If there’s one thing to look forward to at a wedding reception, it’s the wedding desserts. From having a slice of the traditional wedding cake or making a few rounds to sample any and everything on the dessert table, wedding desserts are a great way to top off an evening celebrating love and matrimony.

When it comes to what to offer as a dessert for your wedding, wedding cupcakes are among the many wedding desserts that never go out of style.

Unlike many other treats, they are easy to serve, eat, personalize, and offer in big batches. They can also make a great addition to your wedding decor and dessert spread. That’s why today, I’m  sharing a round-up of cupcake ideas that you can consider adding to their wedding dessert options.

10 Wedding Cupcake Ideas

An assortment

You can never go wrong by offering multiple toppings, multiple flavorings, or multiple sizes like bite sized cupcakes, the regular sized, or mini cakes at your wedding reception. You can also take up this opportunity to showcase cupcakes inspired by the time of year like floral inspired toppings for spring weddings, fresh fruit and veggie flavors like key lime or carrot cake for summer weddings, pumpkin spice or apple cinnamon for fall weddings, and peppermint, mint chocolate, or red velvet cupcakes for winter weddings.

Edible Gold leaf/ flakes

Did you know you can eat real gold? Bring your desserts to new heights by covering it in edible gold leaf flakes for your wedding day. While an edible gold leaf doesn’t have any taste, it’s an easy and elegant way of elevating desserts with a luxurious, shiny texture and dimension that’s sure to wow your guests. This will also make the perfect accent if you have gold as a part of your wedding colors or theme.

Pearls

There’s nothing that screams wedding like having pearl sprinkles on your wedding cupcakes. Pearls are a simple and timeless way of adding class and sophistication to your desserts. You can keep things monochromatic and have white cupcakes with pearls or you can add them to any of your pre-existing cupcake ideas. Just look for edible sugar pearls the next time you’re shopping around for toppings to try out for your wedding cupcakes. This idea will also be extra perfect if there are pearl accents in any part of your wedding attire.

Monogram

Highlight the bride and groom with monogrammed cupcakes on display. You can do the first initials of the newlyweds or display the initial of the newly shared last name.

Fresh fruit

Keep things fresh by using fresh berries or fruit as topping ideas. But you don’t have to just stop at adding a few berries. Think about a fresh lime if there’s a key lime cupcake or a fresh strawberry for strawberry shortcake for example. The sky’s the limit. If you need fruit ideas, raspberries, cherries, and blueberries are great options.

Edible flowers

Flowers are a beautiful way of decorating wedding cupcakes. You go rustic or luxurious to match the wedding theme (or couple’s taste).

Edible fondant

Wow your guests with intricate fondant cupcake designs from some of the talented bakers in your area. 

Cream filled

There are so many different ways you can go when it comes to cupcake flavors for your wedding. One thing you can do to add a twist is offer cream filled cupcakes for your big day. Cupcakes filled with jams and cream cheese could be surprising and a powerful way to pack a delicious punch.

Bacon bits

Make your cupcakes savory by sprinkling bacon bits and strips on top. It’ll be unexpected, but the sweet and savory combination will be a huge hit.

Mini cakes

While traditional cupcakes are an easy way to serve the masses, mini cakes are a decorative and elevated way of celebrating the special occasion. Mini cakes (or tiny cakes) are traditionally a multi-layered or bite sized miniature cake. You can get creative and do bundt cakes, pound cakes, or cheesecakes when you’re thinking up mini cake ideas.

How To Display Wedding Cupcakes

With a cake topper 

Can you imagine a cupcake wedding cake? Picture a tower of cupcakes with a mini “cutting cake” as the topper. When you’re wanting to keep things simple and needing dessert table ideas on a budget, cake cupcakes make a great option.

Varying heights

When it comes to creating a beautiful display on your dessert table, you’ll want to consider presenting your treats at varying heights. Think of using serving trays, 3-tiered towers, crates, or event decorative shelves to add dimension to your presentation. To make it luxe, consider filling in negative space with fauna and bouquets.

Matching your wedding color theme

When displaying your cupcakes, use colors that match or compliment your wedding colors. While there are many ways to include your wedding colors, the dessert table adds an extra way to tie everything all together. 

In cake boxes

Are you thinking about making the cupcakes available to guests as souvenirs? Display them in ready to grab and go cake boxes for guests to take as a wedding favor. You can leave the boxes open for display or close them to make them easily stackable and easy to grab for guests.

As a tea party

Tea cups offer a unique and sophisticated way of serving up desserts at your wedding reception or bridal shower. Although, distinctly feminine, the unique designs on the ceramic dishes bring elegant notes using what you probably already have in your china cabinets. 

Bordering your traditional wedding cake

Keep things simple and arrange your cupcakes at the base of your traditional wedding cake. A dessert table with a wedding cake, cupcakes is really all that is expected when it comes to preferred wedding desserts.

In a “garden”

Wanting some dessert table set up ideas that make a statement? Fill your table with fresh or faux fauna and candle lights to display your wedding cupcakes in a “garden”. This idea works great whether you’re having an indoor wedding in the winter or outdoor wedding in the spring – really works regardless of the time of year. 

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