If you want to open your own cupcakery, or just need some presentation ideas for the cupcakes you are baking for your next social event, think about ways to sort and stack your cupcakes. One of the advantages that cupcakes have over round or sheet cakes is that they can be presented in a variety of ways, using different types of stacking devices. Whether you are making cupcakes that all look the same, or are giving each cupcake an individual decoration, you can sort and stack them in a way that will catch peoples' attention. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Line your cupcakes with cupcake liners as they bake. Cupcake liners keep the shape of the cupcake bottoms together and make it less messy when you and your guests handle them. Additionally, cupcake liners allow you to set cupcakes into wire-spiral cupcake stands without damaging the cupcake.
Stack your cupcakes into a multi-tiered cupcake stand. Sort them according to color. If you baked two or more different varieties of cupcakes, consider alternating the tiers so that every tier of the stand holds one type of cupcake. Or, you can alternate various cupcakes on each tier. For instance, if you baked lemon cupcakes and cherry cupcakes, you can sort them like lemon, cherry, lemon, cherry on the multiple tiers.
Set glass blocks along your dessert table. Glass blocks give your table a dimensional effect if you do not want to use a cupcake stand. Stack some of your cupcakes along the top of the blocks and the rest on the table in front of the blocks. Sort the cupcakes so they are an inch apart, using the sorting technique of your choosing.
Use cake plates to sort your cupcakes if you do not want to stack them in a cupcake stand. Cake plates give you a raised plate where you can set a variety of cupcakes, or identical cupcakes, in a cluster-like presentation.
Tips
- Do not stack cupcakes directly on top of one another or you will ruin the frosting.
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