Spring Bridal Shower Tutorial

This is a tutorial for how to decorate and present a 'Spring Bridal Shower'.  

I'm just going to show you how to achieve the look.  (not provide recipes and give baking instructions) You can play around with the design in many ways... and I encourage you to do so!  Just be sure to send pictures! :) 

First, just bake a cake.  Use 8 or 9in round pans.  (can be done a day in advance)

Bake cupcakes, I made the mini cupcakes here. (can be done a day in advance)

Bake cookies. I would recommend doing this a day or two before your party to save you on time!

For the cake... I used fondant.  I love how it looks.  However, I think with this design you can easily use buttercream and get the same affect. 

I also used fondant on the cupcakes and cookies... but again, you can easily just substitute buttercream on everything.  Even the cookies!

I chose two colors for the shower; pink and green.  I tinted one fist size portion of fondant pink and then an amount about half that size green.

I then chose three cookie cutters that were the same design, just different sizes.  This way I could incorporate the same design into each element.  It would work for any theme... stars, bells, hearts, squares, you name it.

 

I used the big flowers for the cookies, medium for the cake, and mini flowers for the cupcakes.

I rolled the green fondant into a long snake, then rolled it flat so I had one long piece that would fit around the bottom edge of the cake.

I cut one long piece, (for the cake bottom edge) gently set it aside, then cut up smaller pieces, varying in height, for the flower stems.

I grabbed some royal icing I had in the fridge to use as glue, but you could easily use buttercream.  Just added a small amount to each stem and placed it on the cake.

Continue that all the way around the cake.

When I was ready to add the bottom edge piece, I placed it loosely around the cake, then cut the stem off right where the edge piece and the stem met. 

I then gently removed the edge piece, went back and removed the small pieces of stem, then firmly replaced the bottom piece.

For the cupcakes I used the smallest cookie cutter and made tiny little pink flowers.  I then just added one flower to the top of the cupcake.  To pile the frosting high, I made circles rings on top of one another using a #12 tip.

To make the green cupcake wrapper, I just took the cupcake liner and cut it around the edge.  I then traced it onto my green cardstock, added a half inch to each end, cut it out, and wrapped it around my cupcake and taped it in place.

They sit nicely inside.

For the cookies, I baked sugar cookies using the large flower cookie cutter.

Then rolled out some of my pink fondant, and cut out flowers using the exact same cookie cutter.  You can do this with modeling chocolate, gum paste, or even a tootsie roll or salt water taffy rolled out flat.

I put a piece of my green cardstock under the cookies to tie everything in together.

And the you go!  If you are hosting a shower, you can easily prepare these items the day before.  Just refrigerate. (except the cookies, just place them in a air tight container or ziplock bag)

I cant wait to see how you will take this idea and make it yours!

Comments

[janis]

Super Cute - Bekah saw the cake and said "That's my cake!!!" lol I think she's putting a request in! :) lol

[Alicia]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!

You make it look so easy! I just enjoy looking at the pictures. Makes me smile!!

[Grapefruit]

SO adorable!

[Meera]

Looks so beautiful.

[chirky]

Sooooo cute!! I'm stealing this idea for a shower later in the summer. :)

Question: I don't understand why you added the stems, then the bottom "ribbon" of fondant, then cut the stems, then removed the bottom ribbon, then removed the stems, then replaced the ribbon, then replaced the stems? Why not just add the bottom ribbon first, then the stems, then the flowers? Isn't that more...efficient? Am I missing an important baker step that is obvious to everyone else? HALP!

[Lauren]

Simple and beautiful! I love the colors too!

[Barbara]

I have never worked with fondant. I'm scared to even try. But I love the way it looks. The cookies are adorable. Everything is perfect for a shower!

[scatterbrain]

Those are just lovely!!! Do you have a recipe for fondant somehwere in your blog?

[bridget {bake at 350}]

Can I get married again? Do you think my husband would mind?

[Paula]

Love the colours! So refreshing.

[Denise (the apple hill adventurer)]

My goodness these are SO ADORABLE. I really love all of your cute little creations! I hope one day I can be as good as you :)

[Ashley Sellers]

Yay! I'm going to use this for Easter Sunday :)

[Holdingon2faith]

You are truly talented... I love your work, it encourages me to keep trying.... I hope one day to be as good as you are with you imagination.

[Edana]

Lovely. I like the St Patricks day cake. I'm Irish myself and we have none of the cool baking stuff used all the time by US and Canadian sites, Like ready made fondant or quality food dye. Although I feel it's my duty to point out "St Patty day"- not acceptable name for the 17th of March. Patty is a girls name St Patrick was a dude.