BRONZE BUDGET BRIDE

If you want to dress up your cupcakes further than the frosting, these cupcake toppers are definitely an option for you. You can even have a custom order made to match your theme but of these four, my favorite is the beach theme.  The purse toppers I can see at a fun bridal shower!

Find 12 for $14 right now at Two Sugar Babies  on Etsy!

I know many of you are making your cupcakes and although I've posted recipes, cupcake wrappers, even tools and toppers...I haven't shown you yet how to Frost or Ice your  cupcakes. So with this video you will learn four techniques that you could use and remember you can find disposable piping bags, pastry tips and more at Sweet Estelle's Bakery Supply store.

For our Caribbean themed wedding we were planning on having tropical flavors for each layer of cupcake tower and one of my favorites was this Easy Pineapple Cake by Catherine Dallas posted on AllRecipes.com.

Here are some of my not-so-typical cake recipes from AllRecipes.com that were given wonderful reviews and that would make great cupcakes for your DIY cupcakes towers.

• Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes 
• Coconut Orange Cupcakes
  
• Easy Rum Cake
• Luscious Tropical Dream Cake
• Too Much Chocolate Cake
• Irish Cream Bundt Cake
• Tiramisu Layer Cake

Remember, don't wait till the day before your wedding to try these or any recipe for the first time. Months before the wedding you can make a batch for dessert every Sunday. I personally love reading all the reviews before trying any of the recipes because sometimes they contain some very good suggestions for those trying it for the first time.

You don't have to have a fancy cupcake or cake flavor to impress your guests because as long as the cake or cupcakes are delicious they won't mind eating it up.

I rememer that my mom made a last minute single layer cake for my brother's wedding using a white cake mix and pineapple marmalade that she added to vanilla frosting for the filling. It was just as delicious as the other four she made from scratch.

This set of cake toppers are being sold at the wonderfully low price of $19.99! You get only one "letter" for that price on other sites. These are stylish, elegant and has crystals that gives them a platinum look! So if you were looking for monogram toppers your search is over because these are a great deal.

Are you decorating your cake table yourself? These photos are some of favorite decorated wedding cake tables and I hope they would be of some inspiration to you!

Mini CheeseCake with Fresh Berries

Trying to find a wedding cake or cupcake alternative, then you're about to start considering serving mini cheesecakes. These images are so good I almost licked my computer screen and I am not even a huge fan of cheesecake, but I am definitely starting to like them even more now.


Mini Cherry Cheesecake



Berry CheeseCakes with Fruit Topping


Vanilla, Chocolate Marble, Chocolate, Strawberry Swirl,
Cappuccino and Lemon Mini Cheesecakes



Mini Pumpkin CheeseCake



Mini Oreo CheeseCake



Mini BlackBerry Caramel CheeseCake



Mini CheeseCake and Peanut Butter BonBons



Cherry Blossom Strawberry Cheesecake



Banana Nut Mini Cheesecake

I've posted this recipe before in the Monogrammed Cookies favor idea article from stylishgiving.com, but I thought it would be a good idea for me to high-light it today. There some of you who are  thinking about making your own cake, yet do not like the taste of regular fondant and it can be costly if you are making a larger cake too. So this fondant recipe is an answer to your prayers because not only does it get rave reviews for its taste, but as you can see from the recipe and the ingredients, you can make it yourself, no sweat at all. Of course, my favorite part is that you can make a four tower cake using your own recipe and make enough fondant to cover the whole thing for under $20.00!

Don't forget to watch the video as well to see that is no such a daunting task to bake and cover your own cake with fondant.

I love pie, more than cake actually and that might be because of my egg allergy I couldn't eat it without getting a stomach ache till well into my teens. Actually, I must admit that as I type this, I'm reminding myself to put apples on the shopping list so that I can make an apple pie for our dessert on Sunday.

Apple pies are my favorite, there's not even a close second and I know there are plenty of you brides-to-be that just love yourself some pies too. So I say, what's wrong with serving pie, instead cake, at your wedding! Who'll complain about forking through that delicious goodness, and you don't even have to make them yourself. At my local supermarkets, I can buy 8" freshly baked pies for just $2.99. So 10 pies would be just $29.99! So I ask again, what's wrong with serving up some pie? Nothing....I say.... not a thing.

Just a look at those pies below from HostessBlog.com and tell me you are not thinking of changing your mind right now about that wedding cake... go on, take a look, they'll make your mouth water, (hehe).

 

This fondant covered, hat cake was made by our bronze budget bride Michelle and believe or not this was her very first attempt at covering a cake with fondant. I am impressed since my first attempt was not this pretty since, as I now know, didn't use the right kind of frosting! She even made the fondant herself using marshmallow and you can find the recipe here at WhatsCookingAmerica.net with some great DIY instructions!

If Michelle can do it, then perhaps you can do it too and save.

I've found a wonderful another amazing website and at this one you can purchase sugar flowers for under 30¢ each that you can use to decorate your diy cakes or cupcakes. These are not sugar flowers that just barely resembles a flower either, these look exactly like the ones you would see at a floral shop... just look at the examples I've added above.

You can get different types of flowers in varying sizes and in doing so it will help you to transform your DIY cupcakes or cakes into masterpieces. They are quite beautiful and as I've mentioned earlier, very affordable as well. I've only added four for you but there are so many to choose from here at wholesalesugarflowers.com. So be sure to visit them first if you are thinking of adding sugar flowers to any of your baked goods.