How can anyone resist the Pea in a Pod theme for a baby shower?  Here’s a top baby shower idea for baby shower cakes and cookies:

Pea in a Pod Cookies

These Pea in a Pod cookies are my latest baby shower creation. Is it just me, or does there seem to be an unusually large number of baby showers happening recently? In any case, they are a great reason to try out new cookies! This shower was for my cousin, and the theme of the shower was “Sweet Pea” so my other cousin (who was hosting) wanted something related to that theme. And so here we have “Pea in a Pod” cookies, which I thought were just about the cutest thing. I love to create new designs and these were a ton of fun make. Everyone at the shower loved them and thought that they were beyond adorable.

Here is a photo my cousin sent me of the cookies as part of the place setting at the shower (they were the favors):

Pea in a Pod Cookies at the Baby Shower

Step-by-Step Instructions for Pea in a Pod Baby Shower Cookies:

Step 1: Sketch out your cookie(s). I began doing this about 6 months ago and have found it very helpful for a number of reasons. First, you can play around with different designs and get an idea of what will fit on the cookies without having to waste “practice cookies”. Secondly, you can label each part of of the cookie with the color needed, so you know how many colors and how much of each you should mix up. I use a plain sketch book, trace the cookie cutter with a pencil and then go to work filling in the details.

Pea in a Pod Cookies – Sketch

Step 2: Make the “peas”. For these cookies, I used a regular decorating tip and pressed the bottom of it lightly into the cookies where I wanted to have the peas. I was then able to easily trace the circles for the outline.

Step 3: Outline the cookie. Using a #2 tip and the green and the skin-tone color, outline the cookies, then let them dry completely.

Pea in a Pod Cookies – Outlines

Step 4: Flood the cookies. With thinned royal icing, fill in all of the areas that you outlined with the appropriate colors. You should let these dry overnight before putting on the finishing details.

Pea in a Pod Cookies – Flooded

Step 5: Add the leaf details. With the same green that you used to pipe the outline, go back over the leaves and stem so that they are more pronounced, and add some details.

Pea in a Pod Cookies – Leaf Details

Step 6: Add the baby face details. Using edible markers and with a light touch, add the details to the baby’s mouth. Black dots for the eyes, and a pink or red heard for the mouth. Using a #1 tip, add a little curly-cue at the top of the head. Allow to dry for at least a few hours before packaging them.

Pea in a Pod Cookies – Face Details

resource–The Brown Eyed Baker

• Sugar cookie recipe: Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
• Tutorial: How to Decorate Cookies with Royal Icing
• Pea in a Pod cookie cutter: Purchased from CopperGifts.com
• Cookie inspiration from Bake at 350: Little Sweet Pea Cookies
  
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She’s ready to be a mommy and you want a baby shower that will celebrate her new status as well as the new baby’s arrival. Keeping a baby shower cake simple with a big touch of whimsy, this cute shower cake topper has the new mom balancing the gifts in style.

And why not give Grandma to be a little recognition with a sash that proclaims “Grandma Ahead–Prepare for Bragging”.

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Baby Shower Cookie Recipes

What are good baby shower cookies? Biscotti, macaroons, cut out sugar cookies, or of course a creation from a good old nestle toll house cookie recipe. At a bridal shower I helped coordinate in Sonoma, CA a few years ago, the mother and grandmother of the bride, surprised her with platters and platters of Swedish cookies. They were all made from recipes that had been in the family for generations. Each baby shower cookie paired perfectly with the cake, and the heartfelt moments that we experienced with their lovely family that day, is why I love planning special events.

Stay on the lighter side. Being that showers are usually luncheons, it’s best to not serve desserts that are too heavy. Small, light and bite sized baby shower cookies work best, especially because cookies are often served with the cake or cupcakes. The rule of thumb is to keep it light!

Non-messy is better. Dessert is often served while the mom-to-be is opening her gifts, so keeping the dessert non-messy and simple is always what I advise my clients. You don’t want chocolate or sticky fingers touching the newborn gifts after the guest of honor has passed them around the room. Although I love chocolate (who doesn’t) it’s best to stay away from messy chocolate or any other messy cookies for a baby shower.

Cookie Favors: If you’re looking for a Baby Shower Cookie Favors, cut out sugar cookies with cookie icing are a popular option. Otherwise, find cute containers to box or bag up the treats served at the baby shower for guests to take home.

Check out one of our reader’s heartwarming story on a great cookie idea for baby showers.

Thank you to so many of our readers who have written in about their favorite cookie recipes or ideas. I have recommended several easy, simple and light Baby Shower Cookies to serve at a baby shower. Enjoy!

Lemon Madeleines
These Lemon Madeleines will knock the socks of your baby shower guests, and work great as favors to boot. These little shell-shaped cakes with a citrus perfume, are perfect alone as light dessert, as cake or cupcake topper, with fresh fruit or as an accompaniment to a cup of tea.

Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe
This perfect chewy sugar cookie recipe is ideal for those baby shower cookie favors you’re dreaming of making. These are buttery classics, with a nice crunch. They are delicious on their own, but they also make ideal baby shower cookies, when festively decorated with Royal Icing.

Soft Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe
If you’re hosting a baby shower and are in need of a fabulous soft peanut butter cookie recipe, than check out this one!

Coleman Cookies – the Quick and Easy Cookie Recipe
If you’re looking for quick and easy baby shower cookies, try this one. I usually have all of these ingredients on hand in my house. The recipe makes 16. I got this recipe from a cooking class I hosted at my home with Atherton Appliance’s chef, Barbara Shenson. Barbara knows, that you’ll always find me at the dessert station at any one of her classes.

Easy Sugar Cookie Recipes
This page is for all those hostesses out there planning for baby shower sugar cookies at that shower you’re throwing and need easy sugar cookie recipes. This simple sugar cookie recipe is adapted from a recipe I found in my grandmother’s stash.

Sugar Cookie Icing
Dress up your fabulous desserts with some sugar cookie icing with our sugar cookie icing recipe. This recipe is from allrecipes.com, and uses almond extract. It’s enough to frost a dozen little guys.

Earl Grey Tea Cookies
This Earl Grey Tea Cookie Recipe is the perfect complement to any baby shower. The addition of Earl Gray tea in this recipe gives the cookies the slightest hint of bergamot orange flavoring. Grind the tea leaves in a small food processor or a spice grinder.

Brown Sugar Cookies
This recipe for brown sugar cookies is one of the most basic sugar cookie recipes you’ll find. If you’re hosting a baby shower and need something quick and easy, this is worth the try. It’s light and versatile and will go with most other desserts you may be serving.

Baci di Dama
Baci di Dama cookies are the perfect, bite-sized and delicious treat for any baby shower. Baci di dama, or “lady’s kisses” in Italian, are bite-size chocolate and nut treats with a melted chocolate filling. This is one of the best Italian cookie recipes we know. Besides, they’re from Piemonte, our favorite place on earth.

Buttered Rum Cookies
These melt-in-your-mouth buttered rum cookies are fragrant with warm spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and vanilla. Hello!

French Cookie Recipes
Madeleines are a fabulous french baby shower cookie recipes that produce those sea shell shaped, light and yummy things you see in line at Starbucks.

German Cookie Recipe
The Pfeffernussen is the best spice German cookie recipe that you often see at Christmas time, yum! They’re also perfect as Baby Shower Cookies.

History of Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ruth Wakefield invented the Toll House brand of chocolate chip cookies. Ruth Graves Wakefield graduated from the Framingham State Normal School Department of Household Arts in 1924.

Nestle Toll House Cookie Recipe

I think we may all have the Nestle Tollhouse Cookie Recipe memorized by now, but here it is anyway!

Have a favorite you’d like us to add to our Baby Shower Cookies collection? Feel free to contact us with your ideas, we’d love to hear from you!

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Do you love cookies at baby showers? Do you have a really yummy cookie recipe that would be great at a baby shower? Share it!

The ideas for a baby shower cake are endless–but sometimes it helps to get a little inspiration.

Just a few images to inspire you for baby shower cakes.

Want a place that can give you inspiration as well as video instructions? Check out YummyArts

Baby shower cakes are a great way to highlight a joyous baby shower party.
Baby shower cakes can be designed to match the theme of the baby shower party.

When shopping around for baby shower cakes, it’s a good idea to ask the mom-to-be what
type of cake flavor she wants for the cake. Cakes can be made from any cake flavor and icing
for the enjoyment of the celebrant and the other party guests. There is no end to the creativity
and design of these lovable cakes. Themed baby shower cakes make for an ideal centerpiece
at the food table of the baby shower party.

Baby shower cakes are sometimes referred to as ‘diaper cakes’ or ‘baby cakes’.
What’s the difference between them? Baby shower cakes are the actual cakes that can
either be homemade or bought from the store. While ‘diaper cakes’ are
baby shower diaper cakes that consist of different baby items adorning stacked
and rolled diapers in the shape of a layered “cake”.

‘Diaper cakes’ may be a real cake decorated with cake icing baby diaper shapes
and assorted baby items.Or ‘diaper cakes‘ may also be made of real baby

Diaper Cakes at StorkandVeil.com

diapers that are arranged like a layered cake. The decorations of
the ‘diaper cake’ consists of a variety of baby items
for the newborn. ‘Diaper cakes’ are wrapped in cellophane or
tulle and tied with adorable ribbons for a finished look.
Like the scrumptious baby shower cakes, ‘diaper cakes’ make
for interesting conversation during the baby shower party.

Homemade baby shower cakes

The process of making baby shower cakes is the same as
making any other type of cake. However creating homemade
baby shower cakes requires a certain degree of creativity and
baking ability to arrange one for a baby shower party.

Individuals who are adept in cake decorating and are gifted bakers
may do well in creating baby shower cakes for friends’ baby shower
parties. The celebrant and guests will surely appreciate the effort that
went into the creation of the homemade cake for the shower.

There are a number of helpful baking items that can be used to create
homemade baby shower cakes. Many baking supply stores offer a
wide variety of special baking pans with different designs for
baby shower cakes. Popular cartoon characters on special
baking pans make great baby shower cakes.

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Store-bought baby shower cakes

But those who are not skilled in baking need not worry.
There are numerous specialty bakeshops that create exceptional
baby shower cakes. Many specialty bakeshops can also customize
baby shower cakes to match the theme of the baby shower party.

It is important to get baby shower cakes from a
quality bakeshop that specializes in designer cakes.
This will ensure that the cake is fresh, good-tasting and
aesthetically appealing. It is best to shop for baby shower cakes
in advance in order to get the just right cake for the
baby shower party. It is also important to shop early as most
of the best specialty bakeshops offering baby shower cakes are also the busiest in town.

Whether homemade or store-bought, baby shower cakes are a
sweet ending to a festive baby shower party.

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Baby showers can get a little predictable, don’t you think? The games, the baby gifts, the refreshments—even with the myriad of baby shower ideas available, why not think “out of the box” and come up with something new, different, and compatible with the guest of honor?

With each individual baby shower invitation, you could add a footnote that asks that guest to bring a particular item (an “ingredient”) to add to a diaper cake “recipe”. A specific area of baby’s world could be assigned as a theme for the trinket—say for those “first sweet tastes of life” (suggest a pacifier, teething ring, baby bottle). Or for baby’s night time world—(a night light, nursery light switch cover, door pillow). Or for baby’s bath time–(rubber ducky, washcloths, shampoo, powder). These items should be small enough to attach to a layered diaper cake that is the centerpiece of the gift table. Attach each item with curling ribbon. Other baby’s world ideas may include naptime, travel time, Grandma’s house, boo boo comforting, lunch time, wardrobe accessories, toes (or piggies!), photo ops—you get the idea. Before you know it, a unique and fully decorated diaper cake can be presented to the new mom.

Getting the guests involved makes it more fun and more personal. When most of the guests are family, here is another great baby shower idea–have each guest bring a swatch of fabric that has some meaning to them. It could be sentimental such as a scarf, a baby t-shirt worn by a cousin, a handkerchief from grandpa, a once favorite article of clothing worn at a family event, or a brand new quilt square purchased at the fabric store. Give everyone a tube of fabric paint, draw or trace their initials on the swatch, and have them create a personal keepsake for making baby’s new quilt!

Put on your “thinking cap” and come up with a few baby shower ideas of your own. Incorporate the family’s interests (are they into boating, motorcycles, football, gardening?) and introduce the newborn to their passions with miniature accessories to go along with the family hobby.

Every generation chooses their offspring’s names according to their own unique preferences. However, the choice could have its repercussions on the child, good or not so good. Consider a name as a baby gift–their most important gift.

personalized diaper cake at BabySweetShoppe.com

Recently there was the case of a baby being given the name “Crimson Tide” in honor of the parents beloved football team. While cute to some, it is bewildering to understand how some parents put so little thought into a child’s most important aspect of themselves–their name.
Most parents begin with family names, often to carry on the traditions of heritage or to honor a family member. Middle names not only differentiate but add additional options to include relatives names. This, as well, gives the child another name choice should they prefer use it instead when they get older.
It is quite popular today to choose a name that has a meaning attached. Certain aspects of character in a name can be attractive or not so flattering so baby name books have been popular at decifering the “meaning” of baby names.

Parents receive inspiration from every day events and a name for their child is certainly affected by them. The name Katrina has lost it’s popularity since the hurricane in New Orleans. At the time of her birth, Britany Spears’ first name was most popular as was also the name Jennifer. Today we see variations of spelling or modifying of names or creating entirely new combinations of sounds to create unique names.
As parents, the child’s pride and comfort with their name lies with the choice they make. If a name is difficult to be spelled or is the source of ridicule, or if the name is versatile and appropriate, it is the person who owns it that will be affected throughout their life. Can you picture a 70 year old named “Tawny” or an Auburn graduate named “Crimson Tide”? What’s in a name? Quite a lot!

Invitations and decorations to match would be awesome. Just take a look at some of the monkey baby accessories to compliment the monkey diaper cake:

You can find this cuddly Monkey Diaper Cake at Stork and Veil and at Baby Sweet Shoppe online.

Where can you get these adorable baby shower clipart images? iClipart has a HUGE archive of cute images. Take a look and peruse through their files–it will take you awhile!  You will be amazed and endeared.

Visit iClipart and begin creating your own baby shower invitations, thank you notes and decorations.