A good friend of mine asked me to provide about 6 dozen cupcakes for his wedding, as well as a 6″ cake for the top layer tradition. Decorations were more or less chef’s choice, but should be in the pastel arena. The cake itself was to be plain white.
Due to oven issues (I am really not fond of gas ovens) I baked and frosted everything in 12 hours. A bit of a marathon, but very worth it.
I ended up with:
25 chocolate cupcakes, with blue buttercream frosting, with semi-sweet chocolate “K”s that matched the monogram on their invatation.
25 vanilla cupcakes, with white buttercream frosting, with yellow rosebuds and purple violets.
25 strawberry cupcakes, made with strawberry puree from fresh farm picked berries, with strawberry buttercream frosting.
1 6″ three layer vanilla cake, with white buttercream frosting, with strawberry puree filling.
It was my first wedding, and it went wonderfully. Everyone seemed to enjoy the cupcakes. The only pictures I took were of the bride and groom eating the cupcakes (of which I will post a picture as soon as they give me permission).
The new things I tried for this order:
1. Altering the strawberry recipe to include that incredible puree, which I think turned out rather tasty. I think I’ll add some red food coloring to make it a little more red.
2. The chocolate “K”s. I melted down some chocolate chips and filled a pastry bag. I used a scanner to blow up the “K” on the invatation to the right size and covered the paper with waxed paper and traced the letters with the chocolate. I will certainly do this bit again, although the chocolate got soft very quick in room temperature, so I may have to experiment with different kinds of chocolate.
3. Flowers. I’d never done flowers before. So far it has been trial and error, and I think I need to find someone to teach me, I just have a hard time learning this stuff out of books. I’m hesitant to take a class (I would like to keep being able to say that I’m completely self taught), and I think all I need to do is experiment with different stiffness of frostings and practice practice practice.
