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20 Lovely Bridal Shower Recipes

Published: Jan 20, 2021 · Modified: Apr 13, 2021 by Genevieve Morrison

Here you’ll find 20 appetizers, cocktails and sweet treats for a perfectly lovely bridal shower! They’re so incredibly tasty that you’ll impress even the pickiest mother-in-law! They’re also pretty, so easy to make and delightfully colorful too!

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If I’m throwing a party for someone, I usually spend months on Pinterest saving ideas. I make carefully tailored Spotify playlists and I pull out my prettiest, most elegant appetizer, dessert and cocktail recipes!

I don’t like making anyone eat off of laps on paper plates so, if possible, all food is finger food, easily held with one hand. Cocktails are easily made into batches so I’m not shaking up drinks all afternoon, and deserts/pastries are also easily served with only a cocktail napkin or in small jars or glasses. It just keeps things tidy and elegant.

All of the appetizers, cocktails, pastries and dessert recipes below are easily made and easy to serve!

1. Beautiful Spring Canapés

A marble appetizer tray of 15 canapés in 3 different styles.

Beautiful Spring Canapés

These perfectly easy canapés can be made ahead of time, are served cold, and are simply perfect for a fancy Spring or Summer celebration!

A marble appetizer tray of 8 canapés in 3 different styles.

2. Vegan Canapés with Mushroom Pâté

4 mushroom pâté canapés garnished with scallions and flowers on a marble slate.

Vegan Mushroom Pâté with Roasted Garlic

This vegan mushroom pâté with creamy roasted garlic and caramelized onion is amazing on its own, or on top of the prettiest, tastiest appetizers at your elegant veggie-friendly party!

A bowl of mushroom pate, surrounded by rice crackers and green flower stems.

3. Mini Croque Monsieur

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

Mini Croque Monsieur

This delightful mini croque monsieur recipe is a perfectly easy, perfectly elegant and exquisitely delicious breakfast idea that will impress any guest!

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

4. Pink Deviled Eggs

3 deviled eggs on a marble table with pink filling and garnished with baby's breath and sprouts.

Pink Deviled Eggs

These precious pink Easter deviled eggs are as tasty as they are pretty! They make such whimsical, adorable Easter appetizers and will perfectly complete your colorful menu!

3 deviled eggs on a marble table with pink filling and garnished with baby's breath and sprouts.

5. Crispy, Baked Cauliflower Cakes with Roasted Garlic Sour Cream & Marinara

5 cauliflower cakes on a wooden board, topped with marinara, cream, and a little fresh parsley.

Crispy, Baked Cauliflower Cakes with Roasted Garlic Sour Cream & Marinara

These mini, baked cauliflower cakes with roasted garlic sour cream and marinara sauce are fantastically crispy, shockingly delicious and (especially) shocking low carb!

A cauliflower appetizer topped with tomato, cream and parsley beside 4 others on a wooden tray.

6. Bruschetta with Mozzarella, Seared Tomatoes & Roasted Garlic

11 bruschetta on a marble slate with tomato, burrata and a prosciutto rose, garnished with basil.

Bruschetta with Burrata, Seared Tomatoes & Roasted Garlic

This delicious bruschetta recipe with fresh burrata, seared cherry tomatoes and roasted garlic is the most decadent appetizer at your Italian dinner party, the most elegant appetizer at the bridal shower or a luxurious evening snack for one!

A bruschetta with tomato, burrata and a prosciutto rose, garnished with basil on a marble plate.

7. Beet Napoleons with Prosciutto Roses

6 beet napoleons, with prosciutto roses on top, garnished with cilantro leaves on a plate.

Beet Napoleons with Prosciutto Roses

No, they’re not red velvet, they’re beautiful beet napoleon appetizers with chive cream cheese and tiny prosciutto roses on top! They're earthy, creamy, and perfectly bite-size!

A small beet napoleon, with a prosciutto rose on top, on a white plate.

8. The Sake Lychee Martini

A cocktail garnished with a lychee and cherry blossom flowers, with flowers and a few leaves at its base.

The Sake Lychee Martini

This elegant sake lychee martini is truly one of the most refreshing, simple and impressive signature cocktails for any party, or romantic date night. With just 2 ingredients and a pretty lychee cocktail garnish, this precious cocktail will easily become a fast favorite.

A lychee cocktail on a dark table, garnished with a lychee and cherry blossoms.

9. The Pink Cherry Blossom Maraschino Liqueur Cocktail

A pink cocktail in a coup glass, garnished with a cherry and flowers, on a table.

The Pink Cherry Blossom Maraschino Liqueur Cocktail

Lightly sweet, citrusy and with a hint of cherry, it's a perfect cocktail for Easter, Mother's Day, a feminine bridal shower or celebration of April's cherry blossom season!

A pink cocktail, garnished with a cherry and small cherry blossoms on a black table.

10. Sparkling Elderflower Cocktail

A cocktail in a coup glass, garnished with small flowers, with small autumn leaves at its base on a black table.

A Sparkling Elderflower Cocktail with St. Germain & Prosecco

This Prosecco and St. Germain cocktail is the most elegantly simple cocktail to serve on New Year’s eve. Bubbly and floral, it has a glamorous 1920’s sophistication, delicate sweetness and understated charm.

A cocktail garnished with flowers on a dark table with flowers and leaves at its base.

11. Sparkling Pink Grapefruit Cocktail with Cucumber

3 cocktails, garnished with a cucumber, leaf and small flowers with flowers at its base, as well as napkins.

Sparkling Pink Grapefruit Cocktail with Cucumber

This exquisite sake and pink grapefruit cocktail is shaken with muddled cucumber and mint, splashed with soda and pairs perfectly with summer sunsets and stolen kisses.

A cocktail garnished with cucumber, a leaf and flower with 2 other glasses in the background and napkins on the table.

12. The French Gimlet

A cocktail garnished with flowers and greenery on a dark table.

The French Gimlet

The French Gimlet is refreshingly elegant, delightfully floral with lime citrus, and perfect for a lovely cocktail party signature.

A cocktail on a table, garnished with blue flowers and a little greenery.

13. The White Rosemary Rose Coconut Cocktail

A cocktail in a martini glass on a black table, garnished with a few small spray roses.

The White Rosemary Rose Coconut Cocktail

This White Rosemary Rose coconut cocktail tastes like winter white magic! With coconut milk, white rum, honey and rosewater, it’s not too sweet and not too floral. It’s delicate, dreamy and makes such an elegant, rosy cocktail!

A cocktail in a martini glass, garnished with red spray roses on a black table.

14. Strawberry Rhubarb Scones

2 scones on a decorative plate with flowers and strawberries, in front of stacked plates and more strawberries.

Strawberry Rhubarb Scones

These strawberry rhubarb scones are big and fluffy, buttery, moist, flaky, lemon-glazed and positively full of fruit! This recipe ensures that each and every scone comes with its very own strawberry-rhubarb patch in the center, and they take less than an hour to make!

2 scones on a decorative plate with flowers and strawberries.

15. White Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse with Raspberry Compote

3 glasses of white chocolate mousse with raspberry compote swirls on a black table with a few roses and spoons at their base.

White Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse with Raspberry Compote

This no-bake, creamy, decadent white chocolate cheesecake mousse recipe is ribboned with raspberry-rosemary compote. It’s gluten-free, silky and sweet, tart and delicately hinted with rosemary essence.

3 glasses of white chocolate mousse with raspberry compote swirls on a black table with a few roses and spoons at their base.

16. Glazed Raspberry Lemon Poppy Seed Scones

3 lemon-raspberry scones on an antique plate, beside a few dry, pink spray roses.

Glazed Raspberry Lemon Poppy Seed Scones

These buttery lemon poppy seed scones with plump, tart raspberries are brushed with a delicate lemon glaze. An absolutely perfect recipe for a feminine high tea, bridal shower, or simply for breakfast!

Glazed raspberry lemon poppyseed scones on a plate beside dry roses.

17. Strawberry Rhubarb & Vanilla Cheesecake Mousse Cups

Strawberry rhubarb cups with vanilla cheesecake mouse on a marble table with a few strawberries beside them.

Strawberry Rhubarb & Vanilla Cheesecake Mousse Cups

These exquisite strawberry rhubarb & vanilla cheesecake mousse cups are the PERFECT summer treat! They’re so simple to make and pack easily into your picnic basket. Just don’t forget the spoons!

Strawberry rhubarb cups with vanilla cheesecake mouse on a marble table with a few strawberries beside them.

18. Crostini with Balsamic Strawberries and Ricotta

9 strawberry crostini on marble.

Crostini with Balsamic Strawberries and Ricotta

These crostini with balsamic strawberries and ricotta are sweet, tart, creamy and perhaps the prettiest appetizers you can serve at your next fancy picnic, Mother’s Day brunch or bridal shower.

A balsamic strawberry crostini, garnished with a few small flowers, surrounded by others on a marble plate.

19. Sunshine Lavender Lemon Bars

Lavender lemon bars, topped with fresh lavender on a white marble tray.

Lavender Lemon Bars

These enchanting sunshiny lavender lemon bars will become your favorite dessert to serve at any summer party! They look so bright and beautiful, and smell absolutely divine!

6 lavender lemon bars on a marble plate, topped with sprigs of lavender and sprinkled with powdered sugar.

20. Lavender Lemon Scones with Honey Butter

Two scones on plates with gold edges with fresh lavender placed on top, beside 2 cut lemons and a bunch of fresh lavender.

Lavender Lemon Scones with Honey Butter

These lavender lemon scones are fluffy, crumbly, floral and perfect for Mother’s Day, a Sunday brunch or cozy tea time. The honey butter adds such a silky, creamy sweetness and they take less than an hour to make!

Two scones on plates with gold edges with fresh lavender placed on top, beside 2 cut lemons and a bunch of fresh lavender.

For more inspiration, follow me on INSTAGRAM, on PINTEREST, TIKTOK and FACEBOOK! And if you ever make any of my tasty drinks or treats, take a picture and tag me. I want to see!

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