Checkerboard cake

Avoid the blahs of ordinary cake batters when you bake this checkerboard baby shower cake!

If you thought guests liked your cake's exterior, wait until the cake is cut! This checkerboard cake idea is all about the insides and can be combined with any baby shower cake ideas which detail a cake's exterior.

Round checkerboard cakes are created by forming concentric rings of different colored cake (think a bullseye). Many will opt to purchase a checkerboard kit at a local specialty baking store. Each kit includes the pans needed for making this masterpiece. Others will bake two round cakes, each in different colors. An equal-sized ring of cake is cut from within each cake, then swapping the equal sized rings of cake from one to another.

Important: Your round checkerboard cake will only look like a checkerboard if cut properly. Slices need be cut in the traditional V shape. Cutting a round cake into square pieces would be disastrous!

Rectangular checkerboard cakes
Rectangular checkerboard cakes are created by baking two tray cakes of different colors. Cut your tray cakes into strips, reassembling them in a checkerboard pattern! Rectangular checkerboard cakes would need to be cut into square pieces.

Combined with these baby shower favorites
Checkerboard cakes are best combined with whimsical themes with bold colors:

Candyland baby shower theme - Use the Candyland colors, more than two colors if you prefer!
Pink baby shower - Go with pink and white.
Circus baby shower - Whatever bold circus colors chosen for your shower.
Rainbow baby shower - Rainbow colors, of course!
Baby bath shower theme - Blue cake for water and white cake for suds!
Construction theme baby shower - Orange(or yellow) and black construction colors.