15 Outrageously Inappropriate Gender Reveal Cakes

Ah, gender reveal parties. They're either adorably exciting or just another celebration that families and friends are forced to attend before baby's actual arrival. Just like with any other major family celebration, the cake is the focal point. And it can be so great, or so, so wrong. How wrong, one might ask? These crazy weird gender reveal cakes prove how easy it is for an idea to go from clever to creepy with a simple call placed to the bakery.

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Is everyone in the family dying to know if it's a baby boy or baby girl on the way? Maybe there's even a betting pool going with some pretty good winnings a stake. Want to surprise the whole family with a baby gender reveal? Go ahead! It's a cute idea to have blue or pink balloons inside a box, ready to be released for all to see, or even to do something overly elaborate. A decent gender reveal party, however, doesn't have to get too complicated, and it absolutely doesn't have to get too weird. 

In fact, here are some good rules to follow when getting a gender reveal cake -- don't decorate it with guns, weird baby feet, or an oddly sexualized, cringeworthy slogan. One would think this would be obvious, but, well ... Take a look at these 15 bizarre gender reveal cakes that parents have ordered and served to their real friends and families. 

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