Mother's Day Cupcake Bouquet Tutorial

With Mother's Day quickly approaching I wanted to share this super sweet and easy cupcake bouquet tutorial that any mother would love! 

So first up you will need the following items to make your cupcake bouquets. 

• Terracotta pot
• Acrylic paint
• Paintbrush
• Mini cupcakes
• Toothpicks
• Styrofoam ball
• Icing in different colors
• Piping tips Wilton 2D, Bakery Crafts 68, Wilton 32, Wilton 352

1. Start by having child(ren) paint a fun design on the pot for their mother. After the pot has dried seal pot with clear acrylic sealer.
2. After the pot is completely dry insert Styrofoam ball into pot. You want about half the ball to stick out of the pot so you may attach the cupcake flowers.
3. Ice the cupcakes to look like flowers using assorted tips.
4. After cupcakes are iced apply cupcakes to Styrofoam ball using toothpicks. You may need to use more than one toothpick per cupcakes. Try to get the cupcakes as close as possible to avoid to many large gaps. 
5. Use the Wilton 352 leaf tip to fill in any holes between cupcakes and present to Mom!
6. After the cupcakes are consumed Mom can use the pot for planting her favorite flower (that you also bought her for the occasion)!
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How to Ice Cupcakes

• Rose

Start with a piping bag filled with icing color of your choice and the Wilton 2D tip. Start with the tip in the center of the cupcake and apply pressure. Swirl the design outward to complete the rose. 

• Mum

Start with piping bag filled with icing color of your choice and Bakery craft tip 68. Place tip on the outer edge of the cupcake and apple pressure and pull away to make a petal. Continue around the cupcake to complete one row. Once first row is complete pipe next row directly on top until the entire cupcake is covered in petals. 

• Ball Flower

Start with piping bag filled with icing color of your choice and Wilton tip 32. Place tip on outer edge of cupcake and apply pressure to make a small dot of icing. Continue applying dots around cupcake until entire cupcake is covered. 

Have fun with this project! If  you do not have certain tips or piping bags don't worry cupcakes do not have to look exactly like a certain flower to look nice.

How to make fondant ribbon roses

So this past weekend I had a wedding cake and cupcake order that needed 100+ ribbon roses for all of the cupcakes. I thought I would give a little tutorial on how to make a ribbon rose from fondant (or gumpaste). Its so easy and the flowers are fun and whimsical.

First start out by rolling your fondant or gumpaste to your desired thickness. I try not to make mine to thin because I like the look of a thicker ribbon rose. The longer you roll your gumpaste the larger your flower will be.

Then I cut off my ends so that they are straight.

Next, flip your fondant over and add a thin line of water towards the top of the fondant.

Then fold the fondant over on one side so that you no longer have a sharp edge.

After, I have folded the edge over I add a little bit more water so that when I make the rose the fondant will stick together.

Cut off your excess fondant on the bottom. Try to work quickly through each step so that your fondant does not dry out.

Then grab one end of the fondant and start to wrap it in on itself. I try to pinch the fondant a little to give the rose a little more definition.

Keep going until you are satisfied with the size of your rose. Then I take a pair of scissors and snip off the underside of the rose. Then let the rose dry so that it does not loose its nice shape. After it is dry you can dust with color to add shimmer and steam to lock in color. Store in a cool dry place until you are ready to use.

Here is a video I made showing you how to make the rose. Please ignore the loud TV in the background. I didn't even realize it was on until I watched the video.

I hope this little tutorial will help you when making ribbon roses. If you have any questions feel free to ask. Stay tuned for photos of the cake and cupcakes.