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Home » Craft Ideas and Tutorials » How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

September 7, 2016 *This post may include amazon links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

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Ready to make the sweetest bridal shower gift? I’ve got the directions and step by step photos for you here! This towel cake is a great gift for a Future Mr. & Mrs, plus is looks adorable on the gift table at a Bridal Shower!

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Single Digits, y’all!  Single Digits!

You read that right, we’re into the Single Digit count down for my brother’s wedding. In less than 5 days, my baby brother is going to become a husband and I’m going to have a super awesome sister in law!

So since the big day is almost here, let’s keep on track with the wedding post, shall we? Today it’s all wedding cakes, well….towel wedding cakes anyways. haha

My mom found a gorgeous picture of a burlap and lace accented wedding cake on RoseBakes.com so that was our inspiration for this towel cake!

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

2 large white bath towels

2 medium white hand towels

2 small white washcloths

Burlap Ribbon

2 white burlap flowers

2 brown burlap flowers

small blue flowers

straight pins

cake board

cake stand (optional)

 

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

These are the flowers that we used and the pins.

You don’t have to use these fancy pins but we wanted them because they looked like little pearls.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

This is the burlap and lace ribbon that we used. It’s 2.5 wide and there’s 3 yards on each roll. I used two rolls between the cake and making the bow.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Lay out the first large bath towel on a flat surface. Fold it in half lengthwise, and fold it in half lengthwise again.

Start at the end closest to you and start rolling the towel.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Keep rolling until you get to the end, making sure to keep the towel tight and neat.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Do the same folding to the second large towel. Lay it end to end with the rolled towel.

Start rolling the second towel around the first as if it were one super long towel.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Keep rolling until you get to the end of the second towel.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

This is going to the be base of your “cake”.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Use the straight pins to secure the towel. I used three pins in the bottom layer, two pins in the middle layer and one pin for the top layer.

Do the same process of folding and rolling with the middle and top layer of the cake.

 

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Stack them on top of each other to make the cake.  Make sure to lay your cake board down, first.

Now I know at this point you’re going to look at your cake and think, “what the heck is this mess???” but just stick with me. K?

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Now, wrap some burlap ribbon around the base of your cake to measure it.  Cut the burlap and pin it around the cake with another straight pin.  I added 2 strips of burlap ribbon to the bottom layers of our towel cake.

I used on strip of ribbon for the middle layer and then I folded a piece in half for the top layer.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Next, trim up the stems of your burlap flowers and stick them into the “cake”. I just slid them into the towels.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Next you need to make a bow. I’m thinking of doing a little tutorial on how to make burlap bows but until them, you’ll probably want to check out this video or this one on YouTube to get an idea of how to make it.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Then just stick a few little blue flowers into the cake. You can hot glue them if you want but I didn’t because I wanted them to be able to use the towels after the party!

I just took the little blue flowers in a baggie and placed the on the towel cake at the party.

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

That’s it. That’s all you have to do to make one of these super cute towel cakes!

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

Even though it was a gift for the future bride and groom, we also used it as a center piece for their gift table and for the recipe box table!

Going to make one of these? I’d love to see a picture of it if you do!!

How to Make a Towel Cake for a Bridal Shower

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  1. Heather says

    May 12, 2018 at 10:42 am

    Maybe I did something wrong but these are horrible instructions. The pins do not hold the towels together. There are no clear instructions for the second and third layer, it looks like you need more then what is on the “what you’ll need” list and there is nothing about how to secure the layers together. Epic fail for me!

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    • Angie says

      May 14, 2018 at 9:24 am

      Heather,
      How are they horrible? Dang, I even added step by step photos for you to see how to roll it, pin it and make it. The pins DO hold the towels together. That’s how I held them together so I’m not sure how you can tell me they didn’t. Maybe your pins are just not long enough. The second and third layers are EXACTLY the same as the first layer, they’re just smaller. You use 2 large white bath towels for the first layer, 2 medium white hand towels for the 2nd and 2 small white washcloths for the top..you know…biggest to smallest, just like a real cake. I even wrote “Do the same process of folding and rolling with the middle and top layer of the cake.” after I added directions on how I rolled the biggest layer. Also, I don’t secure the layers together, so that’s why I didn’t add anything about securing them together, because I don’t. That way you can transport it to wherever the party is, and assemble it quickly, they just sit on top of each other.

      Reply
  2. Tammy Cummings says

    June 8, 2018 at 7:37 am

    Thank you for the great ideas. I am doing this for my daughter’s bridal shower in two weeks. Mine won’t be white but I figure I will use white for the trim instead. Going to use the wedding colors since those are the towels she asked for. Keeping my fingers crossed.

    Reply
    • Angie says

      June 10, 2018 at 3:20 pm

      Hope it turns out great! Let me know if you have any questions! I’d love to see a picture when it’s done! <3 Congratulations to your daughter! (and you!)

      Reply
  3. Cindy carey says

    June 29, 2018 at 12:03 pm

    Omg i make these cakes using ur step by step instructions, they turn out beautiful, my family and friends ask me to make them for weddings and baby showers thank you very much.

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    • Angie says

      June 30, 2018 at 5:48 am

      You’re so welcome!! I’m glad you like the tutorial! Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to leave me a comment. That made my day!

      Reply
  4. claire wexler says

    August 17, 2018 at 8:29 pm

    I think your instructions are great! You even included a picture of the back where the edges don’t lie straight so I could stop panicking. I’m making a cake for my niece’s shower this fall. I will send you a picture when it’s done thank you so much for the information

    Reply
  5. jeanine Williams says

    January 7, 2019 at 10:23 pm

    Hello
    For Christmas Gifts I made these cakes. But what I found works much better than pins are large wide rubber bands to go around the towel horizontally. I covered then up with wide wired ribbon and then to make all of the towels stay together I used the wire ribbon or mesh ribbon I got from dollar tree along with the silk flow and put the ribbon in a cross on my table , that is two very long pieces of ribbon. I brought them up vertically and make huge decorative bow at the top of the cake. It came out beautiful with the winter flowers. no pins needed. The only thing that was of expense was the big wide rubber bands which you can get a office supply store or maybe wall mark. You could use very long zip ties in their place. I hope I have helped.

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    • Angie says

      January 10, 2019 at 10:02 am

      Love that idea!

      Reply
  6. Sharon wexler says

    March 16, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    Hi, would love to try this, but i need an ice cream cake for a wedding shower. Any suggestion

    Reply
    • Angie says

      March 18, 2019 at 10:33 am

      Are you looking to make one your self or looking for somewhere to buy one?

      Reply
  7. Marlene says

    March 18, 2019 at 10:07 am

    Iam going to try my hand on making this towel tree for my grand daughter’s bridal shower.
    I will embroide them with monogram initials.
    Iam excited to start this project, will let you know how successful I will be.

    Reply
  8. Kathy says

    May 12, 2019 at 5:18 pm

    Try wrapping the towels around a paper towel roll or one from saran wrap helps to keep them in place

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    • Angie says

      May 16, 2019 at 8:55 am

      Good Idea

      Reply
  9. Sally says

    June 19, 2019 at 10:52 pm

    This is so cute. I received one of these towel cakes for my wedding shower 35 years ago. It was so beautiful I hated to take it apart to use the towels. I will use this tutorial to make a towel cake for my great niece’s wedding shower. Thank you for helping me recall a fond memory. I love the burlap flowers. Where did you get those? Perfect for a fall wedding!

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    • Angie says

      June 19, 2019 at 11:06 pm

      Thank you!

      I found the burlap flowers at Hobby Lobby!

      Reply
  10. Patty says

    June 25, 2019 at 10:24 am

    For pins, use T pins to secure towel ends if your are too short/not working.

    Reply
  11. Nichole says

    July 3, 2019 at 8:44 pm

    Instructions are easy to follow, visual is great. I used a dowel in the middle and covered it with the towels so they could stay together, I also used big rubber bands and covered them with the ribbon.

    Thank you for your very EASY tutorial:

    Reply
  12. Janine Dawley says

    October 3, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    Thank you, this was great! Easy instructions and your photos are so helpful.

    Reply
  13. Rhonda says

    October 19, 2019 at 3:57 am

    Thanks for the great instructions. My cake looks awesome. Daught in law to be will love it!

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    • Angie says

      October 29, 2019 at 11:34 pm

      YAY! So glad that you liked the tutorial! Thank you!!

      Reply
  14. Angie says

    March 15, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    What size flowers did you use?

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    • Angie says

      April 13, 2020 at 11:01 pm

      They were a little smaller than my hand

      Reply
  15. Heather E. says

    June 8, 2021 at 9:56 pm

    @bigbearswife – This is amazing! Thank you so much for your instructions – they were perfect! I added pins to the sides of the second and third layer around the bottom for extra security so the “cake” wouldn’t fall over. This is a goft I have to transport… not something I am assembling for the bridal shower itself. Anyways, thank you for your help!

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    • Angie says

      June 9, 2021 at 9:03 am

      Hi Heather! I’m so glad that you liked the instructions for the towel cake! I always think that they look so pretty!

      Reply
  16. Sharon Bandemer says

    July 30, 2021 at 3:58 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing the ideas! The bride I made the towel cake for is having a barn wedding so the burlap was just what I was looking for! Would love to send you a pic! Is there an email address I can use?
    Thanks again!
    Sharon

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    • Angie says

      July 31, 2021 at 11:36 am

      Hi Sharon!! My email is [email protected] I can’t wait to see them!

      Reply
  17. Dot says

    May 1, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    Love the tutorial! I added my sister-in-law’s new last initial????not tech savvy enough to add a picture, but trust…your directions were spot on and my towel cake will be a hit!! Thanks!
    Dot

    Reply
  18. Angie says

    May 3, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    Hi Dot!!! I’m so glad that the tutorial was easy to follow!

    Reply

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