09/30/2011
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Is anyone DIY-ing cake/cupcakes???

Okay girls, I'm going to try a DIY project tonight! I love to bake and I've been told i make amazing cupcakes, so I thought- if I already know people enjoy my cupcakes, why not make my wedding cupcakes myself? I know it sounds CRAZY stressful...but my mom and I were discussing this and she thought maybe over the winter we could trial baking the cupcakes and then freezing them for about week and then thawing and icing them. Has anyone every tried this before? Im afraid they could end up tasting bad if we freeze them..but thats why we are going to trial it this winter. I just figure i can save about $500 if I can pull off doing it myself (with help of course from my mom) and if we can bake them a week before the wedding we might be able to actually pull it off!

But tonight's project is basically to see if I can trust myself to decorate the cupcakes, so I went to Michael's craft store and I bought some cake decorating items! Im so excited to try them! Wish my luck!!!

If anyone has done this before or has any advice I'd really appreciate it! :)
cupcakes, cake, baking, diy
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nevaeh's Black wedding
nevaeh
 |  Brick, NJ, USA  |  09/30/2011  | 
I did this and it was awesome!! I made everything 2 days before..crazy I know but it worked out just fine.

It was really fun. My hubby helped to keep me company. He kept the music going and even made the cake stands - painted clay pots/saucers white and attached a black ribbon around the edges (you can google clay pot centerpieces to get the idea)

We had tiered cupcakes on both sides of the cake (made the cake too)

Everyone was blown away that "we" made them - they had no idea and thought the location provided until of course they eat them. They were so delicious!

I say go for it.
littlelamb's Purple wedding
littlelamb
 |  Petrolia, ON, Canada  |  09/30/2011  | 
That sounds so great! I made a batch tonight and they were good, but they were just a trial and i think i can do better :P Im gunna be working all winter to try and perfect them! Do you still have the recipes you used? I would love to try it :)
's wedding
nevaeh
 |  Brick, NJ, USA  |  10/02/2011  | 
I kept it simple with one flavor. My favorite cake is vanilla with white icing so that's what I made. It's just a basic vanilla cake and vanilla buttercream icing (home-made of course). Google "Ultimate Vanilla Cake". Just have to make sure you take them out at the right time to keep them moist. It's more of knowing when to take them out of the oven then timing them a few trials and you'll get it. And the icing is just super basic (with lots of love) powdered sugar, butter, pure vanilla extract (it's the way my mom always made it). I made a ton of cupcakes most of them were gone and the few that were left our guests were able to take home. It really was great and everyone enjoyed them.
fairytalebride's Blue wedding
fairytalebride
 |  Toronto, ON, Canada  |  10/02/2011  | 
Nope doesn't sound crazy at all my MOH were discussing this last week she bakes some yummy treats so I told her we would have  trial run next year prolly Jan/Feb to see how it goes I would be helping her of course she says we would freeze them as well and then thaw and decorate which is that part im good at lol!, cant wait to try it out and yes this would cut down on costs, Good luck ladies :)
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