Baby footprints are common baby shower icons and themes, since they represent the little feet soon to emerge. Plus the footprint symbol is very unisex and can be used for showers where twins or multiples are expected, or where the parents are unsure of the baby's sex. These universal baby footprint symbols can also go hand-in-hand with a traditional baby shower cake in a number of ways, and can be used in combination with other baby symbols including rattles, pacifiers, and blankets.

For traditional baby shower cakes, baby footprints can be drawn on a cake with icing, or can be placed on with fondant. The choice for footprint placement is wide, and can include placing one large set of baby prints in the center of the cake, or placing a ring of baby footprints around the side of the cake. Or, cakes can be shaped into baby feet with cupcakes for toes. Booties can also be fashioned out of fondant as a pairing with the little footprints. Adding foot-shaped cookies as decorations on top of the cake is another edible alternative

In recent years, cupcakes have been very much in style with bakers around the world vying for the fanciest and most delicious cupcakes.http://www.slate.com/id/2227216 This trend can be carried over into the baby shower world, and baby footprints can be the focus of the dessert treats. Each cupcake may be decorated with a footprint, or may have a footprint-shaped cookie vertically placed into each little cupcake.