Beach Wedding Cake Toppers

CUTE! <3

There’s nothing tacky about that at all. Just make sure it’s good cupcake, not the overly sweet Duncan Hines type.

Congrats!

Very cute. If you aren’t having a big formal wedding them why have a big formal cake? I think cupcakes are cute and totally appropriate. It is your wedding, do what makes you happy.

I think it’s cute and unique for a simple wedding. You both want cupcakes? Then get the darn cupcakes! It’s your day anyways, what anyone else thinks doesn’t matter. Congrats!

Cute! Definitely cute. And I am probably old enough to be your mother, and very traditional myself.

Look how cute:
http://www.consciouskitchen.net/2007/05/bouquet-cupcakes-lilac-and-lavendar.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lecupcake/240119230/in/set-72157606743745878/

http://www.cakethat.com/joecup%20014t.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Ae7e6-R2cV4/SYG9AB-VcBI/AAAAAAAAAiY/nY88PN6ywl8/s400/Amy+close.jpg

That would be very appropriate for your idea wedding and it is a good idea.

I think it sounds very cute
It is what you two want since its your wedding day,not your mother’s

love knows no rules

congratulations and be happy

go for it

It’s a great idea. Cupcakes will fit in with the more casual approach and your guests will love them.

By the way, I’m a pretty traditional person too and probably a similar age to your mother. "Traditional" doesn’t have to be boring. Tradition says a cake is present at a wedding. You are having a cake. If the form of the cake is a bit more modern with a bit lighter of a mood , there’s notthing wrong with that.

idk wedding cake is better. cupcakes are like babyshower or birthday party

SO CUTE!!!
for many reasons i like this idea
1. you can pretty much design it anyway you want..
…Square..http://annasantosiswhite.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/wedding-cupcakes.jpg

….round….http://completelyweddings.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/cupcakes11.gif

…with your anniversary top cake tier thing on top… http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1042/1385137313_0579685766.jpg

2. its SO much cheaper… wedding cakes can run anywhere from 100-thousands of dollars and if you are going to Hawaii why bother!?

3. You can get what ever colors you want, traditionally a wedding cake has white frosting or fondant… with cupcakes it would look so cute doing a pattern like yellow.. lilac .. yellow lilac…

4. they are the PERFECT size, and all you would have to do is cut a little piece of the cake for the cake sharing part if you are doing that.

5. Who needs a BIG cake topper!? If you choose to go with one there are some great ones but why not but little ones on the cupcakes. umbrellas or flowers or something coordinating colors. Lilac on yellow and yellow on lilac.

i think its a GREAT IDEA!!!
and yes its your Mother and you should listen to her thoughts and stuff but when the day is done its YOUR wedding, what will make YOU happy?

You can even use the cupcakes as favors. That way, you save money too! It’s not unusual nowadays to use cupcakes for a wedding cake.

I want to use cupcakes at my wedding too but have a small cake on the top tier as a concession to the traditionalists in our families. You can use the top tier for the "cutting the cake" thing.

Best wishes!

It is your wedding! You do whatever makes you and your fiance happy!

I am a Wedding Photographer and see lots of cakes. I was only thinking recently, I wonder if the "cup cake" brides and grooms will regret the cup cake thing in years to come.

One of the fun things with a wedding cake is how fantastic it looks. A real cake is something you can’t easily (at all?!) do yourself, but with cup cakes, anyone can do them. They don’t have that WOW! factor.

I feel it is a fad that will die out and people in the future will wonder – what were they thinking??

At the end of the day, YOU two have to like what you are doing, but mom and dad’s feelings need to be respected as well. Congrats and good luck.

i think its a great idea, and will be easier to serve, i say cute! I understand you mom a bit though, as my mom said the same thing when i suggested it. It isnt traditional, and some older people may not like the idea simply because its different, but i still say go for it!

completely cute as can be.

We had cupcakes instead of a wedding cake. they were iced in our wedding colours with our initials piped on top of each one.they looked AMAZING and were very appropriate for our outdoor / cocktails and hors d’oeuvres wedding. Show you mother some of the amazing things they do with cupcakes these days, I think you could change her mind.

LOVE the idea of the cupcake towers. Very chic and "in." Tell your mom that they have even been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings!

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/cake-alternatives?autonomy_kw=cupcake

Not tacky at all, just casual. Actually the cupcake would be closer to traditional wedding cake than the modern day conception of wedding cake. It hasn’t been but in the past 200 years or so that we see the wedding cake as a large stacked confection.

Traditionally bridal cakes were sweet breads stacked in a large pile in front of the bride and groom’s table. The tradition continues in other countries to this day in a more sophisticated form called croquenbouche. These tiny pastries are stacked in a conical form and are used in many European wedding receptions.

My sister had a croquenbouche for her groom’s cake. He is European. His family were delighted to find the stacked confection, created by a French pastry chef who knew what we were asking for, included in the reception.

You could point out to your mother that your idea is much more traditional than hers after all.

It may not be her taste, but its not "tacky". I would describe it as "fun, whimsical, cute" maybe even "less formal"… but I would not call it tacky, which implies that it is garish, loud, or embarrassing.

Show your mother some pictures of wedding cupcakes. She may be thinking it will look too home-made. I think she will be surprised what people are doing with cupcakes these days.

And in the end, this is not a battle your mother should fight. Tacky is not supplying dinner at a 6pm reception. Tacky is not having enough chairs. Tacky is handing out pictures of yourselves as favors.

Cute for the ladies but most guys are not into the whole cupcake thing so they may think its tacky.

You can always have a smaller cake with cupcakes around it or on the side….especially if you are inviting children to the wedding also.

Nice for a casual wedding.

I think cupcakes are very popular right now. Cute or tacky? That depends on the cupcakes, and the wedding.

A very formal wedding with sprinkled cupcakes may be pushing it. Then again, each couple has their own unique style and what works for one may not work for another.

Cupcakes can work well. If you are having an informal wedding/un"traditional" wedding (I use that word loosely), then by all means cupcakes are great.

In the end, it’s YOUR wedding. If everything else is casual, the cake isn’t going to make or break it. Your mother obviously can see that your wedding won’t be formal, and you like it that way.

That said, perhaps she would like to see the cake as it is one thing that she looks forward to on her daughter’s big day. Some mothers are more "traditional" than others. It’s the one thing she wants you to have.

So, if her feelings are important to you (and in this case they may or may not be), why not let her have a small cake? How about a ‘mother’s cake’ instead of the popular groomscakes?

It’s a way to be "traditional" without being traditional at all.

Good luck!

P.S. I LOVE Jude’s answer. So many people on here think things are "traditional" when they really haven’t been around that long (I.e. white wedding dress in Western culture).

I love the idea of cupcakes. It is a popular trend and I think it’s because everyone is a sucker for a cute little cupcake. I think guests would feel more special to have their own cupcake rather than just a slice of regular cake.

Some people still have a small one layer cake so that they have something to cut. It’s up to you if you want to follow in the tradition of cutting the cake together. I don’t know that I’d actually cut a cupcake.

I think it is fine; I was at a wedding a couple of months ago that had cupcakes as opposed to a wedding cake and I thought it was nice.