I've been asked to make a bridal shower cake for a woman from my church. They want it to look like a scrapbook, since she loves to scrapbook.

My idea so far is to make a book shaped cake, and then make fondant plaques for the "pictures" with a fondant frame. I'm going to have the bride and groom's names on the bottom edge. I'm running out of ideas, though, for what to have on the pictures. I thought about having a ring, the flowers, the dress, and then maybe hearts for love?

A few questions -

- It's supposed to be for about 30 people. Will the 2-mix Wilton book pan be big enough? I also thought about baking the cakes in a 15x10 pan and using several layers, so I could fill them without torting - which would be easier?

- Do you think I should leave the background white or color it to match their colors? They're using purple and dark blue with silver accents - I thought that would be a lot of food coloring if I used it for the background. If I don't, though, I'm afraid it will just look like a lot of white blank space.

- Any other ideas of wedding stuff I could make for the "pictures"?

Thanks for your help!

By any chance can you get your hands on actual pictures? You could then do scrapbook pages Using the wedding colors as accents, like ribbon, buttons, tags, etc...

HTH

I'd rather not do edible images - I don't have access to a printer and don't know if I could get one at any of the local stores - I live in the sticks.

Any other ideas?

id recommend a look at the qvc pages for scrapbook stuff - maybe give you some ideas.
i think maybe a pastel kind of background (unless you are feeling adventurous and can co-ordinate a big background and still make things pop - i cant!) and strong accents - some ribbons, brads, buttons, photo frames.
as for what to put in pictures - depends on the size, could you do a fbct or royal icing runout, or chocolate? a look-a-like style of the couple! maybe simple pics of things that are important to them - a holiday location, animal, park, whatever.
sounds like it could be very cool!
xx

Can anyone help me with this?

- It's supposed to be for about 30 people. Will the 2-mix Wilton book pan be big enough? I also thought about baking the cakes in a 15x10 pan and using several layers, so I could fill them without torting - which would be easier?

i havent used the pan, but the sounds of the mix suggests it would feed enough people for you. http://www.wilton.com/cakes/making-cakes/ thats a link to some wilton serving charts, they might help.
i think making more layers would be easier that torting when its quite a big shape, as long as you are happy doing a bit of carving to get it looking book like.
i hope someone who has used the pan can help you more!
xx

Anyone else?