ENTERTAINING: The Cupcake Becomes Even More Fetching
| The cost of party cakes is out of control: a 1/2″ thick piece of wedding cake for $10 a slice? That’s what wedding cake specialists charge in our town. To add to the pain, hotels charge a “cake slicing fee” to cut and serve the cake.
This, plus the fact that too many guests don’t like the heavy fondant that covers many wedding cakes, means that you’ve just paid a fortune to serve people something they may just pick at—or ignore completely. But there’s a happy solution: Cupcake “trees” have been fashionable at weddings and other parties for several years. You can make the presentation even more exciting with cupcake wrappers—gracefully die-cut outer wrappers into which the finished cupcake is placed—are now offered in so many colors and designs, that there’s a beautiful presentation that elevates the already-charming cupcake.
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A wide range of wrappers turn cupcakes |
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| Cupcake wrappers aren’t inexpensive—they run a dollar or more apiece. But combine the cost of the cupcake and the wrapper, and you can serve something less expensive, more exciting at the table and cake that people are excited to eat.
Next recommended improvement: Make the wrappers edible or collectible. It’s a crime to throw something so lovely away. Visit the collection at KitchenKrafts.com.
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