Unique Southwestern Wedding Cake Ideas: Mini Cactus Shaped Cakes

Personalized Mini Cactus Shaped Southwestern Wedding Cakes Anyone Can Make

This easy to make Mini Cactus Shaped Cakes are perfect for a Southwestern wedding reception. If you are looking for a fun new way to share your wedding cake with your guest, then you have to try making these Mini Cactus Shaped Cakes. Your wedding guests can each have their own whole cake served to them on individual plates.

This is a whimsical and Southwestern twist on the traditional wedding cake ideas.

I am always looking for fun and new Southwestern wedding cake ideas. There are so many possibilities.

You can use this edible Mini Cactus Shaped Wedding Cakes for a great gift for someone special as well. They would be well suited for a romantic dinner for two, or even a get well soon treat.

To Make Mini Cactus Shaped Southwestern Wedding Cakes You will need:

1 of your favorite boxed white or red cake mixes
1 - 2 Tub of Vanilla icing
Green food dye (optional)
White Tube Writing Icing (2 to 3 tubes)
1 Cactus shaped cookie cutter (about 4 inches wide)

Bake your favorite white or red 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 Mini Cactus Shaped 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 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 Mini Cactus Shaped Wedding Cakes.

Now, use a Cactus shaped cookie cutter to cut out the Mini Cactus Shaped Wedding Cakes on the sheet cake. Simply press the Southwestern cookie cutter in like you would cookie dough. Pop the Cactus out and lay it on a flat surface.

You should find this sheet cake cuts easily into the shape of these Mini Cactus 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 small Cactus.

Now, you really should go ahead and place these simple Mini Cactus 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.