Let’s Mingle & Jingle–Holiday Progressive Dinner Blog Hop

Don’t you just love entertaining during the holidays?  I sure do!   Today I’m joining a few of my blogging friends for the final installment of our Virtual Progressive Dinner Blog Hop. Throughout the year we’ve shared easy recipes, tabelscape inspiration and fun party ideas with you. Today we’re celebrating the holiday season with the Holiday Mingle & Jingle Blog Hop.

If you missed any of this entertaining series, you can find the other seasonal posts by clicking these links…Spring Floral Fiesta, Summer Backyard Bash and Flavors Of Fall.

If you’re coming over from Positively Southern, welcome.  Tamrya’s main course pork tenderloin looks so good and is the perfect hardy dish for a holiday gathering.

 fyi–If you need to join the Mingle & Jingle party from the beginning, you’ll find all the stops on the blog hop below and at the end of this post.

 

Now, who’s ready for dessert?  

When I was picked to host the dessert portion of the Mingle & Jingle dinner, I panicked for a minute. You see, me and kitchens are not the best of friends.  As a designer, I love to design and decorate kitchens but I’m not a fan of cooking in them.  So what’s a designer to do when it’s time to whip up a yummy holiday dessert?  Get creative and decorate her dessert!

Crazy Confetti Christmas Cake

My Crazy Confetti Christmas Cake was super easy to make and would be a fun activity to share with kids.

The first thing I did was pick up a plain frosted white cake from Publix.  Then I popped into Target and bought candy canes, honeycomb ball cake topper and old-fashioned Christmas candy.  I already had the mini bottle brush trees on hand.

Once home, I unwrapped 6 candy canes, put them in a zip lock bag and crushed them into small pieces to make confetti candy cane mix.  Next I sprinkled the confetti candy canes around the top edge of the cake.

And then I decorated the top of the cake with candy canes and other holiday pieces.  I wanted my cake to be fun and crazy so all the pieces are a bit off-center.

Once I had the cake decorated, I knew I wanted to dress up the cake stand.  I cut strips of ribbon and taped them to the top of the stand to make it more festive.  This is such a simple and easy trick you could use anytime you’re serving cake at a party.

 

After the cake stand was decorated and I had the cake in place, I decided to take my crazy cake over the top.  I sprinkled old-fashioned Christmas candy around the base of the cake and called it done.

I think my cake is ready for a holiday party!

Now that I’ve tantalized your sweet tooth, it’s time to bring this party to a close.  Head over to Atta Girl Says to check out the fun hostess gifts and party favors Amy created.  She really knows how to end a party on a high note.  And be sure to hop over to each of the participating blogs and Mingle & Jingle with them.

MINGLE & JINGLE PROGRESSIVE DINNER BLOG HOP

Cocktail Hour—Viva La Vintage For Your Home

Appetizer—M. Jones Style

Tablescape-–Home On Poplar Creek

Main Course—Positively Southern

Dessert–ConfettiStyle (yours truly)

Hostess Gifts & Party Favors—Atta Girl Says

 

Thanks for stopping by the blog today.  I’ve got more holiday inspiration posts planned for you as we count down to Christmas so be sure to check in each day.  Or better yet, subscribe to the blog so you don’t miss a post!