I recently found out about these awesome edible butterfly cupcake toppers by The Sugar Robot via Exquisite Banana and thought they were the coolest! Of course I had to immediately email my sister to pass along the link, since she’s a pastry chef. Sometimes it makes me a little sad that she values the tastiness of a cake more than the prettiness of one (you won’t see her making any Ace of Cakes style cakes that look like rocket ships or polar bears — she hates the way fondant tastes), but maybe these are a much more acceptable form of tasty decoration for her?? I spent most of yesterday feeling pretty under the weather and watching a lot of bad reality shows like Bridezilla and My Fair Wedding with David Tutera. Maybe all of the wedding reality tv has just infected my brain, but I’m thinking butterfly cupcakes in lieu of a traditional wedding cake would be pretty killer.
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I COMPLETELY agree with your sister. I just finished working for a bakery in Manhattan that favors flavor over form (http://www.momofuku.com/milk-bar/). The customers agreed too!
Check out http://www.kumquatcupcakery.com/
She’s been on the cupcakes in lieu of wedding cake train for some time. She’s actually in the lead car! Enjoy!
lu
Lu, to be fair, I agree with her that taste should probably come first, but I can’t help but still love those fancy Ace of Cakes style cakes – can’t we have our cake and eat it too?? (Har, har – awful pun, I know.) I do agree, the times I’ve had cake with lots of fondant, it doesn’t taste very good, but I wish someone could figure out a way to make the stuff taste better because it can make such cool looking cakes!
Thanks for all of the great links, I’ll check ‘em out!
I am so glad you visited! Because whoa. I come to your site and was body slammed with inspiration overload. Looking forward to following!
Kayla, thanks! And yes, I’m glad I stumbled across your site too!
I wish I had seen these earlier — they would have been perfect for my birthday picnic! All the more reason for another party soon, I guess.