Flour Arrangements
A tasty bouquet encourages guests to do more than stop and smell the roses. Frosted with strawberry icing and placed in a planting pot, the chocolate cupcakes in this edible centerpiece are ripe for the picking. Cupcake bouquet, Couture Cupcakes, $55, serves 9-11, couture-cupcakes.com.
Faux Favorites
You might be tempted to take a bite out of one of these precious cakes, but resist the urge. Jenni B’s fake cupcakes make adorable place-card holders, and favors, for your guests. The icing and decorations on these nonperishable treats can also be customized to match your reception. Faux cupcakes, Jenni B Originals, $5 each, jenniboriginals.com.
Cupcake Pops
At your bridal shower, place these bite-size cupcake pops on lollipop sticks for a centerpiece that’s a decoration and a dessert. Novice bakers take note—the petite treats are surprisingly easy to make. Visit bakerella.com for recipes and tips.
The Groom’s Cupcakes
While intricately designed cakes to display your man’s favorite hobby are a great way to salute him on your wedding day, these pool-inspired cupcakes are adorable and much more economical than a large groom’s cake. Each treat is covered with rolled fondant and racked in a chocolate fondant triangle. A sugar-paste chalk and scorecard complete the set. Billiard cupcakes, Pink Cake Box, $150 per set, pinkcakebox.com.
The Cupcake Cake
Set one of these oversize cupcakes on each of your guests’ tables for an adorable homemade treat you can make in a variety of colors and designs. Giant cupcake cake pan, Wilton, $30, surlatable.com.
Wrap ’Em Up
Easily dress up your dessert display with cupcake wrappers in a variety of designs. From palm trees to romantic hearts, baking supply store Fancy Flours has got you covered for everything you need to spruce up your mini confections. Cupcake wrappers, Fancy Flours, $12–$14 for package of 10, fancyflours.com.
Sweet on Paper
Love the youthfulness and fun of cupcakes but want to skip out on the calories? Send your guests these perky thank-you cards, each with its own mini-cake design. Sweet as a Cupcake thank-you cards, Design Equals Love, $2.50 each, designequalslove.com.
Gorgeous and Gourmet
Marlo Scott’s new bakery, Sweet Revenge, offers childhood treats in sumptuous flavors suitable for adults. The Pure cupcake (left) is a mix of Mexican vanilla cake topped with buttercream, and the Dirty cupcake (top) combines chocolate cake with ganache. Perhaps the most devilish of them all is the Crimson and Creme cupcake (right) made of raspberry red-velvet cake with raspberries baked inside and cream cheese frosting. These are certainly not your mother’s cupcakes. Pure, Dirty and Crimson and Creme cupcakes, Sweet Revenge, $3.25-$3.50 each, sweetrevengenyc.com.
Creative Caps
Beautiful cupcake designs aren’t limited to fondant and frosting. Cupcake Caps are sturdy yet sumptuous treats that feature a variety of wedding-friendly designs and easily stick to the top of your cupcakes with just a smear of frosting—plus these sugar-based confections are fat-free! Cupcake Caps, prices start at $1 per cap, cupcakecaps.com.
All Dressed Up
Hidden beneath this beautiful dress is a delicious vanilla cupcake ready to be eaten. Covered in buttercream icing and rolled fondant, it’s finished off with royal icing and fondant details for a dessert that looks good enough to eat and wear. Sculpted mini cakes, Cupcake Envy, prices start at $25, serves 1-2, cupcakeenvy.com.
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