Cupcake Tower Ideas for Weddings
A cupcake tower is an alternative to the traditional wedding cake. It offers a fun, contemporary look and makes it easier to accommodate different dietary requests and preferences. A cupcake tower can be simple, with rows of cupcakes featuring different decorations and flavors, or a more elaborate affair, with multiple tiers.
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Number and Arrangement of Trays
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Choosing the trays for your cupcakes is one of the most important elements in determining the overall effect of your cupcake tower. A cupcake tower usually has a minimum of two tiers, and the cupcakes are presented on trays of varying heights. Important points to consider are how the trays fit together and how many trays to use. Trays for cupcake towers often come in a tiered shape, with the trays becoming smaller the higher up they get. However, more contemporary designs include tray towers that are branch or flower shaped, or towers that feature multiple trays per tier. The number of trays depends on how many cupcakes you will need. If you do not want too high of a tower, but you have many guests to serve, larger trays will be necessary in order to accommodate the same number of cupcakes.
Themed Towers
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The overall theme of a cupcake tower often depends on the other elements of the wedding. However, cupcake towers can also have a theme of their own, such as a floral or romantic design. Towers can be themed by changing the decoration and appearance of the cupcakes themselves, or by working with the appearance of the trays in the cupcake tower. Cupcakes can be made in different shapes (such as a flower or a heart shape) to match or accentuate the overall theme of the cupcake tower. Icing and toppings can also be color coordinated to fit in with the color scheme of the wedding. Similarly, trays can also be color coordinated to fit into the color scheme, or they can be patterned to accentuate a particular design element. For example, using a set of cut glass trays for the tower can be a way of emphasizing the old-fashioned, romantic feel of the wedding.
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Flowers and Branches
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Using flowers and branches---real or silk---to help accentuate the layers of the cupcake tower is an easy way to make a simple tower look more extravagant. The flowers and branches can be customized and made to match the rest of the wedding decor. Flowers can be used as garnishes around the cupcakes or on top of the cupcakes themselves. As an edible garnish, sugar flowers add a particularly romantic touch.
Wedding Accessory Garnishes
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Adding conventional wedding cake accessories to a cupcake tower gives it more of a traditional feel. Considering using bride and a groom on the top tier of the tower or adding in the jeweled initials of the couple to give the cupcake tower a personalized feel often associated with wedding cakes.
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