Unique Wedding Food Cupcake Ideas
Move over, wedding cake, there are some new kids in town. On her website, domestic guru Martha Stewart calls wedding cupcakes "celebratory, sophisticated, and scrumptious." Trading in an elaborate, massive wedding cake for these versatile little morsels can introduce your own individual sense of style sometimes at a cheaper cost. Because of these endless possibilities, cupcakes are also more fun to plan. Does this Spark an idea?
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Cupcake Centerpieces
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An inventive way to decorate each individual table at your reception is with a centerpiece made of different, tasty cupcakes. This can spare you the exorbitant costs of lavish floral arrangements on every table. Instead, use decorative trays that you can sprinkle sparingly with different tiny flowers and ribbons for an elegant, romantic touch. You can also monogram the cupcakes with the initials of the new couple.
Cupcake Towers
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A large, cascading cupcake tower can take the place of your more traditional wedding cake. Use different cake stands in varying sizes to create this "tree" effect as you build your tower, which can give a clean, geometric effect with sharp edges in contrast with the round shape of the cupcakes. Like your centerpieces, you can add flowers and ribbons both on the cake stands as well as edible flowers on the cupcakes themselves.
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Experiment with Flavors
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With so many different individual cakes, you can experiment with different flavors instead of having to settle on just one type of cake, icing or filling. Red velvet adds a bold statement to your color scheme. You can mix and match to go with your wedding colors, or with the flavors both you and your groom enjoy. It is the perfect way to blend your tastes in a celebration where you join your lives.
Enjoy the Seasons
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One singular cake with a set color theme for your reception can be restrictive and monotone. With cupcakes, you can find your decorative inspiration from other places, with a variety of colors that are complimentary to your overall scheme. Consider the season in which you marry. For a spring wedding, create a cupcake tower and centerpieces with pastel colors like bubble gum pink and mint green. A summer palette might be a little brighter and bolder with blues, yellows and reds. You can also use fresh, seasonal fruit accents like fresh berries. Fall weddings could use more earthy tones such as orange and brown, and a winter wedding invites more festive jewel tones like ruby red, rich cranberry or emerald green.
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