Picture Perfect Wedding Shower Cake Ideas
The wedding shower cake is daunting for many bridesmaids. You're trying to plan a special day, and you just know everyone's going to be judging your work. Worse yet, they're all going to be looking for that oh-so-essential centerpiece, the wedding shower cake.
OK, so it's not as bad as all that -- but that's how a lot of women feel when they have to plan a bridal shower. This is especially true if you're not an experienced party planner, cake decorator, or interior designer -- and I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's most of you.
Fortunately, wedding shower cakes don't have to be difficult. Here are some simple tips for beautiful but simple bridal shower cake ideas.
Beautiful bridal shower cakes
Here are some fantastic wedding shower cake ideas, ranging from the extremely simple to the ambitious.
The simplest idea: Forget the cake
You don't have to follow any rules when you plan your bridal shower. If you don't want to make or buy a cake, don't get a cake! Just about any craft store can sell you inexpensive wedding cookie cutters along with thick decorating icing (it looks like a bottle of white glue) and instructions on how to decorate. A plate of wedding themed cookies is just as good as a cake.
Almost as easy: break it up
OK, so you don't feel like making an entire cake. Bake cupcakes! The actual baking process won't be all that much easier, but the decorating certainly will be. While a bridal shower cake requires lots of skill to put together, a cupcake looks gorgeous with chocolate frosting and a candy rose. Then you just get a multi-tiered platter to stack them on, and it looks like a professional did the job.
Pretty simple: cheat!
So you're no cake decorator. Guess what? You can still make a professional looking cake. It's simple to make a two or three layered cake: just bake three cakes of the same size, then trim the edges to make smaller layers and pile them on top of each other. Ice the whole thing and then...
And then, use cake decorations, pre-made icing tubes, and 'sugar sheets' (basically edible paper) to create a decoration. You can get sugary cake decorations in all sorts of colors and styles. Using them together makes a beautiful wedding shower cake that looks professionally designed.
Complicated: take a lesson
If you really want to wow them, take lessons on making bridal shower cakes from a local baker or craft store. Cake decorating is a lot of fun, so if you've never tried it and you're a person who enjoys crafty projects and has a lot of patience, this could be the perfect route for you.
No matter what you choose, wedding shower cakes aren't quite as scary as they might initially seem. Have fun with these wedding shower cake ideas to make your shower a delicious success.