If you have a guest celebrating a birthday on your wedding day, or even sometime during the wedding weekend, it’s always nice to do a little something special for them. Think of it, they are spending a special day for them with you to honour your big day – that deserves a treat to say thanks! This goes too for anniversaries! Around the time of the cake cutting, you could call them up to the mic and have the crowd sing happy birthday to them and present them with a personalized cupcake (with or without candle) or a mini cake.
Cupcakes are a great idea if you have a few celebrating, as they are inexpensive. A great cupcake will run you around $5 with personalization (such as the guest’s name). You can have the cupcake iced in your wedding colours to stick with the wedding theme as well. If you would like to do something a little more subtle, I would suggest putting the cupcake in a small box (most cupcake shops offer individual boxes) and leaving it at the guests place setting (for assigned seating) or having the kitchen keep it in the back and you can deliver it personally!
As for photos, both offer opportunities, but the former provides a really great opportunity to create some great pics of the moment where the entire crowd can get involved.
My favourite Canadian cupcakes are at a place I visited on vacation in Vancouver called Cupcakes. Try the Red Velvet – they are amazing! I also love Blue Hawaii and Sweet 16.
Toronto has a few good cupcake shops, The Cupcake Shoppe is pretty good also try Babycakes or the Cupcakery.
Beverly Hills has the famous Sprinkles Cupcakes, a favourite of many stars. If you order online you can pick-up from several US locations such as Dallas, Phoenix or Newport Beach.
NY has Magnolia Bakery, Mitchell London and Greenberg Bakery to name a few.
To find out about cupcake shops across the US and around the world, check out the Cupcakes Take the Cake Blog for obsessively updated tasty reviews, articles and links.
