Simple Can Be Great!

I posted the wedding cake I did for my sister-in-law and it was a simple which I felt it still looked great. I find that with wedding cakes that can be key.

There is a growing trend in weddings where people are using cupcakes instead of large wedding cakes. I had done this for my sister's wedding.

I used a Wilton No. 21 Open Star Decorating Tip. I started from the outside edge of the cupcake and rotated the cupcake toward the middle with white buttercream frosting. I also had 2 Cupcakes 'N More® 38 Count Large Dessert Stands to display them. There are many other ways to display them too.

Here are a few examples I found on other blogs...

Tiered Pie Tin Organizer

Cupcake Tower

Cupcake Tower (made like the last one, but made square)



Hope this helps! Simple can equal ELEGANT!

Getting Creative

One thing I learned while making and designing cakes it that not every character, animal or thing has a pan. I've had to learn to improvise and use what I have to create something else. Here are a few of my favorites...

Using the Wilton Spaceship pan I've created a few different cakes;

Combining it with half of a small oval cake I created Toothless aka Night Fury from How to Train Your Dragon:

The pan was also perfect when I created an overhead shot of an X-Wing from Star Wars:

Another one of my favorites was another Star Wars cake. I use the Darth Vader pan:

I ended up making one of Darth's Imperial Guards:

I love going through pictures of my cake pan collection and just imagining which characters, animals, or other things I can create. I've learned that my pans can have so much more value when I think outside the box. I will probably post another blog entry on this same subject, because I've done this are even more occasions and I plan on doing it much more. If you're in need of help trying to figure out how you can make a cake you don't have an pan for, let me know and I may be able to help!