Fancy Cupcakes?

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIY Wedding Cupcakes

Video courtesy of YouTube by Simply Sweets by HoneyBee

Many brides today are opting for serving a variety of wedding cupcakes instead of a large, multi-tiered wedding cake. Simply Sweets by HoneyBee posted this great tutorial on their website as well as on YouTube to teach even the most klutzy baker how to make gorgeous cupcakes that would be perfect for a wedding.

She not only shows you how to do it but explains which type and brand of tip to use (a lifesaver for the non-professional bakers out here!) and shows us what the tip looks like (in case you have drawer full and can't quite remember which one does what.

My personal favorite is the first one she shows, but a combination of these would make a perfect display for your sweet table. You could alternate cupcake flavors as well as icing designs and make it look like you'd hired the Magnolia Bakery to ship your cupcakes to your venue. Nothing like serving the creme de la creme of cupcakes (or at least what look like they are) at your wedding reception.  (as an aside, if you want to order your cupcakes and have Magnolia's catering department will ship wedding cupcakes to you they have an option for those of you who are not DIYers.)

You can either serve these to your guests in lieu of a slice of cake or your can provide boxes for your guests to take home their own remembrance of your wedding day to eat later. One favor that never gets left behind is a cupcake.

Choose some easy take out boxes for your guests or have one of the reception staff box up cupcakes to hand to your guests as they leave. You should have one cupcake per guest, not per couple.

Cupcakes: The New Wedding Cake?

 Pinterest (link there doesn't work)

 

Sometimes you see food that is a work of art. These cupcakes fit that description perfectly! Unfortunately the photo was on Pinterest and the link there doesn't work on my computer, try it on yours, maybe you'll be luckier! I love these! Would order them for my daughter's wedding if she hadn't already placed her order. These are so delicate and perfect for a wedding.

 

 

Cotton and Crumbs

 

And then we have these gorgeous daffodil cupcakes. Perfect for a spring wedding. Nothing says spring like daffodils and I've never seen them on cupcakes before. These grabbed my eye immediately! Working on how to make the fondant flowers myself. The small ones are probably harder than the larger ones, but the combination of the two sizes makes a great display.

 

Cupcakes and Crumbs

 

The above combination of gold, pink and blue iced cupcakes with delicate florals topping them are incredible! The designs and textures differ from cupcake to cupcake, each one showing off a different skill of the baker. Now, which one to try first? Hmm...

  

Cupcakes and Crumbs

 

And finally the perfect white floral cupcake with silver dragees in the centers. I love how the baker showed off the cupcake by tying a ribbon around the base of each cupcake and presenting them on their own tiny cupcake plate.

 

Will cupcakes replace wedding cakes entirely? I still like seeing the traditional wedding cake, but love seeing a smaller wedding cake surrounded by these smaller wedding wonders! What do you think? Big cakes? cupcakes? combination of the two?

 

 

 

Double-Decker Cupcakes For Your Wedding

This double-decker angel food cupcake with it's boutique cupcake paper is perfect for a wedding. It looks just like an asymmetrical wedding cake! This cupcake was an entry in a contest and was created by The Insomniac Baker. (The recipe is on the Baker's web page linked previously. Photos also courtesy of The Insomniac Baker.)

Try out this combination of angel food cake and meringue with gelato! Two fluffy angel food cupcakes with meringue gelato in the middle and a smooth, Swiss meringue buttercream on top, with a sweet little meringue cookie to top it all off--perfection! These are an ice cream cupcake though so your caterer will need to assemble them on site and they won't work for a sweet table. You could probably adapt the recipe to use something other than the gelato if you wanted to use them for a sweet table display. 

Tempting Cake -- Fall In Love With Food For Your Wedding

Tempting Cake is a luxury cake company born out of twin passions for baking and fine design. When I visited their web site, Tempting Cake I fell in love with just the photos of their cakes, if they'd put one in front of me I would have have felt like I'd died and gone to heaven!

To see more of their incredible products and to find contact info for Emily Smith, to order some of these delectable confections for your wedding or shower, visit Tempting Cake's web site. 

Tempting Cake has quickly built a reputation for creating beautiful, designer tiered wedding cakes, Tempting table dessert tables, cupcakes and hand iced cookies for discerning brides in London and surrounding counties.  Now all I have to do is entice them into opening a store in the United States!

Tempting Cake also has a track record for producing top quality, high end designer creations for corporate clients such as ITV and BBC TV stations, London Fashion Week, Britain’s Next Top Model, House of Fraser department store and Aveda to name but a few.  So if you are a Brit bride use Tempting Cake for all your sweet table needs.

Cupcake Stand With A Butterfly Theme

Having a butterfly theme at your wedding? Why not use this great butterfly cupcake stand wrapper to decorate your cupcake stand and take it from ho-hum to stunning? You can also use coordinating cupcake wrappers (seen below) as well as wafer butterflies to polish off the look.  For more cupcake wrappers visit FancyFlours.com.

Looking for cupcake papers to go with your cupcake stand? Fancy Flours also has butterfly cupcake wrappers and butterfly wafer paper in a variety of hues to accent your cupcakes for your wedding sweet table or to add to your wedding cake.

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.

Savory Cupcakes -- Courtesy of It's A Cupcake in Philadelphia PA

Savory Cupcake Photo from owners of:  It's A Cupcake, Philadelphia PA

It’s a CupCake Sweets Boutique is an artisan bakeshop creating delectable sweet and savory cupcakes. Their cupcakes are crafted with care, using ingredients locally sourced and grown. They provide baking demonstrations, catering, wholesale and retail for our customers and corporate clients. Their cupcakes are perfect for weddings, showers, and rehersal dinners.  Their other specialty is savory cupcakes, a sophisticated new appetizer. Savories are not your ordinary boring Hors d’oeuvre; intstead these unique gourmet cupcakes are filled and topped with mouthwatering creations of your choice. The range of toppings is endless, featuring rich and tasty flavors. From hummus to bacon or barbeque to caviar, they have cupcakes to fit any occasion. Their savories have been described as: healthy, elegant, captivating, enticing, decadent and scrumptious. Savory Cupcakes are culinary delights that tease the palate and tempt the senses!

Not only have they been featured on The 10 Show, but Food and Wine Magazine also featured them.

The Lox Savory Cupcake, Photo courtesy of Cecelia Henricks

Shown in Food and Wine Magazine

Mona Wilson of It's a Cupcake in Philadelphia isn't afraid to feature seafood in her savory cupcakes—her seafood savories range from shrimp and tuna to oysters and lobster. For The Lox (pictured above), is  a scallion cake topped with smoked salmon chive cream cheese. 

It's a CupCake! Phone: 215-307-7048 Fax: 215.392.4677

219 W. Girard Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19123

Stop in and taste these little wonders! 

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.

Pretty Cupcake Wrappers

This web site has some fabulous cupcake wrappers for your diy wedding cupcakes. http://www.fancyflours.com/. Prices vary, but all of them seem well worth the price. Note that prices are for different numbers of cupcake cups depending on the style. The website also has lots of other fun decorations for cakes, cookies and candy.

Butterflies To Decorate Your Cupcakes, Cookies or Wedding Cake

Thirteen 8" X 11" wafer paper sheets printed with 155 assorted butterfly designs in hues of blue and lavender,orange and pink, green and earth. Sizes range from 2" to 3" wide. Decorate cakes, cupcakes, cookies or any edible product with these beautiful butterflies.  Apply to buttercream, fondant or royal icing covered cakes/cookies/or cupcakes.  Wafer Paper is edible and is a starch based confection, made from potato starch, water and vegetable oil. All ink is food safe and edible. If you are making cookies, spread a thin layer of light corn syrup to the back of the paper and then apply to the cookie. To ensure a smooth finish, turn the cookie over, wafer paper side down, on a piece of parchment paper for approximately 30 minutes. To completely dry, turn the cookie design side up for 12 hours. You can add a 3 dimensional effect by adding small sugar pearls, dragees, sugar decorations or edible glitter. To adhere, just use a small dot of clear piping gel.  To adhere to cupcakes and cakes just use a dot of clear piping gels to hold the butterfly in place.  Information and photos courtesy of http://www.fancyflours.com/ where you can purchase these beautiful butterflies!  Butterflies All Hues in Set $46.00.