When investigating wedding desserts, you may find yourself wondering about all the downsides of a typical wedding cake. The cost, the flavor limitations, and the complexity of manuevering such a large food item can all cause you to wonder if it’s really worth it. If you’re looking for a wedding cake alternative, cupcakes really do solve a lot of problems. They have all the great taste and beauty of a typical wedding cake, but without all the hassle. Here’s everything you need to know when choosing cupcakes for your wedding over a standard cake.
Talk with Your Baker About Out-of-the-Box Flavors

Bakers need to focus on structure and form with an elaborate architectural cake, but with cupcakes they can focus more on a variety of flavors. This is especially helpful if you know that your guests will want options: maybe you have multiple dairy-free or gluten-free guests, or people who adore chocolate and others who simply don’t! Often with a cupcake order you can pick three or four different flavors?and you get the fun of taste testing and choosing the flavors yourself ahead of time! This is often easiest if you work with a baker that has a storefront, since they may already have some of their most popular options available in the bakery display case, making it easy to test them out! Not every bakery will offer free tastings, but wedding planning is a process that might make it worthwhile to buy half a dozen “samples” to taste test at home.
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