Paper Cake Toppers

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These unique cake toppers can be customized to suit you and your groom and they make a unique topper for a modern bride with an artistic bent. Costs run about 70 to 130 dollars.  Available at http://www.etsy.com/shot/concarta. 

                   

Delicious Dessert

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This pretty but easy dessert is perfect for one of those romantic nights with camp.  Use Hostess Twinkies and strawberry topping and whipped cream for this concoction.  Cut the Twinkies in the shape of a heart, add fruit (and maybe some whipped cream) and Voila! Make your sweetheart laugh but also enjoy this fun dessert. 

Modern Cakes

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Modern Wedding Cakes combine flowers with non-traditional artistic flair.  Consider using a similar cake

for your wedding reception.

 

     Photo courtesy of Studio Cake Design

More Cupcake Ideas

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

Real Simple's website offered some new cupcake ideas that you might like to use for your wedding, shower or just for a nice dessert.  The above sundae is called "Sundae Best" and it's a minicupcake topped with hot fudge and a scoop of quality vanilla ice cream.  It's making me hungry right now! 

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

This cupcake is called "The Short Stack"  and is a luscious concoction that resembles strawberry shortcake.  Slice your cupcake in thirds, and put back together with a filling of vanilla flavored whipped cream and berries of your choice.  Add a sprig of mint to finish off the pretty presentation.

Photo courtesy of Ngoc Minh Ngo and http://www.realsimple.com/

Use votive holders as a perfect container for a bite-size cupcake. Use mini-muffin tins, gently dust the cupcakes with 10x sugar, and you can even add candles or shortened sparklers. 

Cake Toppers

Love Birds Courtesy of http://www.daisy-days.com/

Today there are a variety of cake toppers available, everything from classic flowers, to ceramic lovebirds, to unique bride and groom figures.  Even glitzy initials and bobble head figures are available.  Whatever you choose be sure to have someone collect them for you after the reception if you want them as keepsakes.

Bride and Groom (sold seperately) at http://www.daisy-days.com/.

Don't Let Making Your Own Cupcakes for Your Wedding Be A Recipe For Disaster!

Try some of these new cookbooks dedicated solely to cupcakes!  It's a sign of just how mainstream cupcakes have become that there are whole cookbooks dedicated to them.  If you can't find something luscious and beautiful in these books you're missing the boat!

Making Your Own Cake? Don't Want to Make All Those Roses?

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Go to http://www.weddingfads.com/ where they have individual flowers and flower sprays in every shape and size! The selection is incredible!

Cake Balls?

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A new take on cake at your wedding are cake balls.  Cake balls serve as favors or as part of your sweet table, and can be displayed on trays or attached to toothpicks and inserted into foam shapes.  If you looking for a little taste of heaven, cake balls are just what you’ve been waiting for — bite-size bits of moist cake blended with rich frosting, surrounded in a deliciously beautiful confectionery coating. An exciting twist on cupcakes and a sophisticated alternative to traditional desserts, it’s no wonder why they’ve become such a sweet sensation. The Cake Ball Company and others started making our decadent, hand-made cake balls long before they became a dessert trend. You can purchase cake balls ready made or make your own.  Combining tried and true family recipes with the finest ingredients, cake balls are a one-of-a-kind experience. Go ahead, indulge. Just know that you won’t be able to stop with just one. But don’t worry, you can always get more!

Photo courtesy of: http://www.littleheavenlybites.com/

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