A great way to save on wedding costs is to make your own cake. And a great way to minimize the amount of damage you can do in the process is by making cupcakes. It's a lot easier to make individual cupcakes look good than to make a full-size cake look good, and if you mess up a batch, you can always make more. Plus it provides you with the opportunity to make several different flavors of cake and icing.
Here are some things to think about if you decide to go the route of making your own cupcakes for a wedding:
- Practice, practice, practice. Baking is an art. You need to perfect the recipes you'll use long before the actual day of the wedding. This is not the time for experimentation. As a bonus, you get plenty of cupcakes to taste-test along the way.
- Leave plenty of time. No one wants to be squirting frosting when the guests start to arrive. Cupcakes will stay good in the fridge for at least a day, so make them as early as you dare. Your practice sessions will help you determine how much time is needed.
- Keep it simple. Save your dreams of appearing on Cupcake Wars for the next birthday party. Your goal here is for your creations to be simple, elegant, and delicious. Anything else is just icing on the cake!
In case you're thinking that it's okay for us to talk because we're apparently cupcake-making geniuses, I should probably tell you: the picture above is the one from the box of the stand we purchased to hold the wedding cupcakes. I only dream that our cupcakes will look this amazing when we're done with them. Stay tuned to hear how our excursions into the world of mass-cupcake-making-and-decorating go! To whet your appetite, here is a picture of our weapons of choice:
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