Centerpiece Cakes

Photo from Martha Stewart Weddings

Trying to save $$ at your wedding reception? Why not combine centerpiece with your cake? Make these square cakes yourself and decorate them with your favorite flowers.  Look for edible flowers or make your own out of gum paste. 

Put one cake in the center of each table complete with a pretty knife for cutting and a serving implement and you have a combination centerpiece and wedding cake! For the bride and groom's table add the wedding cake topper to their centerpiece.  A perfect way to save some money at your wedding.

Cupcake Topiary Tree

Photograph courtesy of Food Network Magazine/Taken by Tara Donne

Considering using cupcakes in lieu of cake at your wedding? Why not have them do double duty as decorations as well? This Cupcake Topiary Tree was featured in Food Network Magazine in their May 2010 issue.

To make your Cupcake Topiary Tree you'll need:

1 Terracotta pot

Floral Foam

12 inch floral foam ball

12 inch dowel

Brown Paint

Pink Paint

24 Mini cupcake liners

Straight Pins

Toothpicks

Directions:

Fill the terracotta pot with floral foam, and insert a 12 inch dowel or thick stick in foam. If you're using a dowel you'll need to paint it brown before placing it. Paint a 12 inch floral foam ball pink and let dry. This can take an hour, be sure it's all the way dry. Push the ball down onto the dowel that's already been anchored into the pot. Using straight pins and cupcake papers to plot your cupcake design, then place real cupcakes in each spot removing the pins and papers used for plotting as you go. Attach cupcakes using 3 toothpicks poked halfway into the bottom of each cupcake and press them into the ball.

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