Easy-to-Make King Cake Pops for Mardi Gras

This weekend, I decided to put a twist on the traditional King Cake for Mardi Gras. Instead of hiding a tiny toy baby inside a cinnamon-y, sprinkle-covered cake, I made these little cake pops. The entire process only took about 10 minutes! So, get your cake pop maker out and check out my post on Momtastic to learn how to make these sweet New Orleans treats.

Admit, you're totally ready to get into the Mardi Gras spirit! Now, swing by Momtastic to check out my King Cake Pops tutorial.

pics by yours truly

Dessert Table: Green Goddess Dressing

This glittery dessert display is dressed head-to-toe in green and gold. From cakes, cupcakes, and cake pops to macarons and truffles, this entire Minted & Vintage display is just lustre'd up loveliness. Mr. Haack captured the sheen in living color.

Red and in Love captured this alternate view of the spread.

So did Christa and Ivy

image via 100LC

Dessert Table: Gold, Green, and Vintage Glam

After a day on set for Confetti Pop, I was happy to scroll through my Pinterest feed and find this framed dessert display. Ruffled blog featured this Wizard of Oz inspired shoot, and photog Sandy Tam capture The Sweetere's treats wonderfully. If you've seen my LOVE dessert table, then you know I like a good frame backdrop. Here, the frames also make a debut on the gold and green glitter cake.

Cupcakes and cake pops accompany the vintage-inspired cake. Yum! Simple glitter hearts make great cupcake toppers. 

Can't get enough? Swing by Ruffled for more green, glittery goodness.

pics by Sandy Tam via Ruffled, desserts by The Sweetere

Dessert Meets Design: Modern Man

Just check out these truffles! Last Fall, I designed this modern yellow, grey, and white dessert table for Zoe and Josh. It was my first experience working with a really involved groom, and Josh was great. In fact, he made every selection, and the dessert table was really a surprise for his bride. He knew what he wanted, and I think the table's overall design reflects a more masculine, modern vibe than some of my other work. My girl Kirsten of Fab Events designed the rest of the event and photog Emma Freeman took these lovely pics.

The design included graphic truffles, macarons, S'mores cupcakes, cake pops, and a custom cupcake tower that I designed to house the mini varieties.

I love when a guy backs stereotype and actually cares about the wedding details. So sweet!

pics by Emma Freeman

Dessert Table: I've Got The Blues

Ombre doesn't have to be busy. This simple, crisp design features only a subtle grey backdrop. Azar Jazestani styled these ombre blue sweets by Gimme Some Sugar include a modern dot cake, oversized cookies, cupcakes, and cake pops.

pics by Monique Simone Photography

Dessert Table: I Heart Babies

This ruffly dessert display is full of hearts, which is totally befitting the love a mom-to-be feels for the newborn she's soon to meet. Lots of pink satin ribbon makes the entire heart-filled spread by Sweet and Saucy Shop a girly fete.

images via Gabriel Ryan Photography and HWTM

Dessert Table: Perfectly Pretty

It's been a while since I've featured a dessert table that showcases the dresser trend, but this one from Jenna Rae Cakes is the perfect addition to the group. With a heavy emphasis on balloons, the fringe cake pop flags and golden streamers are simple, but pretty accents.

images via Pinterest by Jenna Rae Cakes

Dessert Table: 'Licious Love Letters

I saw this cute little dessert table on The Knotty Bride yesterday, and you know I'm a sucker for a cupcake liner garland. This design features a multi-colored, yet neutral, one as a backdrop. This inspirational shoot was shot by Jade + Matthew Take Pictures, conceived by Gray Harper Event Maker, and sweets provided by M Sweet Desserts.

A jar filled with love letters and heart labels scattered around the table bring in the lurv.

Dessert Meets Design: Southern Weddings Feature

I shared the Southern Weddings spread with you earlier today, and I'm back with some pretty close-ups. We had a subtle Kentucky Derby theme to our shoot, so it's only a given that we shoot on a farm with real horses, include some pony details, and have a fabulous large-brimmed hat for the bride.

As for desserts, I made a rick rack cake with a silver horse topper, sugared pecan-topped cupcakes, mini peach cobblers, and chocolate cake pops. We didn't want this "wedding" to seem too polished and slick. We were aiming more for Southern charm and to represent a slower pace of life. So, you'll notice that I didn't use linens and instead used a distressed, painted table. No macraons and fancy truffles here.

Here are some of the phenomenal details the rest of the team came up with to bring this Southern-inspired shoot to life. One of our big goals was to make sure the Kentucky Derby theme wasn't "in your face" and too literal, so the horse motif is subtle, don't you agree?

Photography: Paper Antler // Styling: Maddy Hague of The Inspired Bride // Floral Design: Studio Fleurette // Dessert Table: Shauna Younge Dessert Tables // Paper Goods: Amy Hardy // Model: Joy Phillips of Wehmann Models // Hair: Brittany Moreland // Makeup: Jody Olson for Makeup Savvy // Wardrobe: BHLDN // Swing Top Favor Bottles: Specialty Bottle // Paper Rosettes: Pom Flair // Program Fan Handles: Perfect Stix // Rentals: Lime Canary Vintage Rentals // Washi Tape: Cute Tape

Dessert Meets Design: Southern Weddings Sneak Peek

I teamed up with the creative team that I collaborated with for the Graphic + Glitz (Part I and Part II) shoot again, and we created an inspirational wedding for Southern Weddings Magazine. The issue landed in mailboxes last week, and is probably on newsstands across the country by now, so I figured I'd share a few pics of the spread.

I'll be back in a hot second to share some lovely, detailed close ups of our shoot. See you soon!

images: paper antler.

Dessert Table: 1920's Naunce

This feminine dessert table is full of beautiful florals, soft colors, and simple sweets. Adore by Chloe featured this beautiful spread, which featured a gradient pink cake, cake pops, cookies, and cupcakes. The gorgeous pics were shot by nbarrett photography.

Dessert Meets Design: Mansion Matrimony

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of creating a dessert table for Kris and Gary's wedding at Cedarhurst Mansion. I had the pleasure of working with the team at Fab.You.Lous Events again and meeting photog Paige Winn who shot these lovely pics.

For this design, I replicated the couple's invitation on their chocolate bars, and offered custom cookies that featured their monograms and the unique heart symbol from their invites. I designed purple towers to vary the heights of sweets and showcase several varieties of cupcakes and macarons. Chocolate-dipped brownie bites, Neapolitan whoopie pies, and dessert shooters sat alongside cake pops.

Just to give you an idea of some of the other great details from this event, check out some of Paige's other pics.

Thank you to Buttercream and Sugar & Flour for your yummy contributions.

Tiered Cake Pop Stand

I'm always excited to come across new ways to display desserts, so I was intrigued when I saw this tiered cake pop stand on Pinterest. Each wooden tier has drilled holes to support the pop sticks and a chalkboard menu lets guests know which flavor is which.

Don't you think this is a clever idea?

Golden Snitch Cake Pops

In honor of today's midnight premiere of the final Harry Potter movie, Amy of Amy Bakes created these Golden Snitch cake pops. Aren't they adorable?

So clever, and perfectly timed.