I'm the original poster

My niece is looking at something more like this:
www.cupcaketree.com Look at the photo page.

I was/am talking about the paper liners. I don't want to frost the
sides of a cupcake (let alone cupcakes for 150!), and I will be
frosting the cupcakes a day ahead of the wedding, liners will keep the
cakes from drying out.

Cupcakes lend themselves to different flavors a little more easily than
layer cakes, also.

There will be a small (6 inch) cake on top, for the bride and groom to
cut. No layers will be saved and frozen, because frozen year-old cake
has no appeal to either the bride or the groom, tradition be danged.