One of my friends had found a picture in a magazine that had cupcakes suspended above a cake and thought it would be great for her boss’ birthday cake.   I tried several different different thing but couldn’t get it to stay up so I made my own.  I took some plastic straws and the rose stands that you would use to make a icing rose and hotglued them together with the glue on the inside of the straw so that nothing was on the outside.  I waited until right before the party to put the mini cupcakes on then surrounded the rest of the cake to make a festive display.