Unique Beach Wedding Cake Ideas: Sand Dollar Shaped Individual Cakes

This easy to make Sand Dollar Shaped Cakes are perfect for a beach wedding reception. If you are looking for a fun new way to share your beach wedding cake with your guests, then you have to try making these Sand Dollar Shaped Cakes. Your wedding guests can each have their own whole cake served to them on individual plates. Try using some colored sugar to mimic sand as well!

This is an elegant and new twist on the traditional beach wedding cake ideas.

To Make Sand Dollar Shaped Wedding Cakes You Will need:

1 of your favorite boxed white cake mixes

1 - 2 Tub of Vanilla icing

White Tube Writing Icing (2 to 3 tubes)

1 Circle or sand dollar cookie cutter (about 4 inches wide)

Bake your favorite cake mix as usual. You need to bake it in a 13" X 9" baking pan. You can bake two cakes (or more for a large wedding) and cut them out exactly the same to make a large number of Sand Dollar Shaped Beach Wedding Cakes.

Once the cake has cooled flip it out of the baking pans onto a large platter, carving board, or whatever you have.

Now, stick the wedding cake in the freezer for about 20 to 30 minutes. You want to slightly freeze is, but not freeze it completely. This will help you cut it into the shape of the Sand Dollar Shaped Wedding Cakes.

Now, use a circle or sand dollar cookie cutter to cut out the Sand Dollar on the sheet cake. Simply press the cookie cutter in like you would cookie dough. Pop the Sand Dollar out and lay them on a flat surface.

You should find this sheet cake cuts easily into the shape of these Sand Dollar Shaped Wedding Cakes since it is chilled and slightly frozen. This will make the cake much more easy to cut and get crisp clean edges of the Sand Dollar.

Now, you really should go ahead and place these Sand Dollar Shaped Wedding Cakes on a board or serving platter before you decorate it. You will not be able to move it once you decorate it or you will ruin it.