[glotjoe]

I'm making my cousin's wedding cupcakes with a 6" cake on top this July. This will be my first time making so many cupcakes, and my first time making 200 cupcakes.

Does anyone have any advice they can give me on:
1. how to plan everything out before the wedding?
2. how far in advance should i be baking the cupcakes?
3. how should i transport all the cupcakes and cake on a 1 hr car ride?
4. what things should i do to prevent the frosting from melting?
5. how should i decorate the cupcakes/cake?
6. what should i use for a cupcake stand/tiers?

Thanks!

[shroomgirl]

200 cupcakes, commercial kitchen. Or if you are contemplating baking at home gear up to make 10ish batches of cupcakes.

It's nice having chocolate and yellow cupcakes.
Iced them all with butter cream, beware if you are a Hot area......there is nothing like seeing icing slide off.......
Cake decorating stores sell large heavy weight cardboard boxes. They must fit flat in what ever vehicle transports them....seriously.....borrow a van if you must.

Last cupcakes I decorated with gold sparkles, 1/3 with fresh flowers, 1/3 with fondant discs I dyed to match the wedding colors....used the large end of a pastry tip to cut them out.....the cake store will sell dye and fondant that you can mix and roll out/cut.

We had a cupcake tower with glass platters.....three Libby's footed platters with a good portion of the cupcakes around the base. You've got a 6" cake that should be the focus point.....

Good luck.

[glotjoe]

Originally Posted by shroomgirl

200 cupcakes, commercial kitchen. Or if you are contemplating baking at home gear up to make 10ish batches of cupcakes.

It's nice having chocolate and yellow cupcakes.
Iced them all with butter cream, beware if you are a Hot area......there is nothing like seeing icing slide off.......
Cake decorating stores sell large heavy weight cardboard boxes. They must fit flat in what ever vehicle transports them....seriously.....borrow a van if you must.

Last cupcakes I decorated with gold sparkles, 1/3 with fresh flowers, 1/3 with fondant discs I dyed to match the wedding colors....used the large end of a pastry tip to cut them out.....the cake store will sell dye and fondant that you can mix and roll out/cut.

We had a cupcake tower with glass platters.....three Libby's footed platters with a good portion of the cupcakes around the base. You've got a 6" cake that should be the focus point.....

Good luck.

Any tips on how to prevent frosting from sliding off in the heat? the wedding will be in napa valley, ca (in july) so it might be warmer. The bride also requested carrot cake cupcakes to be included as this is her favorite cake. When using the cream cheese frosting for carrot cake cupcakes, how do I make the frosting less likely to melt?

[Gunnar]

the short answer is ...ya don't. welcome to the bakers nightmare. Nothing worse then watching a cake melt before your eyes. My ex was a cake decorator and I was a baker at the time. she did the cake for a friends wedding in Berekley in June on a record 105 day. Outside wedding..it definitely looked wilted by the time they had cut into it. just glad the bride and groom had seen it before the sun got to it.

best I can say is keep refrigerated till absolutely have to set up.