About Cupcake Cakes

For those who love cupcakes, a cupcake cake is the ultimate treat. This spin on the traditional cake can be used for birthday parties, weddings, retirement parties and any other types of celebrations. It amps up the fun and gives party guests their own personal cake. Read on to find out more about cupcake cakes.

Types

Cupcake cakes can take on a variety of forms, but the most popular are giant cupcake cakes and stacks of cupcakes that form a cake. The giant cupcake cake looks exactly the way it sounds. Instead of having a flat sheet cake, the cake is sculpted up to take on the appearance of a giant cupcake, complete with paper going around the cake. Like a regular cake, guests are served slices of the cupcake. On a cupcake-stacked cake, each guest is served a single cupcake.

Significance

Cupcake cakes are made for people who want to stray from the norm and choose a unique type of cake that's different from regular sheet or round cakes. It gives the party planner the opportunity to get creative with the cake, and can be a beautiful and tasty centerpiece for the dessert table. Cupcake cakes can show guests that the hosts of the party are fun, casual and innovative, simply by their design.

Ordering Cupcake Cakes

When ordering a cupcake cake, try to find a bakery that specializes in them. If there's a local cupcake shop, that's even better. Once you find a bakery that makes cupcake cakes, ask to see a photo book of their creations. This can help you decide whether the style of their cupcake cakes will be fitting for your event, and it can also aid in the generation of ideas for your own cake.

Benefits

Cupcake cakes can solve the problem of being indecisive about a cake flavor. If you're tasting a variety of cake flavors and you fall in love with two or three, all of these flavors can be used in different cupcakes within the cake. Cupcakes can even be used to add accents to tiered cakes if a person cannot choose between a regular cake and a cupcake cake. In addition, when these types of cakes are used, guests aren't served bulky pieces of cake, but instead are served small portions. This can eliminate wasting huge amounts of the dessert.

Considerations

These types of cakes can be deemed as casual, so they are generally reserved for birthday parties, reunions, anniversary parties, etc. However, more and more women are choosing cupcake cakes for their wedding cakes and hiring glitzy cake designers to make them elegant and appropriate for their big days.

Resources

• Wedding Cake Trends: The Cupcake Cake