Butterfly and Rose Cupcakes

I brought these strawberry lemon cupcakes to my friend’s exhibit at Artomatic on opening night. Half are topped with gold-dusted buttercream roses, and the rest with delicate filigree butterflies. The butterflies were made with candy melts and a piping bag outfitted with a size 1 tip.

Sorry the pictures are crap, but you get the idea. This was my first time doing filigree work, and I’m officially hooked. It looks so impressive but it’s a LOT easier than it looks.

 

Spring Cupcakes

Here are the cupcakes E and I made for my housewarming party:

We made the vanilla buttermilk date cupcakes from the The Sweet Kitchen, and a buttercream of our own invention. We’ve made this recipe before and it’s really good.

My rose petal tip was missing so I had to forgo my original plan to decorate half the cupcakes with roses. It’s just as well because I barely had enough frosting to decorate 20 cupcakes with the little flowers. I was surprised by how quickly these cakes disappeared at the party!

 

Pretty Pink Tea Set Cake

Umm, just ignore what I said about finishing that sweater by now. I’m really close, though.

 I did make a cake this weekend:

 

I wish I’d had the patience to get the fondant a little smoother and decorate it with sugarpaste flowers, but otherwise I’m pretty happy with how it came out.

 This is quite possibly the girliest thing I’ve ever made.