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Just Said Yes October 2019

Wedding Cupcakes

Alycia, on April 1, 2019 at 11:20 AM Posted in Wedding Reception 0 9

My fiance and I have started discussing what to do for our wedding dessert!

I am wondering what people's experiences were with cupcakes! I am seeing that most planned for about 1.5 per person. We have an extensive guest list, but know that a lot of our out of state family won't be able to attend, so we are thinking there will be about 170 guests total. We would like to have a cake for us to cut as well. How did everyone plan for their guests? If you did a cake and cupcakes, did you include your guest count in for the cake? And did anyone have mini cupcakes as well?

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Latest activity by Alycia, on June 17, 2019 at 7:48 PM
  • Summerbride77
    VIP July 2019
    Summerbride77 ·
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    We’re doing cupcakes and a small cake for us to cut (I have a teired cupcake stand to hold some of the cupcakes with the cutting cake on top).

    Our package includes one cup cake per guests. I’m hoping that’s enough Smiley smile if we have some extra room in the budget we may add a second dessert but that’s looking unlikely at the moment.
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  • Kiki
    Super May 2019
    Kiki ·
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    I would probably just do 1 each but then also have a dessert table with cookies, brownies, fresh fruit that sort of stuff.

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  • S
    Beginner October 2019
    Sharon ·
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    I did not have cupcakes but instead we did 5 smaller cakes. None of them are tiered, we have 4 two-layer cakes and 1 three-layer cake which we will be cutting. We also are doing a few trays of brownies and 5 dozen cookies. This way, we have a good variety of options and flavors to choose from so hopefully there will be something that everyone will like. If you want to do cupcakes maybe you can do a small 2 or 3 layer cake to cut with your fiance. I have seen some couples have a cake just for them/bridal party that they can cut and then a dessert tables/cupcakes whatever for the rest of the guests.

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  • MrsD
    Legend July 2019
    MrsD ·
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    We are doing a small 1 tier cutting cake for pictures. We are estimating around 175 guests, so we are buying 1.5 cupcakes per person. In addition, we will have candy & cookies & a few cake pops available.

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  • Sara
    Super October 2019
    Sara ·
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    We're doing cupcakes, and also getting a small 6" round cake for us to cut. I also saw 1.5 cupcakes per person, and my baker indicated that it seemed like a good estimate to go with.

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  • Mandy
    VIP May 2019
    Mandy ·
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    I'm planning on about 150 guests. I'm doing a small wedding cake to cut (feeds about 50), a small grooms cake (will be about the same size), 150-180 cupcakes (still deciding) and a few cookie trays.

    I don't want left with a lot of cake so I'm doing those small. People are able to take cupcakes as they leave as well so hopefully I won't be left with any of those as well.

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    Beginner August 2019
    Cheyenne ·
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    We are doing Cupcakes. We are having about 125 guest. We are also having 2 different flavors of cupcakes. So we are expecting people to have more then 1 Cupcake since there are two different flavors l. We ordered 6 dozen on 1 flavor and 6 dozen of the other flavor. But normal they say 1 cup cake per person.
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  • Ramier J
    Dedicated July 2019
    Ramier J ·
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    For my wedding, we’re doing a dessert table. My wedding coordinator recommended 1 cupcake per guest vs 2 mini cupcakes per guest.

    We’re also mixing it up with some muffins, donuts, and cookies mixed in Smiley smile. So if you like desserts, there’s definitely more options to give your guests (and also a bit cheaper).
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  • A
    Just Said Yes October 2019
    Alycia ·
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    Thank you so much everyone! After MUCH deliberation we are doing a 4 tiered cake that serves about 100 and then about 100 cupcakes since our guest total went way up!
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