Wedding cupcakes, gingerbread and cookies - how to surprise guests with a sweet table?

Weddings

• How to organize a sweet table?
• Decoration of a sweet table at a wedding
• Wedding cupcakes, cakes and cake pops
• Gingerbread and cookies at a wedding for guests
• What other sweets are served as dessert?
• Wedding cake
• DIY sweet table
• Kulich
• Mexican cookies
• Gingerbread for a wedding
• DIY wedding cupcakes

At wedding celebrations, it has become popular to set up sweet tables with all sorts of goodies. Sweets are usually baked in small sizes so that guests can easily take them. Cookies, pies, gingerbread or cupcakes can be an alternative to cake or act as a nice gift for invited people.

How to organize a sweet table?

Photo of a wedding sweet table
A sweet table at a wedding is one of the important elements in the decoration of the festive hall. It is important to carefully consider its organization and take into account all the nuances, for example:

• if the banquet is in the form of a buffet table, then the sweet table should be placed between the main dishes and drinks;
• a sweet table can be set up in the guest greeting area at check-in;
• if the restaurant has a separate area where guests can relax between rooms during the entertainment program, then the table with sweets should be installed there;
• the table should not be on the sunny side so that the sweets do not spoil;
• there should be a sufficient number of forks and napkins on the table;
• sweets should be stored in the refrigerator, and they should be placed on the table immediately before guests arrive.

When creating a dessert table, it is important to stick to the same color scheme as the decoration of the entire wedding, then the result will be especially impressive

Sweet compositions made in 2-3 colors look more impressive than multi-colored ones.

Sweet table in orange

Decoration of a sweet table at a wedding

The choice of sweets is huge, and its variety can easily be incorporated into a wedding celebration with the help of a dessert table . Everyone's childhood dream of an endless abundance of cakes, sweets and other goodies will come true.

What sweets can be at a wedding:

• marshmallows;
• cupcakes;
• cookie;
• gingerbread;
• cake pops;
• candied fruits and berries;
• sweet pies.

Photo of the decoration of a sweet table at a wedding
In order for the sweets on the table to look beautiful, there must be a central composition in the form of a multi-tiered vase, a bouquet of sweets or a cake.

In summer, the sweet table must include soft drinks: juices, lemonades, fruit drinks.

And in the cool season, it is recommended to install a tea set nearby.

What should be on the tea table: coffee, tea, cream or milk. Guests will not have to wait for tea to be served at the common table, but will be able to pour it themselves.

Between the various sweets you need to place small decorative elements. For example, paper garlands with the inscription “Happy Wedding Day!”, figurines in the form of doves or a bride and groom, cute small crafts. You can also put small craft paper bags so that guests can wrap sweets to take with them.

Decorating a summer sweet table with tea

Wedding cupcakes, cakes and cake pops

The most popular desserts for a sweet table at a wedding remain small cakes - cupcakes. Unlike a cake, they do not require cutting but are prepared as personalized treats. Making cakes to order or with your own hands is everyone’s business. But a professional can make a real work of art .

Wedding cupcakes look like cakes; they are decorated with cream, icing, fondant and sugar sprinkles. Delicate sponge cake that melts in your mouth and delicious cream - this cupcake will not leave any guest indifferent.

Photos of wedding cupcakes

Photos of wedding cakes

Cake pops are a new type of cupcake . They look like a small sponge cake on a stick. Cake pops can be made into different shapes, such as hearts, bride and groom, cupids.

Cake pops in the shape of the bride and groom

Photo of serving cake pops at a wedding

Muffins are small round-shaped baked goods with a delicious filling inside. It can be berry, chocolate, with nuts and bananas, and various fruits. Muffins are served in small paper stands.

An open tart with berry filling can be a separate decoration on the dessert table. It is important to pre-cut it into portioned pieces. At a Russian-style celebration, you can put wedding pies with fruit or berry filling on the table.

Wedding cookies and gingerbread for the table and as a gift for guests

For our country, giving invited guests some souvenirs in memory of a wedding celebration is a tradition that has recently become fashionable.

Both souvenirs specially purchased for this occasion and various sweets can act as a memorable gift.

Fortunately, the level of development of modern confectionery art allows us to produce real masterpieces that can hardly even be called ordinary “food products”.

At a modern wedding, cookies and gingerbread are an integral attribute of the sweet table. They can be placed on the main wedding table as a sweet snack.

Cookies can be a separate type of sweet bar - cookie-bar.

Also, these confectionery products can act as a sweet addition to tea or coffee bars, recreation areas with soft drinks, welcome areas, etc.

To design a separate “gingerbread-cookie” cookie bar or candy bar containing sweet pastries, you can use three options:

Which option to choose is up to each wedding planner to decide independently, based on financial and time limits. The option with store-bought gingerbread is quite inexpensive, but it is unlikely to add originality to the festive feast. Home-baked gingerbread cookies and cookies may differ in original appearance and taste from store-bought ones.

However, you should take on baking gingerbread with your own hands only if you are completely confident in your culinary abilities, so that this difference is for the better.

In addition, preparing sweet treats yourself takes a lot of time and effort. If you decide to order the production of wedding cookies in a confectionery workshop, you can be sure of the high quality of the products. Moreover, a professional can order almost any original design for confectionery products.

Of course, this option is the most expensive from a financial point of view, but it frees up the organizers of the festive feast to prepare other dishes and snacks. A professional pastry chef sometimes becomes indispensable when it is necessary to make a batch of gift cookies for invited guests. The type of cookies can be very different - sponge cake, macaroon, shortbread, custard gingerbread.

The main feature of such a gift should be consistency in the same style in which the wedding celebration is decorated.

To make the gift treat original, you can decorate it with monograms of the bride and groom, wedding rings, or make it in the shape of hearts, birds, or flower buds. An important part of decorating a sweet table with cookies is the correct selection of accessories.

Gingerbread and cookies at a wedding for guests

A beautiful and convenient option for filling a wedding sweet table is cookies. It should be made in an unusual, romantic design . For example, decorate with holiday dates and various cute designs: hearts, butterflies, rings.

Cookies can also be of various shapes: round, square or shaped. For example, like Mexican wedding cookies with nuts. It is considered one of the most popular types of cookies for weddings.

Be sure to order small paper envelopes for the cookies to make it more convenient for guests to enjoy the dessert - this way dessert crumbs won’t get on their outfits

Wedding gingerbread cookies with the initials of the newlyweds are an excellent dessert that is suitable for a wedding of any theme. They can be shaped, for example, gingerbread cookies for the bride and groom - they look funny and cute. It is also important that gingerbread products are stored for a long time , so you can prepare them a little in advance of the wedding, and not the day before.

By the way, original gingerbread cookies in tulle can be presented to guests as a small sweet gift in gratitude for coming to share the joyful event of the bride and groom. Guests can take them home with them and enjoy some time after the holiday.

Photos of wedding gingerbread for guests

Wedding cookies in the shape of hearts with initials

Gingerbread cookies at a wedding: recipe and serving methods

The history of ginger cookies goes back to the times of the Crusades, when soldiers brought various spices, including ginger, to Europe from the eastern lands. According to legend, the first ginger cookies were baked by a monk in one of the monasteries in England, adding crushed ginger to the dough. The cookies were enjoyed by everyone and have since become a symbol of Christmas and New Year - they were prepared as a treat and decorated with Christmas trees.

Now ginger cookies, extremely popular in Europe and America, have firmly entered the New Year's holiday menu of Russian housewives. No wonder, because it is very tasty and children like it so much thanks to the variety of shapes and beautiful decor. In addition to the New Year, ginger cookies at a wedding often become a decoration for the sweet table - you can write the names of the bride and groom, the wedding date on it, and guests can take this delicacy with them as a gift if you prepare containers or bags for cookies.

What other sweets are served as dessert?

For a dessert table, so that it does not look empty, on average you need to prepare 4-5 positions of sweets . In addition to cookies, gingerbread and cupcakes, there are many more options for small sweets that will definitely appeal to guests of different ages.

Children will surely love it if there is an ice cream cart near the sweet table. To do this, you need to invite a person who would fill waffle cones with different types of ice cream and sweet toppings.

If you want to arrange an unusual sweet table, then you can prepare an original pancake cake. It can be an excellent replacement for the traditional sponge cake and cream. This dessert is especially suitable for a wedding decorated in a rustic or shabby chic style.

You can also make mini-cakes from small pancakes, similar to pancakes. Decorating them with liquid chocolate or caramel, fresh berries and pieces of fruit and whipped cream is very tasty and non-trivial.

A popular cottage cheese and fruit dessert, cheesecake, also has every right to be on the wedding sweet table.

Its main ingredient is tender cottage cheese or curd cheese, complemented by fruits, berries and chocolate. For adult guests, you can prepare cheesecake with liqueur.

Also on the dessert table there may be such bright sweets as:

• marmalade;
• marshmallows;
• macarons;
• candies;
• lollipops;
• paste;
• halva.

Another chic idea for a dessert table is a chocolate fountain. It can be placed in the center of the table, and guests will choose fruits or other products and dip them in liquid chocolate.

Wedding chocolate fountain

Photo of a tea table at a wedding

Wedding cake

Even in the old days, the main decoration of the wedding table were pies with different fillings. Now many people are moving away from this tradition, preferring the European style of celebration . But wedding baked goods can take their rightful place on the sweet table.

The center of a wedding sweet table with pastries can be a loaf. It is believed that this cake conveys good wishes and blessings for a strong marriage relationship to the newlyweds.

The loaf is usually baked large in many layers. And on top it is decorated with braids, ears of wheat, molded from dough. You can complement the loaf on the sweet table with small buns in the form of cones or ducks, roses and cups of honey, jam or preserves.

Kurnik is another traditional wedding pie made from puff pastry or butter dough, which is made in the form of a dome. The filling is usually made from meat, fried mushrooms, rice and eggs, and is separated inside the pie by thin layers of dough.

At the table with pastries you can serve rolls, bagels, dryers and put a real samovar with tea. Pancakes with various sweet fillings from berries, fruits, cottage cheese are also suitable here.

This decoration is best suited for a wedding celebrated in Russian style.

Photo of wedding cake

Signs of other entertainment for a bachelorette party

Do you want the entire bachelorette party to take place in a magical, mysterious atmosphere with fortune telling and predictions? Here are some fortune telling ideas for a bachelorette party:

The best way to host a fortune telling party... invite a real fortune teller. To create the appropriate atmosphere, place around the apartment all kinds of accessories that, in your opinion, relate to witchcraft: scented candles, crystal balls, bouquets of “shamanic” herbs.

Fortune cookies for a wedding

Tarot cards. For some people this still sounds quite exotic, for others it is a great way to “predict” the future. Even if neither you nor anyone you know knows how to read tarot cards, buy a new deck anyway. As a rule, it comes with instructions with the interpretation of the cards, and you can have a lot of fun making layouts and understanding them together. The main thing here is a sense of humor and healthy skepticism. But if you take fortune telling with Tarot cards seriously enough, you should invite a master who knows how to do it professionally.

You can also print out a few humorous tests that can be distributed at the party to all the ladies present for them to fill out. One of the tests can be created specifically for the bride and groom. The bride will fill out her copy at the bachelorette party, and the groom at the bachelor party, and then you can compare the answers and find out how well they know each other.

Paper fortune cookies

Questions for such a test could be as follows:

1. What did you think (what did your girlfriend think) when you saw your future wife for the first time:

a) What beautiful eyes

b) Bad girl!

c) Guard, save yourself who can!

d) This is the girl of my dreams

e) With such a girl, it’s somehow awkward to open a beer with your teeth

1. Your future wife laughs most often:

a) With you

b) At your jokes

c) Good jokes

d) When watching cartoons

d) never laughs

1. At home, the wife should wear

a) Apron

b) Your shirts

c) Maid costume

d) Sexy lingerie

d) Your underwear

Fortune telling with taste

1. What do you like about your future mother-in-law?

a) Sense of humor

b) Mutual understanding

c) Feeling of security

d) Ability to cook

e) Non-resident registration

1. What animal do you compare your bride to (why?)
2. The best thing about her...
3. What character traits do you like most in a bride?
4. What body parts do you like most about her?
5. What do you like to do with her...

DIY sweet table

According to tradition, the beginning of family life begins with the bride and groom tasting freshly baked bread , which is called kulich. It is customary to prepare this ritual pastry yourself.

Kulich

To make Easter cake with your own hands, you will need:

• 700 gr. flour;
• a little vegetable oil;
• a little more than a glass of milk;
• a packet of dry yeast;
• five eggs;
• five tablespoons of sugar;
• salt.

1. You should prepare the dough by diluting a teaspoon of sugar with warm milk and yeast. Grind four raw yolks with the rest of the granulated sugar and pour into the dough. Beat the whites with a whisk until foamy.
2. Pour the yeast mixture, egg whites, a couple of tablespoons of butter and salt into the flour. Knead the dough for 15-20 minutes.
3. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Divide the dough into three equal pieces. Roll one into a round ball and place in the center of the baking sheet. Roll out the remaining two pieces (pinch off a little dough for decorations) into ropes and braid each one into a braid, one should be larger in volume and length.
4. Wrap the smaller braid around the dough ball, then attach the second one. From the remaining piece, mold leaves, flowers or any figures and place them on the top of the Easter cake. Bake for 75-80 minutes at 180-190 C.
5. While the cake is still hot, brush the surface with sugar syrup.

Wedding cake with pigtails

Mexican cookies

For a sweet table at a wedding, you can prepare original Mexican-style cookies . A recipe for heart-shaped cookies will help out here. For preparation you will need:

• 100 gr. almonds;
• a glass of flour;
• 200 gr. powdered sugar;
• 120-130 gr. butter;
• egg;
• a little vanilla sugar;
• cinnamon and salt.

1. From the total number of nuts, separate 12 pieces to the side, and chop the rest to fine crumbs. Mix them with flour, sprinkle with cinnamon and stir until smooth.
2. Beat soft butter in a mixer, adding sugar and powder. Combine with flour mixture and knead the dough.
3. Separate the whites from the yolks and pour into a small cup. Form cookies from the dough in the form of voluminous hearts. Press 2 nuts into each, after dipping them in the egg white. Place the cookies on a baking sheet and bake at 180-190 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Mexican wedding cookies in the shape of hearts

Gingerbread for a wedding

Preparing wedding gingerbread cookies is not particularly difficult, so you can make them yourself. What you will need:

• 270-300 gr. flour;
• 100 gr. cane sugar;
• half a stick of butter;
• egg;
• 20 gr. dried ginger;
• 10 gr. baking powder;
• 10 gr. ground cinnamon;
• 5 gr. nutmeg;
• 15 gr. cocoa powder;
• glaze;
• powder.

Soften the butter and mix with sugar and raw egg. Beat with a mixer until the mass becomes homogeneous. Add ginger, cinnamon, cocoa, nutmeg and baking powder to the flour, mix everything and combine with the butter mixture.

For gingerbread cookies, you need cane sugar, because only with it the baked goods will turn out crispy.

Knead the elastic dough and keep in the cold for half an hour. Place the dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment, spread the same sheet of paper on top and roll out the dough into a thin layer. Cut out figures from the resulting layer using a knife or culinary molds.

Bake in the oven for half an hour at a temperature of 180-190 degrees. Then decorate the finished gingerbread cookies with colored icing and sprinkles at your discretion.

DIY gingerbread for a wedding

DIY wedding cupcakes

A simple recipe for cupcakes - small cakes - will help you prepare a bright and tasty decoration for the wedding dessert table. What ingredients are needed:

• a stick of butter;
• half a glass of milk;
• zest from one orange;
• a glass of sugar;
• two eggs;
• a glass of flour;
• a teaspoon of baking powder;
• a few spoons of cocoa;
• 100 gr. white condensed milk;
• a teaspoon of rum;
• 250 gr. sugar mastic.

1. Beat half the butter at room temperature with a mixer along with sugar. Beat in raw eggs and mix thoroughly. Combine orange zest with flour, cocoa and baking powder, stir and pour in warm milk. Knead the dough.
2. Insert paper cups into the muffin tin and fill each cup halfway with batter. Place in a preheated oven and bake at 160-170 degrees for 20 minutes, then let cool slightly.
3. Beat the second part of the butter with condensed milk and rum until smooth and fluffy. Instead of rum, you can use vanilla for flavor . Apply the resulting cream to the cupcakes using a special culinary syringe and place in the refrigerator.
4. Roll out the mastic into a thin sheet and, using a shaped rolling pin, cut out flowers or hearts or stars from it. Decorate the cupcakes with small details.

DIY cupcakes for a wedding
A wedding sweet table will not only be a beautiful addition to the overall decor of the holiday, but also an additional area for guests to socialize. Almost everyone loves sweets, especially children and women, so the dessert table will not go unnoticed. If you show a little imagination, you can make a separate little entertainment out of this method of serving dessert.

How to make “Wedding” cookies

1. Place the nuts in a dry frying pan and fry over medium heat for 4-5 minutes, then remove the nuts and leave to cool.

2. Place the nuts in a plastic bag or blender bowl.

3. Grind the toasted nuts into crumbs.

4. Place butter in a mixer bowl, add 85 grams of powdered sugar and beat. Add vanilla extract and stir. At low speed, add flour, salt, chopped nuts and mix.

5. Roll out the dough into a layer (2.5 cm thick) and wrap it in film, place it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

6. Take the dough out of the refrigerator and form it into small balls (about 2-3 cm in diameter). Dip each in the remaining powdered sugar and place on a baking sheet. Bake the cookies in an oven preheated to 170 degrees for 16-20 minutes, then leave to cool for another 10 minutes.

7. Roll the warm cookies in powdered sugar again and serve.