Friday, September 30, 2011

Wedding Cupcakes

So after baking the cupcakes and transferring them to the Heritage House, we set them aside for decoration. Before we could decorate them, we had to assemble the cupcake stands.

Now these stands aren’t just any stands, they are custom made and hold 3x more than average ones at the store. Each stand has 4 layers (the top one held the “toppers”) and are held up by flower vases. Each layer is painted black with 2 types of ribbon around the edge for an elegant effect. The wedding colors are black and white with a touch of red. So the layers are black and white and the touch of red was in the flower vase-red rose petals. The toppers were the Bride and Groom’s first name initials over some red rose petals and mini-pearls mixed in.
Now the decoration was a simple but elegant design (honestly we did this concept “less is more”/ “simple but elegant” design throughout the whole wedding).  It’s white-whipped frosting and the swirl design with little white non-perils. The idea is that it not only looks great but there isn’t too much frosting like I’ve seen on most cupcakes. My theory is: “If the cupcake is good, you don’t need to cover it up with frosting! It stands out on its own!  Now I did the frosting swirl on the cupcakes. I didn’t do the perils until the morning of. But being the photographer as well, I wasn’t able to do it but the Bride’s wonderful Aunt offered and she did an amazing job! Thanks!!
The display:  The two stands on a long table, with the Damask design underneath and red napkins between them with rose petals spread out. To the right of this was the Groom’s cake: A Batman themed cheesecake! He loved it!
The cupcakes were a hit! And we even had little white boxes for guests to take some cupcakes home with!!


Bride & Groom


Monday, September 26, 2011

What’s New Cupcake?-THE SEQUEL!

So I have a best friend who lives in TX (where I plan to move soon) and she knows how much this cupcake blog has made me happy. So one day while she was shopping, she saw a book, thought of me, bought it and sent it to me.
I receive the surprise package and to viewer’s eyes I was the child on Christmas morning when I pulled the SEQUEL TO HELLO CUPCAKE: WHAT’S NEW CUPCAKE? !!!!
THANKS SO MUCH GIRL!! I’m overwhelmed with joy and creativity and inspiration for there are newer and more challenging cupcakes in this one! Here’s a brief list to show you (PLEASE REQUEST BY COMMENTING IN ORDER TO BE MADE! J )
New April’s Fool’s Day

Halloween-including a Haunted House

More Holiday Season

More Flower and Creatures

Cupcake Murals

Animals

Patterns

So get ready and let’s make some CUPCAKES!!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

12 Dozen Wedding Cupcakes-Preperation

After endless months of preparing and thinking, the weekend finally came to the wedding!  

We originally planned to leave on Wednesday after I got out of school (the wedding was on Sunday). But life got in the way and we ended up leaving on Thursday afternoon. (Better late than never eh?) We drove down to Lubbock and got to our hotel in the middle of the night. The next morning the fun began. Ann and I got up and bought the stuff for the cupcakes (I had to bake a gross dozen-144) and headed over to the bride and groom’s place to begin baking. I set out all the available cupcake pans and lined them up. Then I set out all my baking ingredients and utensils. Luckily, I brought my mom’s Kitchen Aid mixer!
 The process of that went super fast! I managed to take a 10 min break and eat some Chic-fi-la too! As the cupcakes finished baking they were set out to cool them into containers ready to be transferred to the Heritage House in Post, TX.

Overall we created 156 cupcakes total! Both regular and mini a mixture of Chocolate and White Champagne flavored.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Swirls of Purple and Pink



So a buyer ordered a dozen chocolate cupcakes for their Niece’s birthday. She wanted me to be creative with the design and she told me they like girl things. I made it pretty and simple.
I did the swirl design but swirled purple and pink into the design. You take your pastry bag and put it in your hand; take 2 colors from your Wilton “goo” collection and with a toothpick, “paint” some lines along the inside of the bag starting from the tip working towards you. Don’t be afraid to over do it a little—it makes more dramatic colors! I got this idea from a photo I found on my virtual pin-board. I highly recommend joining it-btw.
On top of the swirls, I placed leaves and almond bark/nerds flowers. I was also happy to say that I found some cute flower liners to bake them in too.

Wedding Cupcakes-Photography Final Assignment

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