Dessert Table: Painterly Party

As a mom, I can tell you that three year olds pretty much go ba-nan-as for anything involving paint, rainbows, and dessert. Imagine a party that incorporates all three! Most kids would explode from excitement. This colorful design by Petite Party Studio is a kid's dream.

Rice Crispies treats pose as paintbrushes dipped in rainbow-hued white chocolate, and paint cans are perfect containers for candy. A cake decorated with cookie paint palettes is a great compliment to the party invites.

pics by Jackie Lindfors Photography via HWTM

Dessert Table: Festive Spectrum

This is such a lovely dessert table, er, cake table. Easy-to-make iced cakes with flag toppers and a vibrant rainbow-hued backdrop make this display pop. I especially love the table linen, which looks like a plain white cloth dressed up with inexpensive ribbon to match the palette. Fab!

images by Fresh In Love via 100 Layer Cake

Week In Review & A Candygram

If you've been reading the blog for awhile, then you might remember this rainbow colored candy art. I thought that was pretty great, but this Jessi Arington candygram ups the creative factor.

This week on Sweet Tooth:

This modern black, white, and yellow dessert table made a bold impact.
I announced the winner of this Potter & Butler giveaway.
We oohed and aahed over this pretty pink cake display.
I gave a reader a this bit of dessert table advice.

This week on The Sweet Life, I wrote about these new desserts coming to the MN State Fair this year.

image via Eat Drink Chic

Rainbow Brite Sweets

Last week, we revisited this classic Sweet Tooth post that was full of a spectrum of desserts. After the cold, rainy day that plagued Minneapolis yesterday, I was in the mood for a little more rainbow-y goodness. My search resulted in a crown jewel cake and spiral cookies by Sprinkle Bakes. I've never seen a cake quite like this before.

Crown jewel cake can feature as many colors as you choose. Simply color unflavored gelatin to match your party's theme. I like how the sprinkles are dusted on the tabletop like edible confetti. It's so festive (and inexpensive).

A cake as colorful as the crown jewel needs an equally vibrant counterpart. These colorful spiral cookies are perfect.

Both of these colorful desserts helped brighten what was a dreary, grey day. They both just seem so, well, fun. There's nothing stodgy or serious about them. 

Have you seen a jewel cake like this before? 

Taste the Rainbow

We had a little rain in Minneapolis this week, and I spotted a rainbow. It made me smile, and I thought I'd share a little rainbow-y goodness with you.

This cake appears to be a simple, white layer cake. But, upon cutting, you get this gorgeously-layered rainbow beauty.

These little squares of cake are a spectrum of petit fours, while dyed frosting makes plain cupcakes seem much more artistic.

No post would be complete without a rainbow of macarons, whether they're in neat rows or teetering on porcelain.

I hope these rainbows brightened your day and gave you a good sugar fix.

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