Daughter Q. turned four on New Year’s Eve, and I almost forgot to share my photos! Good thing I noticed them when I was (finally) uploading Christmas photos today. I was thrilled when Q. declared she wanted cupcakes for her birthday, as they take a lot less time to decorate. When she said flowers, even better. These were simple and easy, and yet pretty.
My friend had a couple cupcake display towers she let me borrow. Q. and I sat down and picked our four different kinds of flowers, and then I went to work. By displaying them mixed together, they sort of looked like bouquets.
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| …yellow flower… |
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| …pink flower… |
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| …sunflower… |
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| …purple rose… |
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| …bouquets of cake… |
For those of you who enjoy such things, if you have some basic cake decorating tools, these flowers are super simple. In fact, it takes more time to tint the frosting than it does to create the flowers! Here are some tips for making these cupcakes:
- YouTube tutorial for the yellow and pink flowers
- YouTube tutorial for sunflower cupcakes
- 1M swirl instructions (the purple rose simply omitted the third step)
3 Comments
Thanks, girls!
Jen: It helped that Si’s mom was here and she cleaned the house for the little party while I decorated the cupcakes. It was a team effort. 🙂
gorgeous, darling! where in the world do you find the time?!
Good job. My flowers never turn out that well. I particularly like the sunflower!