The old traditional cake – white, tiered, with or without flowers decorated in between the tiers, or just any simple decoration with figurines on the top tier. Well say good bye to those cakes because it cupcake time! Remember those years when we see Starbucks popping at every corner of the streets and then yogurt places popping everywhere during the past recent year! And now CUPCAKES! We got Sprinkles or Susie Cakes in Los Angeles, CA; Magnolia Bakery in New York, NY;  Dots in Pasadena, CA, just to name a few. I’m sure you can think of a few places within your area.

Well nowadays, wedding cupcakes are becoming more popular. Just last month, I’ve attended my friend’s wedding. She had a wedding cupcakes with the top tier as a single cake for the couple to do the cutting cake ceremony. It looked like all the cupcakes were the same flavor, but to my surprise they were different! I really like this idea because everyone gets a cupcake; you don’t have to worry about cutting the cake into equal slices or worrying if you’ll have enough or too much.

Here’s a picture of my friend’s wedding cupcake. Even though it’s not the traditional tiered cake, this wedding cupcake is fun and at the same time the color brings out an elegance to it.  (haha i’m not professional photographer, so please excuse my picture quality)

I found this as I was searching for other wedding cupcake arrangement. Picture courtesy of Lighthouse Cake Company

Thanks to Food Network and TLC’s shows like “Ace of Cakes” and “Cake Boss,” respectively, novelty cakes are becoming a trend too!  These cakes usually represent the bride and groom’s personality or reflect their interests.

I’ve been following a photographer, Serena from http://www.serenagrace.com/; she was able to capture this really cute and detailed wedding cake:

Here’s more of a whimsical cake that I stumbled upon on flickr user, PinkCakeBox’s photostream…Though I find these cakes adorable and fun, however I personally find these whimsical cakes more informal – they look more for like birthday cakes. But hey, if this is what you want, then this is what you shall get – it is YOUR wedding!

With that being said, will you have a wedding cupcake or a novelty wedding cake at your wedding?

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