Wedding Favors
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Many brides are now opting to choose something a little more unique for their wedding favors. Gone are the days of matchbook favors with the bride and grooms name written in gold calligraphy across the front. No more mini champagne bottles or porceline swans are being handed out at the end of the evening. Heck, [...]
Tags: Birthday Cupcakes, bridal day favors, bridal favors, cupcake, favor boxes, favors, wedding cake, wedding cake alternatives, wedding cupcakes, wedding favors
Baby Shower Fondant Toppers
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Working on some adorable toppers for an upcoming baby shower. I decided to do a variety of baby-related toppers including fondant bottles, onesies, rattles, feet, teddybears, and more. Can’t wait to set them on top of their cupcake partners-the perfect match!
Tags: baby boy, baby girl, Birthday Cupcakes, cake decorating, cakes, cupcake, cupcake toppers, dessert, edible toppers, fondant, fondant toppers, kids cupcakes, new baby, toppers
Cupcake Toppers-Fondant
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The other day I was mentioning to someone that I specialize in “fondant toppers”. The problem was the person I was talking to had no idea what fondant even was. I tend to forget that not everyone has knowledge of common cake designing terms. If you already know what fondant is, disregard the following explanation, [...]
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Vintage Pink Cupcakes
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Something about the color pink, it just makes me all “squealy” inside. I think pale pink is a beautiful color- it evokes so much emotion-at least within me. The color pink reminds me of things. Things like newborn babies, sweethearts and loved ones, beautiful roses, and vintage wallpaper. I created these cupcakes today and couldn’t [...]
Tags: antique, artsy cupcakes, Birthday Cupcakes, buttercream frosting, chocolate, chocolate cupcakes, couture cupcakes, cupcake, dessert, pearl, pink, shabby, shabby chic, sprinkles, vintage, vintage cupcake
Wedding Day (cup)Cakes
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Choosing to have cupcakes in place of a traditional wedding cake is a very popular trend right now. Some brides opt to replace the whole cake with an elaborate tiered cupcake display while others are now utilizing cupcakes as favors to send home with their special guests. For those brides who opt to replace the [...]
Tags: Birthday Cupcakes, cake, cupcake, cupcake towers, fondant toppers, frosting, gumpaste flowers, icing, toppers, wedding cake, wedding colors, wedding cupcake towers, wedding cupcakes, wedding favors, wedding flowers
Buttercream Flowers
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Cupcakes and flowers make a beautiful combination. There are many ways to add flowers to your cupcakes including fondant flowers, buttercream piped flowers (see photo above), fresh edible flowers, royal icing flowers, gumpaste flowers and even flowers molded out of modeling chocolate. The buttercream flowers seen in the above photos were created utilizing a special [...]
Tags: Birthday Cupcakes, buttercream, buttercream frosting, couture cupcakes, cupcakes with flowers, edible flowers, fondant toppers, fresh flowers, gumpaste flowers, royal icing
Fondant Toppers
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Fondant toppers are a nice way to add a little extra something to your cupcakes to personalize them for your event. Whether a monogram with the bride/grooms initial for weddings, a favorite character for a children’s party or a corporate logo to match a company’s brand-fondant toppers add that little bit of pizazz to customize [...]
Tags: Alice In Wonderland, Alice In Wonderland cupcakes, Birthday Cupcakes, cupcake, cupcakes with fondant toppers, fondant, fondant toppers, Hello Kitty, Hello Kitty cupcakes, Mad Hatter cupcakes, peace sign, peace sign cupcakes, specialty fondant toppers
Kids Cupcakes
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I get so many different requests for childrens cupcakes. Often times, it is a favorite character of the child such as Hello Kitty, Winnie the Pooh, Batman–you name it. But I also get larger themes such as “High School Musical theme” “beach theme” and things like “woodland animals”. I made some special woodland friends this [...]
Tags: bird cupcake, Birthday Cupcakes, cupcake, fondant, fondant toppers, frog cupcake, kids cupcakes, nature, owl cupcake, spring cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, woodland friends
Cupcake Towers
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Cupcake towers have become very popular for dessert lovers wanting to do something a little bit different than your “run of the mill” average cake. From birthday parties to Christenings to elaborate weddings, cupcake towers are now the “go to” choice for many different occasions. Last weekend I created the small tower seen above which [...]
Tags: baby shower cupcakes, baby shower desserts, cakes, cupakes, cupcake, cupcake towers, kids birthday party ideas, kids cupcakes, pink, wedding cakes, wedding cupcake towers, wedding cupcakes, Winnie the Pooh
Christening Cupcakes Take Two
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It must have been the weekend for Christenings in our little town. I had two orders; one set for newborn boys that I blogged about yesterday and these precious little pink ones for a new baby girl. I used fondant toppers again, but this time I used cross shapes and large blossom flowers. For the [...]
Tags: Birthday Cupcakes, buttercream frosting, Christening cupcakes, cupcake, fondant toppers, pink, pretty cupcakes
