Planning A Tiffany Blue Wedding?

Photo courtesy of Cupcake Lust

Tiffany blue is one of the most popular colors for weddings and wedding showers. These cupcakes are a great option to serve your guests. The piped icing in the Tiffany Blue color with the addition of a white chocolate heart and white pearls take this dessert to the next level. Whether you are planning on serving dessert or sending it home with your guests, this cupcake will make an impression that is sure to last.

DIY Chocolate Butterflies

Photo and idea courtesy of We Lived Happily Ever After

 

Looking for a great way to decorate a wedding cake? Try these chocolate butterflies (courtesy of We Lived Happily Ever After). They are great for topping either cakes or cupcakes and can be made with either milk, dark or white chocolate. You can also add some color too. Be sure to go to We Lived Happily Ever After for the full tutorial and template(don't forget to read the comments too, they often have some great tips too!) Then take some time to check out the rest of the site for some other great ideas.

Fancy Cupcakes?

Photo courtesy of Staticlockerz.com and Pinterest

 

Fancy cupcakes that zing? Try Pop Rocks cupcakes. What a nice surprise at your wedding shower! I love them in pinks, but you can use any color Pop Rocks available to match your color scheme. Or you CAN make your own rock candy, color it to match your color scheme, and crush it so it resembles Pop Rocks. I love the way the pinks are different colors in this photo, it makes a nice photo not to mention an attractive presentation for your dessert buffet. So enjoy making your Pop Rocks cupcakes. For a recipe visit Betty Crocker.

Peacock Cupcakes

 

Peacock cupcakes from classifieds.weddingbee.com

 

Bride today frequently choose a peacock theme or color combination for their weddings. And there are a variety of cupcakes and/or wedding cakes to compliment those themes. These cupcakes all give the bride having a peacock theme wedding some great choices for cakes for their guests.

 

Peacock cupcake from Share My Party

 

Some of the cupcake flavors vary, some of the icing types vary, but they all have one thing in common--peacock coloring. The blue and purple hues make peacock feather coloring perfect for decorating or using as a wedding theme.

 

Photo courtesy of Cutest Food

 

Cupcakes go from the simple to the ornate, some taking significant amounts of preparation time and design. It would be difficult to choose my favorite of all the peacock inspired desserts, what do you think?

 

Photo courtesy of GoodiesbyMelissa on Etsy

 

Whether the baker is your Aunt Mary or one of the creative geniuses on Etsy, or your local caterer or bakery, cupcakes add some color and flavor to your wedding day. Be sure to provide your guests with boxes to take home your creations in case they want to save them for later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cupcakes With Detail

As I was reading OPB (other peoples' blogs) something I am guilty of doing way too often instead of working on my own, I found these beautiful cupcakes on MODWedding Blog.  Of course then I ended up spending time reading more than just one post! If you're looking for some great cupcakes, these by Nicki's Cakes will enhance your event and make everyone ask "Where did you get these cupcakes?" More of Nicki's designs are highlighted on the MODWedding Blog and on her own site. 

For more inspirations for your wedding planning spend some time on MODWedding Blog, you won't regret it!

Peacock Feathers? Butterflies? Dragonflies?

Peacock Feathers? Butterflies? Dragonflies? All decorating the top of your cupcakes? These are made from wafer paper (potato starch, vegetable oil, water) and edible ink and are printed on a food safe printer.

Each design has been brushed with a coat of organic vanilla. Gorgeous on cupcakes or to use as accents on larger cakes.  To purchase go to Sugar Robot on Etsy.com

Wine is not just for sipping anymore!

Wine and Cupcakes from: Enjoy Cupcakes

Amber Vandervliet who is the pastry chef at Enjoy Cupcakes was inspired to combine her love of wine with her love of mouthwatering cupcakes.  She recommends adding cupcakes to your sweet table in lieu of a large wedding cake. 

Some of Amber’s best selling wine infused cupcakes are:

Chocolate Blackberry Syrah – Chocolate, syrah infused cake, filled with dark chocolate Belgium fudge, topped with blackberry frosting and a wine soaked blackberry that’s rolled in sugar crystals.
Citrus Sauvignon Blanc – Sauvignon Blanc soaked cake, with fresh grapefruit, lemon curd center and frosted with a wine, cream cheese frosting that’s speckled with citrus zest and topped with wine soaked sugar crystals.
Cherry Vanilla Merlot – Merlot vanilla cake, soaked with cherry puree, vanilla cream filling, topped with vanilla frosting and a Merlot soaked cherry.
Pomegranate Chardonnay – Chardonnay cake with a Meyer lemon pudding filling, cream cheese frosting, topped with pomegranate seeds, lemon zest & candy pink pearls.

And the list goes on and on! Stop by and visit her site and see all the wonderful concoctions she offers for your enjoyment.

Triple Layer Wedding Cupcakes by Artesanal Sweets

Photo courtesy of Artesanal Sweets at: http://www.artesanalsweets.com/

Artesanal Sweets offers a wide variety of confections to commemorate your special day. We do weddings, graduations, showers, engagements, or any time. Their specialty cakes, desserts and personalized cookies add a wonderful touch to any celebration.

More Cupcake Ideas

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

Real Simple's website offered some new cupcake ideas that you might like to use for your wedding, shower or just for a nice dessert. The above sundae is called "Sundae Best" and it's a minicupcake topped with hot fudge and a scoop of quality vanilla ice cream. It's making me hungry right now!

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

This cupcake is called "The Short Stack" and is a luscious concoction that resembles strawberry shortcake. Slice your cupcake in thirds, and put back together with a filling of vanilla flavored whipped cream and berries of your choice. Add a sprig of mint to finish off the pretty presentation.

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

Use votive holders as a perfect container for a bite-size cupcake. Use mini-muffin tins, gently dust the cupcakes with 10x sugar, and you can even add candles or shortened sparklers.  Go check out the rest of Real Simple's web site for more great ideas.

Cupcake Topiary Tree

Photograph courtesy of Food Network Magazine/Taken by Tara Donne

Considering using cupcakes in lieu of cake at your wedding? Why not have them do double duty as decorations as well?  This Cupcake Topiary Tree was featured in Food Network Magazine in their May 2010 issue. 

To make your Cupcake Topiary Tree you'll need:

1 Terracotta  pot
Floral Foam
12 inch floral foam ball
12 inch dowel
Brown Paint
Pink Paint
Mini cupcake liners 24
Straight Pins
Toothpicks

Directions:
Fill the terracotta pot with floral foam, and insert a 12 inch dowel or thick stick in foam.  If you're using a dowel you'll need to paint it brown before placing it.  Paint a 12 inch floral foam ball pink and let dry.  This can take an hour, be sure it's all the way dry.  Push the ball down onto the dowel that's already been anchored into the pot.  Using straight pins and cupcake papers to plot your cupcake design, then place real cupcakes in each spot removing the pins and papers used for plotting as you go.  Attach cupcakes using 3 toothpicks poked halfway into the bottom of each cupcake and press them into the ball.