Baby Love
While we love a good wedding here at Tempting Cake, today we’re treating you to something a little different on the blog. With a glut of spring time birthdays on the horizon, not to mention all the new born lambs frolicking in the fields, now seemed an appropriate time for this Baby Love post. For our Tempting Table dessert tables and creations are also the perfect partner to a baby birthday, christening or baby shower.
These babygro cookies were personalised with the guest’s names:
Tempting Cake babygro cookies. Image by Tempting Cake
Bears and bunnies in pastel pink and blue make for a charming set of cupcakes:
Tempting Cake baby cupcakes. Image by Tempting Cake
Because sometimes less is more:
Tempting Cake baby bear cupcake. Image by Tempting Cake
Round off your selection with some mini cupcakes, topped simply with vanilla buttercream icing and sprinkles in blue and pink. Ideal if you have twins…
Tempting Cake mini cupcakes. Image by Tempting Cake
TC x
12 Pedestal Cake Stands
We’ve posted before about cake stands of the tiered variety for your cupcakes and glass cloche cake stands. Now it’s the turn of individual cake stands which can help to create a centrepiece out of your cake or dessert. Indeed, some couples are opting to display their wedding cake as separate tiers and that means some fancy cake stands to display them on:
Bright White Tempting Table dessert table. Image by Liesl Cheney
We start with a round up of 6 classic cake stands:
In the absence of the proper word for the collective of cake stands, we’ll settle for a cluster of classic cake stands
Top row, left to right:
- Pretty embroidery-esque detail adorns the edge of this cake stand from Divertimenti
- With its extra tall pedestal, this class cake stand from Wayfair will ensure all eyes are on your creations
- This trio of cake stands through Amazon have something of the chandelier about them, dripping as they are with crystals
Bottom row, left to right:
- Versace make cake stands! Who knew…
- This crystal-cut Lismore cake stand from China Craft looks just as beautiful bare as bedecked with goodies
- Add some texture with this basket weave cake stand from Tiffany
Recently featured on b.loved weddings blog sharing our ideas for more unconventional cake stands. If going completely off piste isn’t your thing, you can still show your individuality and showcase your cakes in style with our selection below.
Something a little more unique
Top row, left to right:
- Strike out with this Laurie Gates bright and bold patterned cake stand from Cookware Shop
- Come over all medieval with this goblet-looking cake stand by Bombay Duck
- On first impressions it’s an inverted vase. It’s not though, it’s an LSA cake stand from Dot Maison
Bottom row, left to right:
- This rustic wooden cake stand from Etsy would suit a simple cake, decorated with fruit
- This quirky Alessi cake stand from Dot Maison features a mini man holding up your cake
- Another bright and bold Laurie Gates design, this time a flower head cake stand from Not Just Jugs
Which one will grace your table top?
TC x
Mulberry Inspired Tempting Table Ideas
Following on from our Pearly Queen cake inspiration board from last month, here we are serving up another one for you. This time, we’re looking at the inspiration-rich Mulberry shoot we worked on with Melanie from Cranberry Blue Weddings and Events There are countless accessories available with would lend themselves perfectly to a Tempting Table in this colour scheme, whilst using the bird and nature design motifs…
Left hand column, top to bottom:
- Leaf dishes by Graham & Green have an interesting teal/silver finish to them, ensuring they look just as good once all the dessert canapés have been consumed!
- Actually a jewellery stand, this golden bird and branch number from Not On the High Street would also work well as a way to display cookies hung from ribbons
Mulberry shoot table dressing inspiration. Central image - Mulberry inspired cake by Tempting Cake. Image by Edward Webb Photography
Right hand column, top to bottom:
- This beautiful tropical bird clip from Sass and Belle would look sweet perching on the side of a bowl of mini eggs
- If you have the luxury of a blank wall behind your Tempting Table, this wall sticker from Not On The High Street provides a great back drop
- Incorporate Liberty of London’s famous strawberry thief silk scarf into a Tempting Table by using it as a table covering
The pretty bowls below caught our eye for their individual floral designs and colour palette, while the mini leaf dishes (all from Cox & Cox) would neatly house a dessert canapé:
Pretty serving items from Cox & Cox
Of course, if you don’t want to go all out with the birds and nature theme, you could just top off your wedding cake with some love bird cake toppers such as those we’ve featured in this previous post.
Are you incorporating nature or birds into your wedding styling? We’d love to hear if you are!
TC x
Behind The Scenes At The B.Loved Photoshoot
We recently trotted off to the beautiful Cams Hall for a creative collaboration. The images are being duly prepared for your delectation, but in the meantime here’s a look behind the scenes.
The day was a feast for the eyes all round, from the scenic drive, to the grand entrance to the venue and of course the shoot itself, organised by the fabulous Louise at B.Loved Weddings. Here she is taking a break from styling to get behind the (very heavy) camera:
Stylist turned snapper. Image by Tempting Cake
And to set the scene here’s the view enjoyed by the shoot team which included the wonderful Gemma Sutton Make up Artist, Victoria Mary Vintage and Designed By Blush. Just look at that sky!
Can you spy the sea? Image by Tempting Cake
While we’re not at liberty to reveal shots of our creations and Tempting Table just yet, the glass of heart contains a bit of a hint for you:
A glass full of love. Image by Tempting Cake
Bea and Jude from EFC Photography were busy snap, snap, snapping away all day:
Bea from EFC Photography gets down to business
You want more?
Oh go on then. But just a couple of images courtesy of Bea and Jude at EFC Photography and Louise at B.Loved…
TC x
Tempting Tables…Not On Tables
A regular table may well be the best (or indeed only option) upon which to display a Tempting Table, however it can be fun to mix it up a bit. The table itself is just one element which is ripe for some creativity*, so here’s our pick of 6 alternatives for you:
Shelves
1. Dependent on your venue and the location of your Tempting Table, there may be some features you can take advantage of.
For this Bright White Tempting Table, we made use of some contemporary, fresh white, evenly spaced shelves built into an alcove.
Bright White Tempting Table by Tempting Cake. Image by Liesl Cheney
Using inbuilt shelves for a Tempting Table is a great space-saver too if you’re pushed for room accommodating an extra table in a room full of guests. Shelves also make a real feature of your sweet treats, if they’re displayed like ornaments on glass or crystal dishes and cake stands.
2. Free standing shelves are another option so long as they’re sturdy enough not to require fixing to a wall. This wire shelving unit from Cox & Cox would suit a rustic or outdoors-style Tempting Table:
A wire shelving unit provides a blank canvas ripe for customisation with decorations and accessories such as ribbons, garlands and flowers
3. If you can affix them to a wall, some shelves like these would work well and the paint colour/background wallpaper can be customised to suit your Tempting Table. The duck egg model below is from Cox & Cox, but alternatives could easily be found at architectural salvage stores such as Lassco.
Shabby chic shelving unit in duck egg blue
A table, but not as you’d know it
4. I know I said that your Tempting Table doesn’t have to be on a table. But it really doesn’t have to be on a trestle table covered with a white table cloth. We were lucky enough to be able to make use of this magnificent table with ornate gold legs and a solid marble top at a wedding last year:
Pink and gold Tempting Table by Tempting Cake. Image by Bartek Wscisel
5. Use a glorious antique (or faux-antique) bureau such as this one from Swallow Barn. The more little cubby holes and nooks and crannies the better, and bureaux also provide a couple of levels for staging your fayre on too.
Antique style bureaux are full of character and the perfect base for a Tempting Table
And for something completely different
6. This cute Scandinavian style open fronted dolls house by Cox & Cox would be perfect for a mini Tempting Table
Cupcakes and mini treats would fit perfectly in each room
Have you seen a Tempting Table displayed on something quirky or original?
TC x
*A word to the wise – please do bear in mind that whatever you use as a base for your Tempting Table it should be stable, level, weight-bearing and food safe – but otherwise let your imagination run wild!
