I decorated this cake for a friend’s baby shower. It was so easy (especially since another friend had baked the cake, all I had to do was make the frosting and pipe the design). For basic frosting tips check out wilton.com.

After I had the basic layer of chocolate frosting on the cake it was time to pipe the elephant. To make sure I got it just right I printed out a template from my computer, cut it out and then traced around it with a toothpick. Then I piped in the blue frosting and lettering with a small round tip. The chocolate border was done with a shell tip.

To make your party even cuter, you might try matching the invitations to the theme of the cake and give the mom-to-be a set of matching thank-you notes. Like these:


Get a FREE download of the custom elephant template used to decorate this cake when you buy either of the above invitations or thank you cards at my etsy shop. Use promo code FREE TEMPLATE in message to the seller and provide a valid email address.

Happy decorating!