A wedding is a wonderful thing to celebrate—two people giving their lives to each other in love, joined by family and friends. But before the wedding, there has to be a bridal shower! It’s a chance for other women to “shower” the bride-to-be with love and gifts as she embarks on this new stage of life. It’s also a chance for her sisters in Christ to share wisdom and encouragement from their own lives. While many things can contribute to a happy marriage, like love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, the most important thing is for both husband and wife to have Jesus at the center of their lives. With a strong faith in God, a marriage can weather any storm.
Of course, good food is also an important part of marriage, and that includes the bridal shower! In this classic two-part episode from 1996, Arlene shows how to plan a Victorian themed bridal shower, with recipes for heart shaped cookies, wedding rings cake, tea time sandwiches with blue cheese spread and egg salad spread, and date nut bread sandwiches with cherry cream cheese spread.
Be sure to watch Part 2 to see even more recipes for fun finger foods and party favors.
Heart Shaped Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3 cups flour
- decorator icing in tube in wedding color
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar with a mixer. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add baking powder and flour, one cup at a time, mixing after each addition. The dough will be stiff; blend last flour in by hand. Do not chill dough.
- Divide dough into 2 balls. On a floured surface, roll each ball in a circle approximately 12 inches in diameter and 1/8 inch thick. Use heart shaped cutters as guide; dough should be only slightly thinner than cutter. Dip cutter in flour before each use. Using a straw, punch a hole in the cookie.
- Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet on top rack of oven for 6-7 minutes, or until cookies are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks and cool completely. Frost with your favorite glaze. Using the wedding color, write the bride's name on 1/2 the cookies and the groom's name on the other half. Let icing completely dry.
- Tie one of each of the cookies together with wedding colored ribbon, tying plastic golden rings at the bow. Use as favors or announcements. Makes about 4 dozen cookies. Enjoy!
Wedding Rings Cake
Ingredients
- 2 boxes cake mixes your choice of flavors
- 1 cupcake
- 3 cans white icing 16 oz, each
- silver balls
- tube decorator icing
- flowers
Instructions
- Bake both cake mixes in 2 large ring molds. Cool completely and place on silver tray, close together, or cut out piece of cake to appear to overlap and rings are intertwined. Frost cakes with icing. Attach cupcake with long toothpicks and frost cupcake. Using silver balls, cover cupcake totally. This becomes your "diamond."
- Write groom's first name on plain cake and bride's name on "diamond" cake using decorator icing tube. Pipe icing around edge of cakes for finished look. Add sprigs of flowers to decorate. Makes 24 servings. Enjoy!
Teatime Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 6 oz cream cheese softened
- 2 Tbsp blue cheese crumbled
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1/4 tsp grated onion
- 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, soften cream cheese and mix until fluffy. Add blue cheese and mix gently. Add rest of ingredients and mix to blend. Chill. Spread on lightly buttered bread shapes, heart, diamond, round, etc. Makes 1 1/3 cups filling. Enjoy!
Egg Salad Sandwich Spread
Ingredients
- 3 pickle jalapeno peppers
- 12 hard boiled eggs
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Peel, seed and chop peppers. Peel and chop eggs. Combine eggs, peppers and enough mayonnaise to make of spreading consistency.
- Add salt, pepper and pecans; mix well. Spread on bread to make sandwiches. Makes 2 cups spread. Enjoy!
Date Nut Bread Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup cut-up dates
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3 Tbsp shortening
- 3/4 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- cream cheese, softened
- maraschino cherries, drained and chopped fine
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x 5 x 3inch loaf pan.
- In a bowl, mix nuts, dates, baking soda, and salt with a fork. Add shortening and boiling water. Let stand for 20 minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, beat eggs with a fork. Continue stirring, add vanilla, sugar and flour. Add date mixture, mixing just to blend. Pour into prepared loaf pan.
- Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until done. Place on wire rack for 10 minutes to cool, then remove from pan. Let cool completely on wire rack.
- In a small bowl combine cream cheese and chopped cherries and mix until blended. Slice date nut bread into 1/2 inch slices and spread cream cheese mixture on slices and top with second slice. Cut into 4 pieces and decorate tops with a small dab of cheese and piece of cherry. Keep refrigerated until ready to serve. Makes about 36 sandwiches. Enjoy!
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