I was asked to make 4 dozen cupcakes for a school party. Not being capable of doing anything simple, I came up with these.
The butterflies are made of melted chocolate. I traced the design on a piece of paper, then traced over it on wax paper with chocolate. I got the idea from a book called "Hello Cupcake".
The flowers were rosebuds, pansies, daffodils and daisies.
I love that Hello Cupcake book. I made those butterflies (in white and yellow) for Eleanor's birthday cake. But I really like how the white dots on the brown and orange 'Monarch' butterflies highlight them and make them look real. The shark cupcakes in that book are awesome too.
I have the Hello Cupcake book too, Cheryl got it for me for my birthday last year and I have yet to make anything out of it. I've really wanted to make the dogs. Your butterflies are really pretty though.
I will have to check out that book. Not that I am a cake decorator in any sense of the word. Just another book to add to my cookbook collection. :) I will leave the decorating to you dear sis.
Okay. After checking out Hello Cupcake - I found a used one at Amazon for $3.89. Shipping was more than that - but I am excited to see what all is in there. Especially since we have a birthday coming up in 3 weeks!
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I love that Hello Cupcake book. I made those butterflies (in white and yellow) for Eleanor's birthday cake. But I really like how the white dots on the brown and orange 'Monarch' butterflies highlight them and make them look real. The shark cupcakes in that book are awesome too.
I have the Hello Cupcake book too, Cheryl got it for me for my birthday last year and I have yet to make anything out of it. I've really wanted to make the dogs. Your butterflies are really pretty though.
I will have to check out that book. Not that I am a cake decorator in any sense of the word. Just another book to add to my cookbook collection. :) I will leave the decorating to you dear sis.
Okay. After checking out Hello Cupcake - I found a used one at Amazon for $3.89. Shipping was more than that - but I am excited to see what all is in there. Especially since we have a birthday coming up in 3 weeks!
Britt-Marie, They are fun, aren't they?
I love the sharks!
Karen,
The dogs are ADORABLE! I tried making one at work once, but botched it up pretty good. I just scraped the icing off it and made something else.
Candace,
You will love it! The stuff is super simple... you could do it by cutting the ends off of a ziploc bag and have great results.
Thanks everyone!
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