Fashionable Bridal Shower Cake

I love it when people ask me to design a cake that is completely unique!  I received this photograph and was asked to create a cake to complement these plates from Crate and Barrel.

I then  thought of the baby shower cake I did last fall  http://cookinmary.blogspot.com/2009/11/baby-shower-cake.html and decided to do something similar, but with the flowers shown on the plates.  Here's what I created:

Baby Shower Cake and Cookie Favors

I love sketching ideas for cakes.  Last week I received a request for a cake AND cookies for a baby shower.  The cookies were to be individually packaged as favors for everyone to take with them as they left.  They know the baby is a boy but didn't want the typical "baby and duckies" theme.  So I came up with four sketches:

She chose Option 4

The cake was a lemon ricotta with lemon curd filling and buttercream frosting.  The cookies were butter cookies decorated with royal icing and white chocolate. 

Close-up of the cake:

And the cookie favors, each with a Thank you card attached:

Close-up of the cookies:

The cookies packaged and ready for delivery: