handmade monday: cake in a jar wedding favors

This past weekend, I styled a wedding and it was such a whirlwind! More photos tomorrow :) Included in my duties that I volunteered for was making wedding favors. I recruited some help and together we made 100 "cake in a ball jar" favors for the wedding attendees. I've made these before in this post, but I adapted the steps this time to make it a little easier. 

Here's how we did it!

What you'll need:

((recipe yields 90-100 jars))

4 sheet cakes

lots of frosting - we're talking LOTS.

sprinkles

piping bag

food coloring

donut punch

ball jars

paper cut outs for the top with the couples monogram, cute saying, etc

baker's twine

wooden spoons

Prep:

Take all the lids off the jars and rinse if necessary. 

Measure the needed amount of twine around the jar & cut 100 

Buy more frosting than you think

Cut out your fabric, paper or whatever you're using for toppers

Ready? 

Step 1:

Take the middle ring out of the donut punch and punch a circle into the cake. Be gentle when removing cake circle from punch. 

Step 2:

Gently place the cake into the jar. I kind of had to roll it in, flip the jar upside down and then straighten it out and pushed it to the bottom.

Step 3:

Color your frosting to desired color (we did a light pink and light yellow) and place in piping bag. Put a layer of frosting on top of the first layer of cake - getting as close to the edge as you can.

Step 4:

Using the leftover cake and your sprinkles, put in kitchen aid and mix together to crumble.

Step 5:

 Using a spoon, place a layer of the sprinkle crumble on top of the icing layer. 

*We ran out of cake crumbles, so use sparingly or get an extra cake JUST for crumbles.*

Step 6: 

Using a decorative frosting tip (we used a star tip) and your piping bag again, put more frosting on top. Feel free to add more sprinkles or sanding sugar at this point for added cuteness. 

Step 7: 

Place the seal on top of the jar, then the decorative circle, and then the lid. Tie twine around the "neck" of the jar and tie it in a knot and slip the spoon in-between the jar and the twine.

Step 8:

Admire your work and style with a cutesy chalkboard with a corny, but adorable, saying.

love.

jars - hobby lobby

cake- walmart bakery of all places

donut punch - williams sonoma

wooden spoons - sucre shop