Today I am sharing some things that I learned while making these cupcakes that were used as wedding favors. A few weeks ago I showed you the “Queen of Hearts” cookies that were for the bridal shower tea. The wedding took place this past Saturday and I volunteered to make the cupcakes that the bride wanted as favors.
This past week was one of the hottest of the summer. I was hot … and lazy … I relied on my old friend, Duncan Hines, once again. I baked the cupcakes a few days ahead and froze them as usual. Friday evening I made the icing … my decorator icing recipe … you may want to check it out because I made a few slight changes. Then I prepared the assembly line …
Since it was so hot and the wedding was outdoors … I had already planned to deliver the cupcakes in an ice chest to keep them cool until needed.
This is what I did … I baked the cupcakes in regular liners … then placed them in parchment paper cups (sometimes called tulip cups) … just to keep things neat …
I knew that if I iced the cupcake and then tried to put it in the “to go” box … I would surely have my fat fingers messing up the icing … or have smeared icing on the sides of the box. So, I decided to put the icing on the cupcake after it was in the box …
I used Wilton tip #1M … started on the outside of the cupcake and swirled my way to the center …
And it worked! I was so lazy, that I even bought ready-made icing flowers at the cake decorating store. Maybe I should be embarrassed … but I’m not.
I closed up the boxes and refrigerated them overnight. Saturday morning I tied the ribbons … put them in the ice chest … and drove them to the wedding. Here is a pic of the first 20 …
I hope that these hints help you to make cupcakes to go!
very pretty!!!!!!
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Thank you so much! They were very simple to make …
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They look great. You were a brave soul doing that in the heat.
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I was a little nervous about the 100+ temp. I was so grateful that everything fit in my large ice chest!
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These are beautiful and I loved your post. Some great tips. Have enjoyed checking out your place, too. Thanks for coming by.
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Brenda, what can I say…… your are a genious when it comes to creativity. What a wonderful idea to use the chinesse takeout boxes to put the cupcakes in. Love this idea. I’m sure that the guest at the wedding enjoyed them.
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I would like to know how to make the “tulip cups” with parchment paper… Can you help?
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I bought my tulip cups at a cake decorating store, but believe that they would be easy enough to make. I just open up a cup … it’s is a 5-inch square of parchment. I would just place a 2-inch round object (like a drinking glass) in the center of the paper and fold up the sides … creating a cupcake liner. I hope this helps 😉
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