This is great for beach themed weddings. The advantage of having cupcakes is , you skip the hassle of slicing the cake etc etc. Plus, the guest has the choice of taking the cupcake home to share with family or for nightcap after. We very seldom use fondant to cover our cupcakes because we prefer to make the cupcake TASTE GOOD first, then the decoration look good as well. Fondant also jacks up the cost and it's very very sweet.