Quick question here... I've been looking at people's cupcake trees for weddings and was wondering what you all suggest to the bride about "cutting the cake"? I have seen some trees that have the small cake at the top of the tree, does the bride and groom cut that? What do you offer for the "top of the cake" for them to freeze for the anniversary?

That's a great question, mymichelle. I've only done one cupcake wedding, so I cant help you there. The one I did was informal and eveyone just went up to the table and had a cupcake.

Usually the top of the cake is saved for the anniversary? And the nice thing bout cupcake trees is that you can always have backstock of cupcakes and they don't all have to be out on the display. As for "cutting" the cake? I think that they could take a single cupcake or maybe two cupcakes and peel the paper off together and then smash it into each others mouths or cut the one in half and do it that way. Just a thought.

I've never done one so I can't really help, but my idea is that you make 2 small scakes. One that sits on top that they can keep, and another that looks just like it sitting to the side that they can cut and feed each other. Or vise versa.

kellie that sounds like a great idea

I'm doing a cupcake wedding in about a month and the top cake will be the one that the bride and groom will cut at the wedding. They weren't really interested in having an anniversary cake, so that won't be an issue.

I think if they did want an anniversary cake I would have made a small cake, maybe a six-inch round, that matched the other cake.

Sammy, when comes time to cut the cake, will they be taking the cake off the top to cut, or will it be okay to cut while still sitting on top?

I would take it off the display to cut it. Make sure it is on a seperate piece of cardboard.

When i did my cupcake tree. the Bride and Groom picked up the top cupcake and fed a bite to each other... the pictures were of both hands touching the cupcake while it was still on the stand. it was still as pretty as the traditonal.

If you want them to have an anniversary cake, why don't you just make a small anniversary cake and box it up for them? I've heard some decorators do that and leave it under the cake table for them to take later. Or it could be kept in the kitchen at the reception site. That way they could cut the small cake on top for pictures and such and maybe serve it to the wedding party or something.

Such great ideas everyone... thanks for the input! =)

Another question, my bride and groom want to cut the cake together, do I take the cake off the top of the stand and have them cut it or just do it on the stand with the cupcakes? My concern is the stand is cardboard and it might not be as sturdy when they press down with the knife. They want to do a traditional cake cutting for photography purposes.