Three Tiered Wedding Cupcake
I have a friend who ADORES cupcakes. No. You don’t even understand. Like, she’s making a living (in part) reporting on cupcakes in a certain corner of the world…and people love her! (Well. She is pretty lovable.)
Anyhoo…said friend…let’s call her Bea…eloped, and didn’t have a wedding cake. She and hubby love exactly how they did things, and couldn’t have been happier with the arrangement. Still, I have a feeling that when she gets a load of this three-tiered cupcake, there’s gonna be some retro wedding cake reenactment celebration stuff going on.
Because, seriously. It’s three tiers. On a cupcake. Omistars, y’all!
Okeey…so logistically, this would be a nightmare. Buttercream overload, and I, for one, am such a klutz that I would no doubt topple it over on the new dress I just bought to wear to this function. But in my fantasy life, this is just…wedding cupcake perfection. ‘Cause everybody gets their own TIERS. And nobody has to share.
Once again, we have the brilliant staff at Martha Stewart to thank for this inspiration. Are you inspired, indeed, to do this? ‘Cause if so, I TOTALLY wanna see the pics. (And click on the link in the Source for the recipe and the DIY directions.)
Cake for Your Wedding: What Inspires You?
Congratulations! You’re engaged! Now, get to it, because you’ve got about 8,972 details to attend to.
Now, the one that we’re most interested in happens to be your cake. Because, well, we love cake.
But, there’s just one leetle problem. There are just so. many. choices out there.
So, how are you to pick how it should look, or what it should taste like?
We think we can help with that. You see, inspiration lies EVERYWHERE. Think about what you love. And build a cake around it.
Your favorite shared hobby. So you’re marrying this guy, right? Well, we’re going to assume that you have some common interests since you’re planning to spend your lives together. Would they lend themselves to a cake? We’ve seen cakes with cyclists and Harry Potter, with books and scrabble boards. If you’d like to say, “Hi, World. This is who we are, and this is some of the cool stuff we like to do together!” – well, why don’t you let your cake say it instead?
Your dress. His shoes. We lurve this idea. You spend a fortune on your dress because you love the details, right? Well, how fun would it be to have the very same lace or trim, or design element on your cake? Or did he just buy the COOLEST CONVERSE EVER to wear for the wedding? If you take a picture or a fabric swatch when you meet with your baker to discuss details, you should have no trouble replicating some cool aspect of your dream-come-true wedding dress.
The seasons and surroundings. Getting married when there’s sumptuous fall foliage surrounding you? Perfect! The crisp scents and sights of fall can lend excellent inspiration for your special cake – picture a towering confection, enrobed in a glossy ganache finish, and trimmed with beautiful sugar paste leaves tinted to match the colors outdoors. Or maybe your special day will take place on a beach. Few and far between are the designs and curlycues that can compete with the natural beauty of seashells and starfish.
So my advice? Don’t flip through thousands of pictures on Google or Martha Stewart. Because you will be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of all that is gorgeous and out there. Start at the beginning. Start with yourselves, and work out from there. In my opinion, that’s the very best way to make the wedding – and the wedding cake – reflect who you are as a couple.
Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for September 30, 2012
Hello, hello! How are you this very fine Sunday? I’m swell, and happy that it’s the weekend.
How is the weather in your neck of the woods? Cool and crisp? Well…lucky YOU. ‘Cause we are totally sweltering here in the southeast. It happens this way every year, but it’s always so tiring…watching everyone else’s mercury plummet while ours holds steady. But in just a few weeks, it will be the dry season…or what we call in Florida…bliss.
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For the Guys: Mets Groom’s Cake
Batter Up!
Now this is a groom’s cake that both he and she will love! Not because they’re both baseball fans (though that would be a cool reason, too.) I think this would be an “it pleases everybody” because he gets to represent his favorite team (he’s happy) and it’s just SO darn CUTE! (she’s happy.) See? Everyone Read More
Cake Topper Friday: Cinderella Cake Topper
Is your wedding your “happily ever after” moment? Then you should totally have this cake topper, n'est pas? Cinderella, in fine Lenox china. Fantastic.
We've actually featured a post with this topper here, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to share this beautiful close up with you – and a source where you can buy it for yourself! Not only would this lovely fine china figurine serve as a beautiful memento of your special day, but it's Read More
Mini Cheesecake Wedding Cupcakes
Aren’t these darling?
You know, you think you’ve seen one cupcake, and you’ve seen them all. Sher, the frosting colors change. But the basic set up doesn’t. You have cake, you have frosting, voila. Here’s your cupcake.
But how awesomely awesome is this? Cheesecake…instead of cupcakes. Cheesecake as cupcakes. And the precious little jam hearts baked right in make these uber perfect for any wedding – formal, casual, or anything in between.
Once again, it takes Read More
Pink Marbleized Wedding Cake
It happens.
As you can imagine, I spend a wee bit of time looking at wedding cakes. (Okay. A LOT of time.) And every once in a while, I find one, and save it, and “ooh” and “ahh” over it…but sorta kinda forget to, you know, note where it came from.
Enter this beautiful cake.
I love LOVE this marbleized technique. And whether it’s achieved with fondant or modeling chocolate, I think it’s just so cool. That’s obviously what I thought when I saw this one, except I must have gotten so excited that I didn’t credit it.
I can’t really make out some of the flowers, but I believe the smaller ones are dogwood blossoms, some of my springtime favorites. And the simple piped beading is a nice finish.
So please, feel free to let me know if you know who baked this lovely cake, because I just HAD to show it to you. But I certainly love to give credit where it’s due. I’d really enjoy seeing more of their work, or hearing the story behind this one.
Wedding Cake Alternatives: Non-Traditional Wedding Cake Options
I haven’t bumped into many people who say they don’t like cake. But apparently, they are out there. And in the past, People Who Don’t Like Cake would grin and bear their secret loathing (or their apathy…but that doesn’t sound very dramatic) when it came to their wedding. After all, you MUST have a ginormous wedding cake at your wedding, yes? A towering confection, an architectural wonder, made with more butter and eggs and sugar than you’ve eaten EVER?
Well, if you are among the People Who Don’t Like Cake, have I got news for you. Time to come out of the cake closet and rejoice in your new found freedom, because you don’t have to serve cake at your wedding. Well, not the big giant white white white kind, anyway. You can – gasp! – serve what you’d like.
In the past ten years or so, couples have begun to question Read More
Cinderella Castle Wedding Cake
You know we love us some Disney here at A Wedding Cake Blog. In fact, as I write this, I am entertaining a visit on Wednesday to Epcot and reliving a jaunt to Magic Kingdom last week! Sigh. I heart living in Florida.
But I didn’t come here today to make you green with envy. Oh no. I came to show you a FABULOUS cake.
DisneyRob tapped me on the shoulder a while back and asked me if I’d like to feature his cake on our blog? And I said, Read More
Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for September 23, 2012
Happy Fall, Y’all! No, really! This time, it really is fall! As of yesterday. And I’m so excited for all the fun stuff ahead, aren’t you?
It’s been a busy week around here, so I’m gonna get right to it with a round up of our own stuff. Enjoy!
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