Stinkerpants Wedding: Cupcakes!
November 3, 2008 in Weddings • My Wedding • Recap Photos • Reception
After a long hiatus (sorry), I am back! I have been SO BUSY for the past week that I haven’t even had time to catch up on my favorite blogs! But busy is a good thing. :) There are only two more posts (after this one) in my wedding recap! Sad! This one is about our cupcakes, which were DELICIOUS.As you might recall, my mom and I made the cake stands for the wedding. I was totally thrilled with how they turned out; the display was delicious and quirky and totally perfect.
OMG how delicious do these look?! We got our cupcakes through Sibby’s Cupcakery in San Mateo. We did VERY extensive research before deciding on them (more on that below). The folks at Sibby’s are super professional, and they definitely the most delicious cupcakes in the bay area. AND they’re the cutest. I told them that I wanted the cupcakes to “look like a candy store, with lots of bright colors” and they really delivered. So. cute.
We weren’t really attached to the idea of a traditional cake cutting, so we decided to feed one another cupcakes instead. Lucky for us, Sibby’s makes an amazing GIANT cupcake. Y ordered vanilla and I ordered chocolate (of course), and I made these little “his” and “hers” flags for them. These giant cupcakes were on taller, smaller stands, so they stood out.
When it came time to eat the cupcakes, we were both very excited. Actually, I think Y was more excited than I was (as a side note, I changed into my Chinese dress right before the Eating of the Cupcakes. MAN I love that dress)!
He appears to have enjoyed his more than I did, too!
We’re a little weird:
The day of our wedding was also my cousin’s birthday. He’s rather shy, but we decided that we HAD to humiliate him by singing him “Happy Birthday” and giving him a special cupcake. His cupcake said “Happy Birthday Peter.”
Here we are, telling Peter he has no choice but to come up and get his cupcake:
And here he is telling us never to do this again! He probably still hates me to this day (haha–I hope not!):
After the singing, it was time for people to enjoy their cupcakes!
We anticipated that people would eat a LOT of cupcakes, so we ordered a TON extra. We had three boxes left over, and the next morning we shared them with the hotel staff and some of our guests while we waited for valet to bring our cars. We gave my cousins Jeff and Peggie a box to take home, and they gave a cupcake to the lady who checked them in at the airport. Apparently it was the best cupcake she’d ever had! Here’s a (clearly non-pro) photo of Peggie and Jeff eating cupcakes at 9am the next morning! So fun.
If you live in the bay area and happen to be interested in cupcakes, here’s a general overview from our cupcake tasting:
Sibby’s Cupcakery (San Mateo)–Easily the best cupcake I’ve ever had. She doesn’t mark up her prices for weddings, which I appreciate. However, they’re still really expensive at $39/dozen, $150 delivery and setup. Sibby says that setup takes about 2 hours, which we decided to do because we wanted to make sure it actually got done! She has really cute stands, if you want to go the rental route.
Citizen Cupcake (San Francisco)–these cupcakes were so bad (dry and nasty) that we didn’t even make it to the cost part of the equation. NOT recommended AT ALL.
Teacake Bakeshop (Emeryville)–we found these cupcakes to be a little on the dry side, but our main issue was the frosting, which was really waxy. The cupcakes are $36/dozen, and as far as delivery…they apparently contract out for that, so they charge an unknown amount for delivery and don’t do any setup.
Kara’s Cupcakes (San Francisco)–I’m not going to lie, her cupcakes are good. We enjoyed them very much. When we tasted them, her cupcakes were marked up simply because it was a wedding–$45/dozen. Now I see on their website that the cupcakes are back to $36/dozen (the normal cupcake price). Delivery is about $30, but no setup.
That Takes the Cake (San Francisco)–I really liked Sara Lynn a lot when I talked to her on the phone. She was super generous, giving us 8 full-sized cupcakes for our tasting, for free. However, the frosting was way too sweet for me. The red velvet was AWESOME, though. Best red velvet ever.
Love at First Bite (Berkeley)–Their cupcakes were pretty tasty, for sure. However, I’m not too wild about the fact that they charge $10 for a tasting, and at first I didn’t even want to try them because that irritated me so much. $36/dozen, about $50 for delivery to the city. Their customer service was the main reason we didn’t choose them.
American Cupcakes (San Francisco)–I really liked these cupcakes a lot. They aren’t quite as cute as Sibby’s, but they were very good–not too sweet. We almost went with them, but at the end of the day, they weren’t very responsive to my emails or phone calls, which made me kind of nervous. It probably would have been fine, but I don’t want to be worrying about that, you know?
Back to all blog postsSprinkles Cupcakes (Palo Alto)–this place actually opened recently, so they weren’t an option for us. We did, however, taste their cupcakes recently. I thought I’d add my two cents! I wasn’t a fan of Sprinkles, which is a famous cupcake shop in LA. Their frosting was way too sweet, the cake itself was kind of dry and heavy, and it just wasn’t that great. I do like their color-coding system, though!
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jennred782 says
OK totally not related to your cupcakes which look awesome but I wanted to find out if I could get the contact info for your friend who made your guestbook album. It is just beautiful. Thanks, I can be emailed at jennred782 at comcast dot net
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AmyJean @RelentlessBride says
I love the cupcakes. Delicious! And i love you in the traditional chinese dress! You look gorgeous!
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StefK says
I absolutely ADORE your his and her cupcakes. And all your stands. Super, duper cute!
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Naomi Sparman says
Mmm, looks amazing! Cupcake tasting sounds fun. We went with the first place we tried for our cake. Without the wedding hanging over me now, I wish we’d tried more places!
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Tara says
Adorable! I especially love the ones with the curlicues that make them look like Hostess Cupcakes. (Yes, a hint on where the majority of MY cupcake eating comes from!)
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walletpuppy says
Your cupcakes look delicious! I didn’t realize you offered so many different flavors. If I was at your wedding I would have tried (unsuccessfully) to keep myself from sampling one of each flavor!
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Gloria says
Hi, I’ve been hooked your blog (originally from Weddingbee). My fiance and I both lived in SF for a few years and wish that we could have our wedding there, but it’s just not in the cards for us. Anyways, I’m so glad that you liked Sibby’s Cupcakery – I actually used to work with Sibby, when baking was just her full-time hobby. It makes me so happy that she’s so successful at her new venture and brings such joy to weddings!
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MsPurple24 says
Yay for Sibby’s Cupcakery!! My favorites are Grandma’s Tea Cakes. Awesome job on the cake stands, they looked outstanding!
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Jackie B (aka ShaunMcBoof) says
Hi!
Did you guys keep any cake for your 1st anny or did you eat it all? Looks too yummy to freeze!
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Mo says
Wow, the ginormous cupcakes are too cute! This is very, very helpful and I will be using it when navigating cupcake land in the future. Thanks!
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Stinkerpants says
Thanks so much, you guys!
@jennred–Isn’t it awesome! One of my former co-workers made it for me. Her name is Schbvonne Guthrie. I’m not sure if she’s still making them (she moved) but this is her etsy store:
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5829195
Hopefully you can contact her that way!!
@N–clearly you’re going to have to renew your vows. Or convince someone else you know to get married and help them!
@Tara–funny story: one night around 11pm, Y and I were sitting at home playing on the internet. I saw a website for a girl who made really cool knitted items. One of them was a hat that looked like a giant hostess cupcake. I showed Y, and we both got such cravings for them that we went to the grocery store and bought some!
@walletpuppy–if you’d been at my wedding (still major sad face about that one), I would have made sure you had two of each flavor.
@Gloria–hi! That’s so cool that you used to work with Sibby! She is one talented lady, and she’s also really cool!
@Jackie–hi! We actually didn’t keep anything. Y was totally grossed out by the idea of freezing anything and eating it later, so we didn’t do it. I think we’ll probably go get anniversary cupcakes, though. :)
@Mo–glad to help!
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Michelle @ My Wedding Report says
I love cupcakes and yours look amazing!! I love all the colors and different designs. I now have a list of cupcake stores to try next time I am around San Mateo! :)
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brendalynn says
the cupcakes & display look darling & yummy! It’s a nice blending of the multiple cakes on stands with the cupcake thing & I like it. Thank you for including the reviews too!
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tiffany says
adore the cupcakes! If we hadn’t had a destination wedding I totally would have had cupcakes. I love how you displayed them.
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Amanda says
They look so good!
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Sheryl says
Wow! I just stumbled upon your blog and I absolutely love it. You two are the most adorable couple ever and what a gorgeous wedding….and the cupcakes!! You are so creative and unique, can’t wait to read your other posts. Thanks for sharing.
-Sheryl
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allison says
Hi,
Where did you find all your stands? I am having a tough time with this part! I am ordering mine from Icing on the Cake in Los Gatos so I can’t rent Sibby’s stands :-(
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