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Mrs. Ladyfingers, Saint Petersburg, FL Age and Occupation: 30, Marketing Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Sports Writer Engagement Date: December 24, 2010 Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Palma Sola Botanical Park About Me: I hail from Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Long Island. Fate brought us together, and now we live in a cute little rental house with our nutty dog, and our aloof cat. We both love to read, watch movies, explore our town, and laugh like hyenas. When I’m not obsessively wedding crafting, I enjoy stalking style and decorating blogs, making collages and painting, napping, thrifting, rearranging our bookshelves, and being a total weirdo with my friends. Hi!
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Heyyyy, Cupcake

June 29th, 2011 @ 9:42 am by Mrs. Ladyfingers

Pretty much right from the beginning, we knew we wanted to do cupcakes. The first thing that prompted the decision was the fact that they wouldn’t require a cake-cutting fee. That, followed quickly by…

  1. Cute
  2. Delicious
  3. Flexible (Choosing two to three flavors gives everybody something they’ll probably love, unless they’re on a special diet.)
  4. Affordable
  5. Cutelicious (What? It’s totally different than 1 or 2.)
Heyyyy, Cupcake :  wedding cake diy saint petersburg Lady lady

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This meant that they were the certain front-runner for our cake. While I’m in awe over the tumbling, ruffly creations on television shows and the glossy pages of bridal magazines, I knew those cakes weren’t for us and our wedding.

So I started my cupcake search in the town where we’re getting married, and found two possible choices. I can’t explain why, but my eye was especially drawn to Pastries by Design. Maybe it was the filling options. I love me some filled cakes.

We were super impressed with the owner, Lyndsy, and her shop. She was straight to the point, and they have really awesome policies—only bakers can make deliveries, your cakes are made Wednesday, filled Thursday, and iced Friday for a Saturday wedding, etc.

We had five selections to choose from:

  • Yellow cake with dulce de leche filling and vanilla buttercream
  • Almond cake with raspberry buttercream
  • Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing
  • Chocolate cake with fresh strawberry filling and chocolate buttercream
  • Chocolate chip cake with fudge icing

Which basically resulted in Mr. Ladyfingers and me taking over the chocolate chip cupcake and me scarfing down four cupcakes as breakfast.

We ended up going with yellow/dulce/vanilla, red velvet/cream cheese, and chocolate chip/fudge for cupcakes, and chocolate chip/fudge filling/vanilla buttercream  for our six-inch presentation cake. Um, how excited are we? Soooo excited. Basically, other than the marriage part, the cupcakes are the MOST EXCITING part of the day!

Were the sweets the best part of your planning? Are you doing cake, cupcakes, or something really cool that I don’t even know about?!*

*Thanks to Will Ferrell for this one. Get it? I hope you do.

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11 Responses to “Heyyyy, Cupcake”

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BabyBoecksMom
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BabyBoecksMom (message)  445 posts, Helper bee

Those sound so yummy!!! We went with cake balls instead of cupcakes for the same reason you did - we wanted to give our guests several flavor options.

 
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Miss Pony (message)  4,171 posts, Honey bee

I love your cupcake options, they sound scrumptious! And I love Old School/Will Ferrell! That totally made my morning :)

 
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Miss Ladyfingers (message)  1,119 posts, Bumble bee

@Miss Pony: I didn’t even realize I was making the reference until I had it typed out. Happy accident? Freudian slip? You decide :)

 
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Miss Candy Apple (message)  1,465 posts, Bumble bee

Mmm, dulce de leche sounds fabulous.

 
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Mrs. Trail Mix (message)  6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

YUM! These flavors sound delish!

 
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SadieBee
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SadieBee (message)  771 posts, Busy bee

Mmmm, I’m loving your options and wish I could use her for our baker! We’re doing cupcakes too, but still need to choose a bakery - that’s next on the to-do list!

 
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Mrs. Tartlet (message)  3,207 posts, Sugar bee

All of these flavors sound amazing; I am a total red velvet/cream cheese addict!

 
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Miss Seal
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Miss Seal (message)  1,179 posts, Bumble bee

I love cupcakes way too much. I second Mrs. Tartlet—I’m totally addicted to red velvet. Mmmm but that dulce de leche cupcake sounds equally scrumptious!

 
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weddingstars2012
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weddingstars2012 (message)  430 posts, Helper bee

oh those sound SUPER YUMMY!

 
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Miss Cucumber Sandwich (message)  569 posts, Busy bee

Mmmmm red velvet!

 
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Mrs. Starfish (message)  1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

The cake tasting is the best part of planning! Chcolate chip sounds amazing!

 

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Mrs. Ladyfingers, Saint Petersburg, FL Age and Occupation: 30, Marketing Manager Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Sports Writer Engagement Date: December 24, 2010 Wedding Date: November 2011 Venue: Palma Sola Botanical Park About Me: I hail from Oklahoma, he was born and raised in Long Island. Fate brought us together, and now we live in a cute little rental house with our nutty dog, and our aloof cat. We both love to read, watch movies, explore our town, and laugh like hyenas. When I’m not obsessively wedding crafting, I enjoy stalking style and decorating blogs, making collages and painting, napping, thrifting, rearranging our bookshelves, and being a total weirdo with my friends. Hi!

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