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post #46 of 57
3/10/09 at 11:46am
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post #47 of 57
3/10/09 at 11:56am
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Ruth, that was funny!!!! But seriously, like I said I'm doing 900 minis for a friend. Carrot cake with Cream cheese, chocolate with white chocolate BC, white with vanilla BC, lemon with cream cheese and the caramel pecan with caramel BC. SOOOO not the white crappy cupcake that you were referring to!!!!



I feel your pain on this one. I did 900 minis for a youth football league. When you're transporting them, you can fit 187 in a full sheet cake boxicon_smile.gif
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post #48 of 57
3/10/09 at 12:34pm
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When you're transporting them, you can fit 187 in a full sheet cake boxicon_smile.gif


icon_lol.gif Now THAT'S the kind of info you can only get from the voice of experience!!
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post #49 of 57
3/10/09 at 5:28pm
Cupcakes have come along way since I had to throw 35+ together at the last minute for my kids to take to school for some reason or another.
Speaking as a wedding guest I think getting a beautifully made, filled and decorated individual work of cake art would make me feel special. Notice I said work of art, not the simple swirled cupcakes you get from the grocery store bakery.
Wedding cakes I admit are quite stunning to look at, but by the time they get to the table, for the most part they look like a slice of cake. IMO.
Don't get me wrong, I will eat and enjoy it, but I just thought I'd put another point of view out there.
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post #50 of 57
3/10/09 at 6:08pm
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Originally Posted by mommyle

Ruth, that was funny!!!! But seriously, like I said I'm doing 900 minis for a friend. Carrot cake with Cream cheese, chocolate with white chocolate BC, white with vanilla BC, lemon with cream cheese and the caramel pecan with caramel BC. SOOOO not the white crappy cupcake that you were referring to!!!!



I feel your pain on this one. I did 900 minis for a youth football league. When you're transporting them, you can fit 187 in a full sheet cake boxicon_smile.gif



I love you! Any other advice??? How many freaking hours is this going to take me????
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post #51 of 57
3/23/09 at 5:43am
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Originally Posted by mommyle

Ruth, that was funny!!!! But seriously, like I said I'm doing 900 minis for a friend. Carrot cake with Cream cheese, chocolate with white chocolate BC, white with vanilla BC, lemon with cream cheese and the caramel pecan with caramel BC. SOOOO not the white crappy cupcake that you were referring to!!!!



I feel your pain on this one. I did 900 minis for a youth football league. When you're transporting them, you can fit 187 in a full sheet cake boxicon_smile.gif



I love you! Any other advice??? How many freaking hours is this going to take me????



Well I could make 96 at a time in my oven. I had the mini pans that hold 24 and I could fit 4 in there at a time. They take less than 10 minutes to bake. The real time consuming part is filling the little cups. If you put the cake mix in a pastry bag and fill the cups that will make it go a lot faster. Also, if you have extra pans that you can fill while you're baking that will help. The icing part takes forever too. I don't have any time savers on that. It took me about 15 hours total to get them all done.

Edited to add: Sorry if you got this too late. I didn't get a notification that anything had posted to this forum topic.
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post #52 of 57
3/23/09 at 12:09pm
Not too late at all!!!! Thanks for all the good advice! This isn't until mid-May. Again, Thanks!!!!
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post #53 of 57
3/23/09 at 12:18pm
I've seen some gorgeous cupcakes, but most of the ones being passed off at weddings are very amateurish. The really good ones are more $$ than cake. I've also seen on someones website(cant remember which one) a picture of a cupcake tower they did for some celebrity bday and the poor girl had to open her mouth HUGE to get the cupcake bite without getting frosting all over her face.
If you search you'll find some very elegant ones. But I still think they'll need a plate and fork
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post #54 of 57
3/23/09 at 12:19pm
Did you guys see what one of the competitors did with cupcakes last night on the Bridal competition on Challenge on Food Network? He stuck them into the foam dummys and used the cupcakes as separators...I loved it! A new take on the cupcake/wedding trend.
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post #55 of 57
3/23/09 at 12:26pm
I think cupcakes are nice and different, but i will absolutely hate to be served one at a wedding.It depends on what the bride wants as there are some fantastic cupcake towers that i have seen,so if she wants them she should get them.Good luck.
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post #56 of 57
3/23/09 at 12:58pm
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Did you guys see what one of the competitors did with cupcakes last night on the Bridal competition on Challenge on Food Network? He stuck them into the foam dummys and used the cupcakes as separators...I loved it! A new take on the cupcake/wedding trend.



You took the words out of my mouth! I thought his take on wedding cupcakes was very innovative. The whole thing was gorgeous!
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post #57 of 57
3/23/09 at 2:45pm
I could not really see in the show how he was attaching the cupcakes to the foam. Glue? Toothpicks? What do you guys think?
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