10 Cake and Cupcake Trends for 2011: Part 5 - Say It With Cupcakes

One of our popular designs for cupcakes is where one letter is placed on each cupcake and used to spell a message. These are either ordered for a party where they will be arranged on the table so the message can be easily read or in a gift box as a surprise gift delivery (very popular for birthdays and anniversaries especially for men or as a gift from out of town family members). The remaining cupcakes are often decorated to match the party theme (such as the 80's themed party with rubix cube, boom box and pac man) or something related to the person (the anniversary cupcakes with the cactus and lobsters where to done to represent where the couple lives as they split time between Phoenix and Maine).

1. Zebra Print
2. Purple
3. Cupcake Towers
4. Aqua, Turquoise and Tiffany Blue

Baseball Cupcakes for a Little League team party

Four dozen of our baseball cupcakes were ordered for an end of the season Little League team party. The team's colors are red and black so we iced the cupcakes in red and white and used black cupcake liners - cupcake liners are a great way to add a color while avoiding dark icing which can be messy. Cupcakes are always a great choice for a kids party - so easy to serve!

10 Cake and Cupcake Trends for 2011: Part 4 - Aqua, Turquoise and Tiffany Blue

We've compiled a list of 10 trends for cake & cupcake designs that increased during 2010 and we think you'll see even more of in 2011!

Fourth on the list is Aqua, Turquoise and Tiffany Blue. Brighter, fun shades of blue! Always popular for bridal showers (Tiffany Box theme) but has become popular for birthdays, holidays and baby showers. Also popular for Little Mermaid (Ariel) and Tinkerbell themed parties. Often paired with purple, hot pink or red (especially for the winter holidays).

1. Zebra Print
2. Purple
3. Cupcake Towers
4. Aqua, Turquoise and Tiffany Blue