Wedding Cupcake flavors

January is a busy time for wedding plans. As I continue to talk to brides this month regarding their upcoming summer weddings, after talking flowers and decor, the foremost topic is cupcake flavors. When choosing cupcake flavors there are several things to keep in mind that will help narrow down your selection.

1. What is YOUR favorite cake flavor?
2. What season is your wedding?
3. What kinds of food /theme are you serving at the reception?
4. Is your wedding reception outdoor/indoor and is it air conditioned?

17 years ago (wow, I can't believe I just typed that) I was planning my wedding. My husband had little input on the wedding planning, but he did have an opinion on cake flavors. Unfortunately, no one had thought of serving wedding cupcakes, but we wanted something different. He chose a cheese cake wedding cake and that is what we served. So, if you have a flavor that is your absolute favorite, then by all means serve it. After all, it is your special day.

It is also important to consider season and the theme of your wedding. For example, one of my brides chose Tiramisu Cupcakes to go along with her Italian themed dinner, and another bride chose Caramel Apple Cupcakes to go along with her lime green apple decor themed September wedding. My recent Christmas bride (her wedding was on December 26th) chose holiday themed cupcakes; Red Velvet, Rum Cupcake with Pineapple Butter Cream, and a Coconut Cupcake. I also am working with an August bride who would like to encorporate peaches into her flavor. I suggested a Yellow Cinnamon Swirl Cupcake with Peach Butter Cream Frosting. Kind of like a peach cobbler. Summer brides love the Lemon Cupcake with Lemon Butter Cream and Strawberry Cupcake with Strawberry Butter Cream. I've even made a Triple Berry Cupcake and a Blueberrilicious Cupcake. The options are endless. The only other thing to consider is to be careful choosing a flavor if your wedding reception is out doors. Heat and humidity can tend to melt butter cream that is flavored with fruit purees. Fortunately, in northern Michigan, at least not last summer, we really did not have this problem.

After considering all these options and you are still not sure what to serve, but would like to choose several flavors, let me suggest this. Choose one neutral flavor (like the White Cupcake with Butter Cream Frosting, one chocolate flavor (like the Chocolate Chocolate Chip with Fudge Frosting), one fruit flavor (like the Strawberry Cupcake with Strawberry Butter Cream Frosting), and one spice flavor (like Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting).

Serving cupcakes may not be traditional, but they are nostalgic. There is no way to go wrong as cupcakes make people smile. I know your guests will love Megan's Cupcakes.

Happy Planning!

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
248-765-6957 (cell)
meganscupcakes@gmail.com
www.meganscupcakes.com

King Cupcakes, in honor of the Mardi Gras Season

Megan's Cupcakes is starting a new cupcake tradition this year with King Cupcakes in honor of the Mardi Gras season.

The Mardi Gras season begins on January 6 and continues until Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. This year Fat Tuesday, is on Tuesday, February 16th. During this time of year, one of the most beloved traditions in New Orleans is that of the King Cake.
On the Christian calendar, the twelfth day after Christmas is known as "Epiphany", "Twelfth Night", or "Kings Day." It is the day the gift-bearing Magi visited the baby Jesus, and is celebrated with its own unique rituals. This traditional celebration beginning in the 1870’s is celebrated with a “King Cake” in honor of the three kings.

Megan’s Cupcakes is continuing this Mardi Gras Celebration right here in Cadillac, MI with the King Cupcake. Our version is a yellow cinnamon swirl cupcake topped with butter cream frosting. Each cupcake is decorated with the traditional Mardi Gras colors: purple represents justice, green represents faith and gold represents power.

A small baby, symbolizing the baby Jesus, is baked into only one cupcake in each dozen we bake. Like the biblical story, the "search for the baby" adds excitement, as each person waits to see in whose cupcake the baby will be discovered. While custom holds that the person who finds the baby in their cake will be rewarded with good luck, that person is also traditionally responsible for bringing the King Cake to the next party or gathering.

Order a dozen King Cupcakes at your next gathering. I will deliver and include a note in the box explaining the tradition.

Bridget Coffey, Chief Cupcake
248-765-6957

Sweetest Day with Megan's Cupcakes

This Saturday, October 17th is Sweetest Day and ironically on Sunday it is National Chocolate Cupcake Day. For those of you who remember the old Sander's Bumpy Cake in Detroit, this is my inspiration for this weekends cupcakes! Bridget's Bumpy Cake, is going to be a chocolate cake topped with a line of butter cream frosting and then dipped in my hot fudge frosting. It will be a sure delight! To order cupcakes for yourself or your sweetheart, simply email me at meganscupcakes@gmail.com or call me on my cell at 248-765-6957. I will deliver a minimum of 12 cupcakes to your doorstep for $15.00. I'm looking forward to hearing from you: )

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

My September flavor of the month is the Caramel Apple Cupcake. This is an apple spice cupcake baked with Michigan apples and cinnamon. It is topped with Butter Cream Frosting and drizzled with caramel syrup. It tastes just like fall and I must say that my kitchen smelled wonderful after baking several hundred of them this morning for a September themed apple wedding.

Cadillac Welcome Club

Thank you very much to the ladies of the Cadillac Welcome Club for welcoming me as guest speaker at their September meeting. I enjoyed meeting everyone and most of all serving them cupcakes. We had two flavors tonight: Caramel Apple Cupcake and Lemon with Lemon Butter Cream. I am always so excited to spread the word that the cupcake obsession is right here in Cadillac with my cupcake only catering company, Megan's Cupcakes!

Best Wishes!

Bridget Coffey, Chief Cupcake
248-765-6957

Back to School

As they say, all good things must come to an end. On Tuesday, summer came to an end as children all across Michigan went back to school. It was the topic of discussion on Facebook and families are now getting settled back into a busy routines. My children started school yesterday as well, so it gives me a chance to get my kitchen re-organized from the summer rush. I am also looking forward to cupcake deliveries at the areas elementary schools. Call me anytime to order cupcakes for a child's birthday and I"ll deliver them directly to their Cadillac Area Public Elementary School! It is fun and easy! Have a great school year : )

Bridget Coffey
Chief Cupcake
248-765-6957

Cupcakes all Morning

I took a quick break from the kitchen this morning to update you on some treats for the Forth of July weekend. I will be in the kitchen all morning baking our new S'mores cupcake. These graham cracker cupcakes, filled with marshmallow cream and topped with our fudge frosting are truly a delightful treat for the holiday weekend.

In addition to our S'mores cupcakes, we are baking cupcakes for two 1st birthday parties! Extra frosting for the birthday kids...

While the rain has stopped, it is still a touch of grey here in Cadillac, MI. We are looking forward to some sunshine for our wedding cupcake baking this weekend.