Lily Pulitzer, Weddings and Cookies

OK, I know, Lily P, weddings and baking... an odd combo.  But if you stop and think about it, Lily is all about great design and so are designing your cookies and planning your wedding.  These cookies, courtesy of The Sweet Adventure of SugarBelle will knock the socks off your guests.  Perfect for your sweet table or to give as favors, your guests will remember these cookies. 

The design for these cookies is based on Lily Pulitzer's 2011 Optical Confusion design in navy and pink.  Lily weddings are perfect for the preppy bride looking for some bright colors and an up to date look for her wedding.

Ombre Cookies - Easy For The Home Baker

Are you a bride who is loving the ombre look for your wedding day? These ombre cookies, from The Sweet Adventure of SugarBelle one of my go to blogs for great cookie ideas, has a tutorial to show you just how easy it is to make these great looking cookies. 

Sugarbelle's site shows you the easy way to 'airbrush' the cookies using Wilton's Color Mist.  Wilton Master Color Mist Food Color Spray Kit give you a choice of eight different colors. One is sure to fit your palette. It's a super tutorial and I highly recommend heading over to see the ombre cookie tutorial as well as her other great how-to posts, must reads for the serious, and not so serious cookie baker.

Gold Thread Cookies

Amber Spiegel strikes again! And I don't mean strikes out! If you liked her campy Twilight cookies, these gold thread Orange Vanilla Spice Cookies iced in muted colors with "embroidered" royal Icing flowers will blow you away!  The cookies are painted with gold pearl dust that's actually edible! Cookies measure about 3-1/2" in diameter. This set of lacy cookies contains 2 dusty blue, 2 pink and 2 light brown cookies.

Each cookie has zest of orange, cardamom, and vanilla bean with vanilla flavored Royal Icing topping each cookie.  Enjoy this unique flavor combination. 

 

Cookies are wrapped individually and heat sealed for freshness in a cellophane.  Cookies will be shipped to you in a beautifully packaged gift box and your cookies will stay fresh for up to three weeks.  Order today!  These are a little bit pricey but well worth it when you hear all those oohs and ahs from your guests! 

 

Keep an eye on SweetAmbs for more great cookies for weddings and other special occasions.  If you love the design on these cookies she currently has some with a leaf design as well.  Other designs include monograms, crowns, hearts, cameos, teapots, apples and hearts.

 

 

Cookies For Twi-Hards

Twi-hards will love these cookies by Amber Spiegel.  Amber sells these through her store on Etsy.com Sweet Ambs.  Twilight theme weddings are all the rage so Amber wisely chose to cash in on it by creating her own Twilight design cookies. 

Whether you're Team Edward or Team Jacob these cookies have something for everyone. 

Choose the iconic chess pieces or the apples, both are equally represented in her collection.  Serve these at your Twilight theme wedding, its so good that the movies have all been spread out, giving fans a chance to become addicted to the brand and to gain the type of following that legends are made of. So have a Twilight wedding.  Just lend Grandma the book first or you'll spend all night explaining why you're serving hearts dripping with blood at your wedding!

Madeleine Topiary Sculpture

Love this photo of madeleines sculpted into the shape of a pineapple (or is it an artichoke? Choose your own interpretation of which it is!) This is actually meant to be a pineapple (noted symbol of friendship).  The structure of the pineapple was made by covering a foam shape in rolled fondant. 

I know when I first started baking I thought these tiny tender cakes baked in the special shell shaped pan were cookies, but they are actually buttery spongy cakes. The first time I tried them I had some wonderful almond flavored madeleines, but later found they also come flavored in lemon or orange.

The tiny cakes are later attached to the fondant covered form with thin wooden skewers.  (I buy mine in the grocery store, if you can't find them just ask, they tend to be in 'odd places' in the grocery store. Last time I bought mine they were with the shoelaces and shoe polish--go figure!) 

This gorgeous fondant and madeleine topiary makes a great accent on your sweet table.  I like my madeleines 'natural' colors but I've seen this project done in greens or pink, just add some food coloring to your batter. If you're coloring your batter I'd color my fondant the same color.  Enjoy creating these beautiful cakes and wow your guests with this great presentation.  Photo courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings.