Traditional cakes are delicious and beautiful, but you might want to consider an alternative for your next birthday party or wedding. Cupcakes are a quick and easy alternative to the traditional cake. They can be transformed into simple cupcakes with frosting and sprinkles to more elaborate versions such as faces or animals. The following is a list of ideas that can transform your next event into a cupcake event.
Flavours- Cupcakes can come in variety of flavours including plain vanilla or chocolate to flavours like lemon, banana or spicy carrot. By having a variety of flavours at your event you will ensure that your guests will find something that they like.
Shape- traditional we think of cupcakes as round, but you can also get baking pans in a variety of different shapes including hearts, stars or flowers.
Frosting Flavours- By adding frosting to the top of your cupcake you will also be add another flavour to compliment the cake underneath. Frosting can come in a number of different flavours including chocolate, lemon, cream cheese, and strawberry. It should be easy to come up with something that everyone will enjoy.
Frosting Colours- When picking a colour for your frosting your choices are limitless. You will probably want to pick a colour that goes with the theme of your event and the flavour of the cake itself. Whether you pick bright, bold primary colours or subtle pastels the colour of the frosting you cover your cupcake with is limited only by your imagination.
Frosting Style- Frosting can be applied to a cupcake as simply as dipping the top in some butter cream frosting to applying the butter cream with a star tipped piping bag to adding fondant wrapped around the entire cupcake. Whichever way you choose to add frosting to your cupcake it will help to transform the simple cupcake into a work of art. The more elaborate you choose to go should also depend on the theme of your party, it can take some practice when applying frosting to the cupcake, but when you get it down, the one cupcake on its own or the entire tray of cupcakes can make for an interesting and exciting addition to your party.
Filling- By adding filing to the top of your cupcakes, you can add another dimension of surprise to your guests. Pick a filling flavour that compliments your cupcake and frosting choices. There are a variety of flavours to choose from including chocolate, vanilla, and lemon.
Decorating- Now we get to the part of cupcake making that can be the most fun. It may help your inspiration to pick up a couple of cake decorating magazines or books to help guide you through the process and inspire your creativity. These books will show you how to transform the top of the cupcake into clown faces, flowers, or animals. They will suggest a variety of ideas including different candies and toppings that might suit the theme of your party. There is no limit when decorating the top of a cupcake. Pick the toppings you and your guests will like and figure out a way to make a beautiful or interesting design on the top of the cakes.
As you can see the cupcake can be a great addition to your party. With a variety of different colours and flavours, fillings and topping, you can transform a simple cupcake into something that will ‘wow’ your guests. Don’t be afraid to try something different, because if you find out that it doesn’t work, you can eat the mistake and no one will ever know. Have fun!
