How to Make a Wedding Cupcake Stand
Modern twists on tradition can liven up certain aspects of a wedding, and the cake is no exception. A popular take on this tasty tradition is to replace the classic tiered wedding cake with cupcakes. Cupcakes will save you the trouble of portioning out the cake and will give you a greater variety of flavors and decoration. They even give you the option of saving money by making your own, and if you want to really do it yourself, you can customize and create your own tiered cupcake stand for them to sit on.
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Things You'll Need
- Tiered cake boards of various sizes
- Foam cake dummies
- Ribbon
- Wrapping paper
- Craft glue
- Glue stick
- Pencil
- Scissors
Instructions
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Use craft glue to glue two foam cake dummies together, creating height for the stand.
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Place a dab of glue on the end of a ribbon and adhere it to the side of the cake dummies. Wrap it around the dummies completely until you cannot see any foam. Cut it, place a dab of glue on the cut end, and adhere it in place.
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Create another combination of two cake dummies using craft glue. Wrap the outside in ribbon so that it matches the other dummy. You will be left with two tall cake dummies, each of which is made out of two smaller ones put together.
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Unroll your wrapping paper over a flat surface, printed side down. Lay your cake boards down on the paper.
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Trace the circles onto the paper using your pencil. Cut out the circles.
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Apply glue stick glue to the plain side of the paper circles, then adhere them to the cake boards.
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Lay down your largest cake board, printed side up. Use craft glue to adhere a cake dummy to the center.
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Use craft glue to attach the second largest cake board to the top of that dummy. Then glue your second cake dummy to the top of the second cake board.
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Glue your third and smallest cake board to the top of the second cake dummy. Allow the glue to set
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Tips & Warnings
Start out using cake boards that are eight, 10 and 12 inches in diameter.
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- Photo Credit cupcakes image by Mat Hayward from Fotolia.com
