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Mrs. Joey, Seattle Age and Occupation: 28, Project Administrator for Public Health NGO Fiance's Age and Occupation: 30, High School History Teacher Engagement Date: June 24, 2008 Wedding Date: August 2009 Venue: Eastside Catholic Chapel and Lake Union Cafe About Me: I'm a Seattle girl through and through except for the fact that I don't drink coffee. I love my job most of the time because I get to travel and work with brilliant people who are trying to prevent Malaria. I love DIY projects of all sorts, cooking, and watching sports. I'd wear anything at Anthropologie and could spend all day on Etsy. I love to travel but shouldn't because I always get myself into unbelievable situations!
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Accessorizing the Cake

June 25th, 2009 @ 6:43 pm by Mrs. Joey

Oops, I mean the cream puffs. Back when we were doing our wine tasting, I decided we need to do a cream puff tasting. I wanted to make sure they were as good as I remembered. Well, they are as good, and cheaper than I remember. They sell for $0.50 a piece! We’re ordering 150 for 120 guests, and they should come in at about $75 plus tax.

The only minor worry about our cream puffs is that we can’t order them until about a week before the wedding. Our vendor is actually the Than Brothers, a Pho restaurant chain in Seattle. They said to call no more than 2 weeks (1 week is better) before the wedding. I’m a little worried, but everyone says that’s how they roll. I guess I’m just going to roll that way too.

But back to accessories. When we decided on cream puffs, I was trying to come up with a way of dressing them up on people’s plates. They aren’t as colorful or interesting to look at as cupcakes or cake. They needed something. I was searching on Etsy (as usual) when I found Bake It Pretty. They sell fun cupcake liners in a variety of colors,  including yellow.



I went with a solid yellow and striped yellow. For $13 including shipping, I got 150 liners. We tested “the look” out before the wine tasting and I’m totally feeling the liners. I’m still not sold on the silver platters. We may just use those for the breakfast bar. Now for the toppers… hmmm.

How are you accessorizing the “cake”?

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11 Responses to “Accessorizing the Cake”

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April.H (message)  137 posts, Blushing bee

Those are some cute cupcake liners!

 
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Amber1279 (message)  316 posts, Helper bee

little flags would be perfect!!

 
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laurajane (message)  320 posts, Helper bee

I agree with Amber1279, I was just thinking the cake flags would be cute….

If the intention is for the puffs to be eaten while at the wedding (which I’m assuming since there isn’t any ‘to go’ packaging), what if the puffs were served on a shot glass filled with milk (never had a creampuff, but do you eat them with milk?). That might be weird, but I think it might be cute!

 
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Omead

I’m a Los Angeles wedding DJ and something else I saw at a wedding was a tower of donut holes instead of a cake. It was essentially a large stack of glazed donut holes supported with a long toothpick style stick in the middle. It was sweet and definitely something unique.

 
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WorstTwinEver15 (message)  758 posts, Busy bee

Very cute! I think to go with the colorful liners you need something like a bold or simple platter!

 
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Elizabeth

What a strange coincidence! I just found out about Bake it Pretty (through Black*Eiffel) earlier today - - about 20 minutes before I came across your post!!

 
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lisabrueck (message)  78 posts, Worker bee

Do you think people might want two? When I saw the presentation on the platter I thought that would be two for each person. I have no idea what the scale is though, the last cream puff I had was very tiny.

 
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Miss Mouse (message)  3,301 posts, Sugar bee

I like the liners, too. The silver platters do seem a bit too traditional compared with the other elements of your wedding that you’ve shown us. What about using a white or yellow cupcake stand?

 
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AmberWaves (message)  227 posts, Helper bee

The liners are a nice touch. I’m doing some little flags on top of my cupcakes for our wedding. Something like that would look great with the puffs. There are a ton of ideas out there for them.

 
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heavnzbrat

dust w/ powdered sugar and chocolate powder? add a lil yellow flower or raspberry for accent? and agree, that the silver plates not working so well.

 
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A Cake That Speaks to Me » Weddingbee » The Wedding Blog

[...] also really into the idea of alternative desserts, like Miss Joey’s cream puffs (yum!). For instance, we could do a whole English garden-themed dessert buffet. Scones, [...]

 


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