Bridal Shower Cupcake Tower Decorating Ideas

A cupcake tower is the elegant bridal shower version of a wedding cake.

A cupcake tower is the elegant bridal shower version of a wedding cake. There are so many creative ways to decorate a cupcake tower, and it is much easier than trying to decorate a whole cake. Cupcakes are easier to eat and the perfect size snack for the bride-to-be and her guests to munch on while opening gifts and playing games. No matter what the theme of your shower, you can create an unforgettable tower centerpiece.

Gift Tower

The classic bridal shower cupcake shower features a square cake on the top tier decorated in fondant to resemble a gift. The cupcakes around the bottom tiers can have small cut-out gifts made from fondant as well. Simply roll out premade fondant onto a powdered sugar covered table until it is about one-quarter inch thick. With a sharp knife, cut out squares for the base of the gift decoration and rectangles which will be crossed on the top of the square to look like ribbon. With some fondant rectangle pieces, fashion some bows to be curled at the top of your gifts. This cupcake tower is perfect to be set on the same table as the shower gifts.

Fortune Tower

Send a little good luck the bride’s way by decorating your cupcakes with fortune cookies. You can make fondant fortune cookies to place on top of each cupcake, or use real ones. Order custom fortune cookies with personalized messages, or even make paper fortune cookies with your own printed wishes to place on your cupcake tower. The future bride will be touched by the personal touch and the symbolic sentiment of this treat.

Best Wishes Tower

Pipe a message to the bride, letter by letter on each cupcake, with a creamy frosting like butter cream or cream cheese frosting. You don’t have to be an expert cake decorator to master this simple technique. Wish the bride a happy marriage, a fun wedding, or even something a little more risqué that will make her laugh. Spell out her name along with her fiancé for a special touch that is sure to make a touching centerpiece for your shower.

Tiered Wedding Cake Tower

Create your bridal shower cupcake tower on a squared or rounded thick-based tower that you decorate with ribbon to resemble a tiered wedding cake. Place the cupcakes close together on each layer. The cupcakes can be frosted simply in the theme colors of the shower and to match the bases decoration. Glue fancy ribbon around the edges of the base or make them smooth and white. You can make squared or rounded tower bases from cut out polystyrene foam that you cover with decorative paper.

Girl Power Flower Tower

Nothing is more feminine than flowers. Throw a girl power shower with a flower cupcake tower. You can place fresh flowers between cupcakes on the tower base, or even on the top of the cupcakes. Make your own flower decorations from fondant, or pipe on some cream frosting flowers. Use flower sprinkles, or even crystallize your own rose petals using egg whites and sugar for an edible treat your guests are sure to remember.