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Brides are the center of attention at their showers, but cupcakes have been known to steal the show on the dessert table. The versatility of these chic treats seems to fit right in with the motif of most any Bridal Shower celebration. Whether your bride is a romantic, glam-girl, or the Tiffany's diamond type, these cupcake designs are sure to wow her and accentuate her bridal shower with a sweet sense of style.
Check out my Cupcake Baking and Decorating Tips for pointers!
For the bride that loves the simply elegant fabulousness of roses! Photo Credit: John Sparano.
What I love most about these cupcakes is that you can mix and match all colors of roses with the many patterns of scrapbook paper available for a variety of looks that suit the style of your bridal shower.
Steps:
- Bake a batch of your favorite cupcakes in baking cups and ice them with white frosting.
- Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) around the cupcake and trimming it to fit.
- Place the cupcake wrap pattern on pretty paper, trace it, and cut it out.
- Wrap the cupcake with the pretty paper and use tape to keep it closed.
- Rinse the blooms of miniature pink roses, pat day, and insert them into the frosting on the cupcakes.
For the bride that loves "the little blue box" and all its sweet shiny possibilities. Photo Credit: John Sparano.
Be prepared for the many ohhhs and ahhhs that you'll get from these cupcakes presented in their Tiffany's-inspired box.
Steps:
- For the Tiffany's box, I purchased a small favor box at Michaels Arts and Crafts Store and used it as a pattern on a blue rectangle with the words "Tiffany's Treat" that I created in my computer.
- Since I couldn't find the trademark blue color (or rather, didn't have it on hand!), I found a photo of a Tiffany's gift box on line and right-clicked my computer mouse to copy the photo.
- Then, I pasted the photo into a photo-editing program I have called Paint.NET and used the eyedropper tool to copy the color into the paint palette.
- I made a large blue rectangle, copied that, and pasted it into a Microsoft Word document with the page format set as "landscape."
- I used the text tool with a Times font to print "Tiffany's Treat," centered near the top of the rectangle and printed the image on to a sheet of white gloss cardstock.
- To make the pattern, I deconstructed the favor box by opening it at the side seam to flatten it out.
- I placed the box pattern on the blue image, traced it, and cut it out. (The flattened box was actually too long so I cut out 3 sides, front and sides, and then cut out the backside from another blue rectangle.)
- I folded the blue box, as per my box pattern, and then used double-stick tape keep it all together at the side seams and bottom flaps.
- Note: You could also purchase the favor boxes and cut strips of blue paper to wrap around the box, attaching the strip with gluestick or double-stick tape. Print "Tiffany's Treat" on the blue paper before putting it on the box or print the words on to a clear label and apply it to the front of the box.
- Cut white ribbon to fit around the top rim of the box and cut a skinny strip of double-stick tape to attach it. Tie a bow and use a small piece of double-stick tape to adhere it to the front of the box above the words.
- Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes in baking cups and dollop white frosting on top.
- Place the cupcake into the box and set a costume jewelry ring in the frosting. You'll find rings in the wedding section of many craft and party stores.
For the bride that has a passion for Art Deco. Photo Credit: John Sparano.
I created the cool bride and groom shape using a Cricut machine. A Cricut is a home-use tabletop electronic die-cut machine, available at many Michaels Arts and Crafts stores, where you insert cartridges with different images, choose the image size and quantity, load paper into the machine, push a button, and then a tiny blade cuts the image out. It's really incredible!
There was something about the bride and groom image that felt very "Deco," so I went with a silver patterned paper for the cupcake wrap and the classic black and white for the couple.
Steps:
- Familiarize yourself with the Cricut machine process as per the manufacturer's instructions.
- The bride and groom image is actually called the "Couples" image on Cricut's Potpourri Basket cartridge. Insert the cartridge into the Cricut machine and place the keypad over the buttons.
- Load black cardstock into the machine. Choose the "Couples" image on the keypad <Couples> and set the size to 2". Press the button to cut out the image. Unload the paper and remove the image.
- Load white cardstock into the machine. Press the Shift key and then press the Shadow key. Choose the Couples image again on the keypad and set the size to 2". Press the button to cut out the image. Unload the paper and remove the image.
- Use gluestick to apply the black image on top of the white image.
- Bake a batch of your favorite cupcakes in baking cups and ice them with white frosting.
- Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) around the cupcake and trimming it to fit.
- Place the cupcake wrap pattern on a Deco-patterned paper, trace it, and cut it out. For the front of this cupcake wrap, I cut around the pattern, which created a decorative arch as a background for the couple image.
- Wrap the cupcake with the Deco paper and use tape to keep it closed.
- Use double-stick tape to attach the couple to the front of the wrap.
For the bride that goes for a modern touch mixed with iconic symbols. Photo Credit: John Sparano.
Many bridal showers are contemporary in style and this cupcake design is ideal for such occasions. I used a Cricut machine to create the rings on the front of this cupcake wrap. (For more about the Cricut read the intro for the Art Deco Bride & Groom Cupcake.)
Steps:
- Familiarize yourself with the Cricut machine process as per the manufacturer's instructions.
- The "Rings" image is on Cricut's Potpourri Basket cartridge. Insert the cartridge into the Cricut machine and place the keypad over the buttons.
- Load black cardstock into the machine. Choose the "Rings" image on the keypad <Rings> and set the size to 1". Press the button to cut out the image. Unload the paper and remove the image.
- Load cardstock that is a complementary color to your cupcake wrap paper into the machine. Press the Shift key and then press the Shadow key. Choose the Rings image again on the keypad and set the size to 1". Press the button to cut out the image. Unload the paper and remove the image.
- Use gluestick to apply the black image on top of the colored image.
- Apply a rhinestone to the ring using a dab of white glue; allow to dry.
- Bake a batch of your favorite cupcakes in baking cups and ice them with white frosting.
- Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) around the cupcake and trimming it to fit.
- Place the cupcake wrap pattern on a modern-patterned paper, trace it, and cut it out.
- Wrap the cupcake with the modern paper and use tape to keep it closed.
- Use gluestick, or white glue if the rhinestone is too heavy, to attach the rings to the front of the wrap.
For the bride who loves a classic luxe style and whose shower is taking place during a "red" holiday season such as Christmas or Valentine's Day. Photo Credit: Jeanne Benedict.
I originally styled these cupcakes for a Valentine's Day article but thought they would be gorgeous as bridal shower treats for a pre-nuptial affair with a holiday flair!
Steps:
- Bake a batch of Red Velvet cupcakes in baking cups and ice them with white frosting.
- Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) around the cupcake and trimming it to fit.
- Place the cupcake wrap pattern on red-flocked or holiday paper, trace it, and cut it out. (I used paper from a holiday collection in a book by the company, me & my BIG ideas.)
- The heart rhinestone is actually a brad, which I simply inserted into the front of the wrap and secured the prongs in the back. But, you could use a rhinestone sticker or similar embellishment to adorn the wrap.
- Wrap the cupcake with the holiday paper and use tape to keep it closed.
For the bride who is a princess that loves pink.
Being a girly-girl, I love these cupcakes! They are so sassy and plush that they could serve as the signature centerpiece of the food table arranged on a silver three-tier tray.
Steps:
- Go shopping with your best girlfriends and find a fabulous pink faux fur fabric for these cupcake wraps!
- Make a pattern for the cupcake wrap by wrapping white paper (or cardstock) around the cupcake and trimming it to fit.
Because this wrap is made from material, you'll need to back it with cardstock to give it structure. Place the cupcake wrap pattern on white cardstock, trace it, and cut it out. - Place the cupcake wrap pattern on your pink material and trace it about 1/2-inch out from the perimeter so you have excess fabric to fold over the cardstock for a finished edge. Cut out the fabric.
- Smear a light coat of fabric glue on the cardstock and apply the pink fabric on top. Turn it over and apply glue on the backside of the excess fabric around the perimeter and then fold the fabric over the edges on to the cardstock. Allow glue to dry completely.
- Purchase small rhinestone belt buckles often available in the jewelry section of craft stores and ribbon for your cupcake wrap's "belt." (When working with ribbon on cakes, I like to back the ribbon with mailing tape, which not only gives it structure it makes the ribbon somewhat waterproof.)
- Cut a length of ribbon to fit around your cupcake. Slide the belt buckle on to the ribbon. Use glue to attach the ribbon on to the top rim of the cupcake wrap. Allow to dry completely.
- Bake a batch of chocolate cupcakes in baking cups and ice them with pink frosting (white frosting tinted pink with a few drops of red food coloring).
- Wrap the cupcake with fabric wrap and use tape to keep it temporarily closed. Remove the cupcake and use glue (I prefer hot glue) at the back seam to keep it closed (tape will probably not hold the fabric). Allow the glue to dry.
- Place the cupcake back in its rightful place, enveloped in its sparkly plush pink wrapper.
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