Do you like flowers? I wish I could grow different kinds so I could stick them in Mason Jars and put them in every room of my house. I don’t have a green thumb because my thumbs are always covered in sugar, but that’s alright. I’d rather play in sugar instead of having to work outside all day. Mason jar cookies work better for me anyway so I can decorate them and give colorful bouquets to friends and family.

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As I talked to her, all I could think about was the amazing vintage building with the beautiful brick walls, gorgeous wood floors, and the view of the trains outside. After she told me the dates and the number of guests she was planning on having I started to get a little nervous. How in the world was I going to make train cookies that would compliment her wedding and the historical Southern Depot?

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Were you a June bride or groom? My husband and I eloped in September many, many years ago. I always considered June to be month for weddings but August, September, October and December have been growing in popularity over the past few years. September was a great month to get married and I have never regretted eloping but I do wish we would have had Pinterest back then.

Mostly because you can find amazing wedding ideas like these rustic cakes. If I would have been a cookie decorator way back then, I would have made these rustic cake cookies and might have chose to have a traditional wedding instead of eloping…nope! I am an eloper but I could have still passed out these rustic cookies to everyone in the wedding chapel.

You know what else we didn’t have back then? Cookie books like Cookie Craft. It was the first cookie book that I owned because a dear friend bought it for me. It was full of decorating tips and cookie inspirations. It was a great gift and actually the inspiration for these cookies. (more…)

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What do you think? Cookies deserve to be on a pedestal too!

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Am I less of a tomboy now? Please say “Yes!” I want to be a girly girl today!

Supplies for Wedding Cake Cookies:

Royal Icing Recipe
White 15 Second Icing
Light Pink and a Slightly Darker Pink 15 Second Icing
Gray 15 Second Icing
Pink Disco Dust

With the gray icing, make a thick line for the top of the platter. I know mine looks crooked but it just looks that way because of the martini cutter imprint. I promise, when we  add the white, it will look straight. At least that is what I am telling myself! LOL

Then, make a half circle for the center of the platter.
Next, make the base. Let this dry for about 20 minutes.

Next, make a line above the base.
Then, outline and fill in the part under the top of the platter. Let these dry for 20 minutes.

Next, outline and fill the last part. That wasn’t hard was it? I actually thought it was fun! Now for the roses.

I found this sticker and wanted to make these roses for these cookies. Aren’t they cute? I didn’t want to pipe them directly onto the cookie because, I wanted to add some Disco Dust. I only wanted the roses to sparkle and not the entire wedding cake cookies. So, I made a royal icing transfer.

For information on royal icing transfers, click here. (I took about 50 pictures of these and this is the best one. I tried and tried but, it was raining and my camera didn’t like these so please forgive me.)

I started with 15 second white icing. I made some shapes that resembled the clip art roses. Let them dry for several hours. Anytime you make RI transfers, you need to make a lot of  extras because they break very easily. If you want information on how to store royal icing transfers, click here.

The roses are really fun! Don’t worry about being perfect on these. The more relaxed you are the better they will look.
In the first picture, you can see how I took the light 15 second icing and made a swirl.
In the second picture, I added some half circles to look like petals.
In the last picture, you can see I just added a few more half circles until I made my way around the rose.
I didn’t show this part but, you will need to make some individual roses. Make a few of the bigger light pink ones and a few of the darker pink small ones. You will need these for the bottom two tiers.

With the darker pink icing, repeat the swirl step. You don’t need to do much here because, it is a much smaller space. The swirl is enough without adding the petals.

With a brush, sprinkle disco dust over the roses while the pink icing is wet. This will give your finished cookie a little bling!
Let these dry over night so you can easily remove them from the wax paper.

Now for the cake. With the white 15 second icing, outline and flood the top tier of the cake. While it is wet, add the first rose RI transfer.

Then, outline and flood the bottom tier of the cake. While the icing is wet, add the first RI transfer on the right side of the tier.

Then, add a single light pink RI transfer to the other side of the tier. It is starting to look good! Let this dry for another 20 minutes.

Now repeat the steps for the middle tier. The only thing different is, the rose on the left side of the middle tier is a small darker pink one. The only reason I did it that way was because it fit in that space better and didn’t look cluttered.

I would not be brave enough to ship these cookies because I would be afraid the cake stand might break. I will make them for local weddings or even a birthday parties.

Well, there you have it. This is my attempt at being a girly girl. I don’t have wicked mad girl skills but if I set my mind to it, I can make some Non-TomBoyish cookies.

Check out these other amazing cake cookies.
Sweet Sugar Belle
Ali Bee’s Bake Shop
Cakes and Cookies

Happy Creating,

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