Freezing Unfrosted Cupcakes

Hello everyone!

I need to bake 200 cupcakes for my daughter's July 28th graduation. I'd love to make them ahead of time and freeze them, then frost them for the party. Does anyone have any tips as to when I should bake/freeze/thaw/frost? Is it a factor whether or not I'm going to fill the cupcakes too? Can I fill and freeze or should I wait to fill once I thaw and get them ready?

Any great/easy/unique cupcake recipes to share?

Her color theme is purple and black and I purchased some really pretty purple self-standing cupcake papers. Any tips and/or horror stories about those type of papers? I've never used them before... I'm REALLY hoping I can load up a cookie sheet with a bunch at a time and bake them using these type of papers...

Also, I'd love to frost with white frosting and put purple and black "polka dot" fondant on them. Does anyone have a good tip where I can get that? Also, I heard about some edible paper - would that be better than fondant?

Any advice would be much appreciated... Thanks everyone! :))

Monica

("Novice" baker)

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on July 26, 2012 at 8:58pm

I just "googled" nautical themed cakes. When it comes up you go to images on the top of your page, click it, and these photos come up. Try also here on CWB. Top of the page, far right beside your name it says: Search Cake Decorating Community....type in nautical cakes and see what come up. I know there a some cakes like that here on this site.

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Permalink Reply by Carol Dorrington on July 26, 2012 at 10:05pm

Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it.

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Permalink Reply by MONICA STRUCINSKI on July 29, 2012 at 2:54pm

Well, the cupcakes were a HUGE success! I did add the pudding, but it didn't give much flavor, so I decided to whip up some cream cheese and add it anyway. They turned out awesome and were so moist (from the freezing). Thanks again for all the great tips and ideas! Here's a picture of the cupcakes. The boxes in the background were what I put each cupcake in as "favors" with a clear sticker on them saying, "Thanks for for being here to share my special day." I did the frosting and my daughter decorated them... :)

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