Day 2 of cake week is upon us and we’ll be featuring delicious outdoor treats! The summer heat will be upon us soon and that means outdoor parties! When planning your summer party, keep in mind all the ideas that are out there for this time of year. Colorful and bold colors for party decorations and cool, refreshing treats are always a must for any summer themed party. However, have you fun out of great ideas for summer treats that will appease both the little ones and adults? Well, Wedding And Party Network has just the thing for you. We’ve picked our top 5 favorite summer desserts that will wow your guests each time!
A Pail Of Sand – Yes, a pail of sand is one of our favorite picks for summers sweet treats! If you’re planning a beach themed party or just an outdoor party in general, this would be a fun idea for any age group! Plus, it not only serves as a yummy treat, but also a fun centerpiece or even party favors.
All you need is cake, pudding, crushed up graham crackers, candied shells and a sand bucket. You layer the cake with the pudding with the pudding being your last layer and then sprinkled the crushed up graham crackers on top for the sand effect. That simple, yet too cute!
Beach Cupcakes & Cake – No party is complete without the beach themed cupcakes and cake. Another simple, yet fun dessert to have at your outdoor party. Bake cupcakes in fun blue liners like your normally would and then let the icing work it’s magic.
Use blue icing for the water and then ice the rest of the cupcake a tan color and then sprinkle crushed up graham crackers on top of that. You can also find candied seashells or plastic palm trees at your party store and place those on top as cupcake toppers. If you’re doing a cake, you’ll have more room to place other fun beach related items on top.
Summer Themed Cupcakes – Of course, you can do hamburger cupcakes, which are super fun and easy to make! However, start thinking outside the box and what fits your party theme. If you’re grilling, then do cupcakes that look like real grills. Take brownie batter, bake it in black cupcake liners. Add 2 drops of black food coloring to white icing to get the color gray and pipe lines on the top of the brownie cupcakes. This will give it a grill like effect.
After the icing is dry, place candy fruit on toothpicks to make it look like a shish kabob or place the candy hot tamales on top to look like you’re grilling hot dogs. You can do baseball cupcakes, ladybug or butterfly cupcakes or even corn cupcakes. A lawn mower cupcake would be great for a guy’s party. Just bake the cupcake like normal, dye coconut green and sprinkle it on top. For the lawn mower, make it out of a miniature Hershey bar, brown m&m’s for the tires and black licorice for the handle bar.
We All Scream For Ice Cream –This would be a great treat for the little ones, we are even featuring a how-to video as part as our cake week. You’ll need ice cream cones, cake mix, icing and sprinkles to make this fun creation. Make the cake mix and pour it into the ice cream cone and bake it like your normally would in the oven.
While they’re baking, prepare the icing. Use food coloring to dye it whatever colors you would like or keep it classic with white to make it look like an actual ice cream cone. Once they have cooled, begin to ice and top them off with fun sprinkles. Your guests will think they’re getting an actual ice cream cone, minus the melting of the ice cream in the heat.
Flip Flop Cookies –Now these would be great for everyone! Not just the kids, but the adults will love them as well. Again, easy and fun to make! You’ll need some oval-shaped cookies, visit your bakery for some recommendations, frosting, gummy candy and rope licorice.
Frost 2 cookies to make a pair of flip-flops. Cut the licorice to make the straps on the flip-flops and place them on with some icing. You can mix and match colors to match the theme of your party! These will make wonderful treats or even a great party favor or a perfect accent to a beach wedding.
These 5 summer treats will make wonderful additions to any party. When you’re enjoying the outdoors, make sure you have these desserts that everyone will love. They not only will satisfy your guest’s taste buds, but they’ll also make great accents to the party! So, add some color and blow your guests away with these 5 summer desserts!
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beach cupcake photo, corn cupcakes & lady bug cupcakes provided by Katie Stine, emilyaugust, Sugar Daze via flickr.
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