Cupcake Cool!

At Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey’s dramatic gothic-themed wedding in December, complete with candles, blood-red roses and bride and bridesmaids in black, the wedding cake struck a discordant note. Far from being a cobweb-draped, Miss Havisham-style affair, the happy couple posed in front of a pile of cute cupcakes. All right, they were iced in dark chocolate with lace details, but still, this added an odd element of girlie charm. One can hardly imagine the rail-thin Lowe stuffing herself with buttercream, still less skinny guests Kate Moss, Lisa Moorish and Rhys Ifans. But cupcakes have become so fashionable that not to have them would have looked like a faux pas.