Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Picking The Best Type Of Box For Cakes

By Jillian Wakefield

These days, wedding cakes appear in all sorts of good-looking shapes and sizes. Wedding cakes alongside cupcakes are the most specialized kinds of bakery boxes.

It is not to say that it is easy to design a wedding cake or to come up with a design for a cup cake that will suit you perfectly. As if that is not enough headaches, you will have trouble getting that cake to fit into another cake box. Remember that a bride really wants to combine both traditional sentiment and a bit of personal touch to make a statement.

This is why a wedding cake that is in form of a cupcake will serve the purpose of airing tradition while still portraying modernity. The downside of this is that getting a cupcake box is next to an uphill task.

An average cake box is modeled out of plastic or cardboard. They are available in all sorts of shapes, sizes and designs. When it comes to colors, many people will opt to choose a color that either matches or compliments the overall color scheme selected for the wedding. None should stress herself if she cannot find a perfect match.

A good way to make cover would be to buy a plain white or a solid color box. You can then bring in the trickery by using a colored ribbon that screams the same color as the chosen scheme.

The cardboard types of cupcake boxes will usually not be meant for the wedding cupcakes. Therefore you will have to sacrifice a lot of stuff if you want to have a cupcake for a wedding.

Whenever you are out to buy a wedding cake, remember that the look of the box does not matter that much anyway. Why should it? You should focus on the functionality, which means that it should be able to transport the cake. Period! The main idea is to get the cake from the bakery to the wedding venue. Besides, once the cake is at the venue, it will be displayed and the boxes brushed aside. It is for this reason that you will not want to spend extra bucks for no use.

You can go on the internet and find a shop that deals with all to do with the bakery boxes. Buying the boxes in bulk will mostly save you some good money. It will not be that much of a hassle once you have your budget and know the kind of box you are looking for.

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