Cupcake Wedding Favors
A popular choice for wedding favors in recent times has been cupcakes. Whilst some brides will merely use them as an alternative to a traditional wedding cake, other perhaps more savvy brides are doubling them up as both favors and wedding cake.
But you can also take them a step further by using them as either table centers or by having your guests names iced onto them and using them as place cards. This gives you savings not only on your wedding cake but also in having to purchase and write out hundreds of name cards or in having to order expensive table centerpieces.
To use cupcakes as table centers will depend on the type of cake you order. If you order square or round mini cakes without any fancy sugar work on top you could pile them up pyramid fashion on a decorative plate or single tier cake stand.
If you order cupcakes then you will probably need a multi tiered stand to place them on. You can hire these or your venue maybe happy to provide some for you as part of your wedding package. Another alternative is to purchase disposable cardboard stands which look just as nice and are a fraction of the price of metal, plastic or china versions.
But if your wedding has a touch of vintage chic about it then a nice vintage style cake stand will go along way to coordinating that look and your tables will look fabulous laid out with a pretty stand of cupcakes sitting in the middle!
You can use cupcakes as an alternative to a formal and traditional wedding cake in one of two ways. Firstly you can arrange the cupcakes on a stand and display them as you would a normal wedding cake or you can place them on each place setting. With either of these you should order a smaller cake to cut for your cake cutting ceremony.
If you want to use your cupcake wedding favors as place cards then you will need to arrange to have each guests name iced onto them or at the very least their initials (could be a problem if two guests have the same initials or names!). This may cost you more with the cake maker but they will look lovely and you won’t end up throwing them away after the reception is over.
With any of these ideas you should provide some form of box or bag so your guests can take their wedding favors home with them should they not want to eat them there and then.
About the Author
Mae Andrea is a professional writer who collects wedding favors and wedding related articles. She is working with a wedding planning social networking company that caters to all the wedding needs of brides in almost every major center in America.
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