Cupcakes: Wedding Cake Alternative

If you are on a tight budget, spending thousands on a wedding cake might be out of reach for you.  Many brides are now choosing beautifully decorated cupcakes as a lovely alternative for their shower, engagement party or wedding.  They can be store bought or you can make them yourself.  The fun comes in when you are creative in decorating them.  Even if you are “cupcake decorating challenged”, you can always use a beautiful edible flower on the top to give them an elegant look.  The question is though, how are you going to display the wedding cupcakes?  A perfect solution is found at Cupcake Tree where you can find stands in both square and round.  A large stand can hold up to 300 cupcakes, a small one as few as 40 and still look great. As you can see, they can be decorated to give you an elegant look in lieu of a wedding cake and can complement your party or wedding no matter what the theme or color. cupcaketree’s website even gives you tips. For those of you who are trying to be “green” it’s good to know the stands can be recycled.  I hope these ideas will inspire you:

For your bridal shower, you can insert beautiful faux diamond engagement rings into each cupcake.  If your decorating abilities are limited, you can always use beautiful cupcake wrappers which come in many designs and colors.  Have fun!

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