Weddingbee Blog

In case you don’t already know… our wedding is going to have an elegant-vintagey vibe and I am doing my best to think of creative ways to bring that vision to life.

A while back I came across an oh-so-pretty picture of this lovely purple cameo (see image below)

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When I saw it I thought to myself, “Wouldn’t it be great if they had a candy mold of a cameo to mold some white chocolate into…” I knew if I could find one that I would be in heaven.

With such a mold I could make the prettiest cupcakes, cookies and candies ever! And to my delight in my “Google”y goodness of a search I not only found the molds, but came across someone else who had the same idea. Check these out from Amber:

Sources Left to Right: Cameo, Swirls, Lace

Aren’t they just lovely?!?! I drooled when I saw them and I am even more happy that I found the mold online for the cameos. It’s funny how I sometimes think I am being creative, but then I learn that someone has already beat me to the punch. Either way, I am excited to recreate my own version of these gorgeous baked goods. So excited that I was inspired to paint some cookie dough canvas with some royal icing “paint” myself.

I got to work using some left over sugar cookie dough I had prepared and frozen in a prior weekend. I preheated the oven, rolled my dough, got to baking and prepped up some quick royal icing. To keep things simple I stuck to plain white icing with a purple base coat. To color my icing I added a mix of my Wilton Icing Colors: Burgundy, Violet, Brown, and Black until I achieved the color I desired.

And, in case you are interested click on over for the Royal Icing Recipe or the Sugar Cookie Dough Recipe that I used. The only differences I made was to add 1 tsp. almond and vanilla extract to the icing and to the cookie dough. I also added 4 oz of fat-free cream cheese in place of part of the butter in the cookie dough recipe because I love to make them extra soft.

A few laborious hours later and the results were decent:

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What I learned:

• I needed to use a size 2 piping tip, the size 1 was just too small.
• I learned to play with the consistency of the icing for piping and flooding.
• The icing for the lace detail needed to be right in between the flooding and piping consistency.
• Paint brushes worked better at pulling the icing from the piped outline than a toothpick.
• This project would have been easier over 2 days, the base coat needs time to dry (3hrs worked, or overnight)
• Do not over bake the cookies, they harden up more once they cool.
• Keep piping tips wet or they will clog up.
• Watch out, the darker the icing, the more color on your tongue.
• Do not leave cookies unattended or the devil (aka Molly) will come and take them away (and stain your carpet w/ purple icing)!

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Another inspiration for my dessert buffet comes from Bakerella and I am pretty sure you’ve all heard of them. Cupcake Bites! MMMMMMMMMMMM!

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I am so very excited about these little bites of goodness! They are absolutely adorable and utterly delectable and I am sure I can conjure up a way to give them an old-school make-over.

Tell me hive… do you drool over these pretty desserts just as much as me? Are you planning on baking goodies for your guests?