MSE ways to transport 150 cupcakes

xtinkersx

I think I have finally decided on cakes (gone from 3 tier to mini cakes to cupcakes lol and I still have jst under 2 yrs!!)

so cupcakes I really dont want to be spending £6 to move 6 cakes as it will work out more so anyone any mse ways of transporting them please??:money:

custardy

from where to where?

Horace

Tinkers - how about some large tupperware boxes?

shellsuit

What about those wide storage boxes with the lids on ~ the type that slide under beds?

little_h_2

I bake cupcakes a lot and for family birthdays there is always a bit of moving them around.

I would suggest getting some cheap baking tins (if you are only moving them you won't need the good ones), you know the ones you would use to bake fairy cakes in or mince pies. If you can't afford them you can always ask around and borrow them off people?

Once they are frosted/decorated they will need a bit of space round them as otherwise they will all stick together. This will also help them to stay standing up.

There are also boxes you can get that have cut out circles for you to stand the cakes in but I find they work out quite dear so for the quantities you need, it might not be an option.

Dorastar

Is it worth asking in shops - am sure I have seen bottles in boxes with folding square frames to keep the bottles apart iyswim. You could put them into plastic boxes and they would keep the cakes apart individually.like these - you could cut them down to the right height for the cupcakes

KK22_2

I had to transport 50 cupcakes for a party and the roads were definitely too twisty for my liking! I had a few plans in place for this. If anyone had shop bought muffins or cakes in the run up, i re-used these boxes after cleaning them. I also asked to pinch the apple tray from the supermarket (the separator - thin cardboard) and cut out holes so the cupcakes sat through nicely. Also, if you've ever had a display box of toiletries at christmas, these can be good (with soap out obv haha) as i had a wooden tray with a plastic top.

xtinkersx

thanks for all the replies!

there going to going from mine to the hotel about a 15 minute drive but like someone mentioned roads are very bumpy lol

there going to be iced with buttercream so dont think tupper wear be any good as they need to be spaced apart like mentioned there a nightmare for sticking :mad:

i will defo ask people to save the trays from shops as i know a few people who buy them never even thought of that!

and the apple trays will have nosey next week when in asda

yes i was going to buy the proper cup cake trays but they work out about £6 for a 6n holder one! so works out costly for cardboard lol

thanks again

morwenna

I did 100 with a half mile drive to the wedding for a friend. They were buttercream iced with royal icing flowers and made it safely in an old drawer and lettuce boxes blagged from a local shop

Edited to add tips: Buy grease resistant cake cases - buttercream grease can creep up the case and look not as perfect as you would like.

I didn't worry about spacing them, but did use oversized muffin cases which doubled up (two cases on each) held them firm IYSWIM?

polkadot

I deliver cupcakes to my clients in Elmlea trays (the plastic trays that are in the store fridges). I just stop by my local supermarket (10pm is good for Asda as thats when they restock). They are the perfect size for a standard cupcake-a little deeper so that they have some protection around the sides. The apple trays tend to slide a bit...but ask for the apple boxes.They are deep enough to stack two or three elmlea trays. Get some dowel sticks and stick them around the edges of the trays to stack them....I can post a pick to show you (without cupcakes though as I have none in this week)

emlou2009

polkadot wrote: »

I deliver cupcakes to my clients in Elmlea trays (the plastic trays that are in the store fridges). I just stop by my local supermarket (10pm is good for Asda as thats when they restock). They are the perfect size for a standard cupcake-a little deeper so that they have some protection around the sides. The apple trays tend to slide a bit...but ask for the apple boxes.They are deep enough to stack two or three elmlea trays. Get some dowel sticks and stick them around the edges of the trays to stack them....I can post a pick to show you (without cupcakes though as I have none in this week)

This is why I absolutely LOVE this forum, I would never have thought of using anything like that and would have ended up buying the proper cardboard bakery trays!!