a square cake that will feed more people than a standing cake, while still standing out from the crowd.
If you’re looking for more cake ideas you can check out these 17 elegant cake ideas that could easily be adapted for a bridal shower, or one of my other cake ideas for children and adults.
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