March 13th, 2012
Perfectly done, but reasonably simple – these cupcake decorations are made of only a few shapes cut out of sugapaste and a little blick piping icing. They are featured on Daily Easy Food Recipes
Mixing it up with some bows, flowers and hearts – all part of the Hello Kitty theme. The pink is a nice contrast to the chocolate icing. Made by Blue Cupcakes
Wonderful bright colours, with cute little Hello Kitty toppers – making sure their hair bows don’t match the frosting. Simple and stunning cupcakes by Love To Cake
So much more detail with these 3D Hello Kitty cupcake toppers. I love the little extras of the single flower on each cake and the quilt effect sugapaste cupcake cover. I’m not too sure about the pairs of knickers on each cupcake though. They were made by Ana Fuji
Here is one made with just piping icing, I love the criss-cross technique of the pink icing. Although I haven’t tried this cupcake decorating idea myself, it seems this could be one of the easiest options for making Hello Kitty Cupcakes. Michelle at i heart baking made these ones.
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May 8th, 2011
Fairy Cupcakes are not to be confused with fairycakes. These are cupcakes decorated with a fairy theme that will fuel the imagination of the kids eating them. Take a look at what ideas are out there already:
The easiest cupcake design for a fairy party is to make the cupcakes into toadstools, as Speckled Freckle has done on her Fairy Party Ideas blog post.
The iconology of fairies is so well known, that you can make fairy cupcakes without adding an actual fairy at all, like Cupcake Sweeties in New Zealand have done.
In adition to the toadstool, Cupcake Woman has added a fairy relaxing against one on her cupcake.
Here is an awesome idea for making cupcakes into actual fairy wands, which I found on Sweets By Dee.
Here Sugarcrushmiami has made a beautifully colourful collection of cakes which feature fairies, wands, toadstools, butterflies, and tulips.
Tinkerbell must be the most famous of the fairies, and here are some Tinkerbell decorations you can try yourself, these are by Karen Tack who has also included instructions for how to make these cupcakes.
Patacake Parties has made this cute little collection that would take a little bit of extra time and effort to make, but it would be worth it.
I love it when someone thinks out of the box when decorating for a certain theme, how cute is this “crashed fairy” cupcake!? Made by Socake on Flickr
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May 4th, 2011
So I’ve been made aware that although Mother’s Day has been and gone in the UK, it is approaching this weekend in many other countries. I thought I’d better put together another collection of Mother’s Day cupcake ideas for those of you thinking of adding a personal touch to your mother’s day gift this year.
Don’t forget to check my previous past blog post on Mother’s Day cupcakes with a ‘rose’ theme. You can find it by clicking the Mother’s Day tab in the categories section on the right of the screen.
The running theme with these cupcakes is that they all feature the word ‘mum’ or ‘mom’.
As I always start with the most simple to create cupcakes, take a look at these cuties by Life As Mom
There is nothing sweeter than a single cupcake personalised just for you, and to have it sprinkled in chocolate? Well that has to be a winner. Made by Yummy Cupcakes
Using shape cutters, doesn’t mean you’re taking all creativity out of a design. These cakes are created with just shape cutters, but it is the colours and composition that makes them look original and fun, featured on The Daily Cupcake
If you are reading this blog the chances are you love Cupcakes and your mum. I’m going to take a stab in the dark and guess that you and your mum love chocolate too? This is the perfect little cupcake for all those themes. This comes from Best Hudson Valley Wedding Ever
Here is a beautiful collection with a great colour scheme, I love the way the ‘O’ is in the shape of a button. These are from the Cupcake Blog
I’m such a sucker for cupcakes with glitter on, and somehow this cupcake from Cake Love has managed to use lots of glitter and keep the cupcake looking classic and elegant.
Finally are these beautiful flowery cupcakes by CustomCreationsCupcakes with the chocolate and pink colour scheme popular with mother’s day, and the attention to detail that is the little butterfly on the petals of the flowers. The writing is created by piping melted chocolate onto a non-stick surface and leaving to set before sticking onto the cupcake.
I hope that whatever your mother ends up doing on Mother’s Day that she has a wonderful time. x
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April 17th, 2011
This year (2011) St George’s Day falls on the day before Easter Sunday. Two great reasons to have a cupcake filled weekend! Luckily for you, the England flag is nice and simple, so lets start with a couple of designs you should be able to try at home quite easily;
Here are some beautiful homemade cupcakes, fitting as many flags possible onto one single cupcake. There come from Cupcake Recipe
Another way to do that flag which has a more simplistic look, but a little bit more tricky to make it look perfect is this idea from jembogawa on flickr
Another symbol of England is the red English Rose. You can buy pre-made roses from some supermarkets and most cake decorating shops. Adding one to a buttercream mountain is simple but effective, like this one from Great Belfast Food
It is possible to make the roses by hand with sugrpaste and a simple leaf stamp can make some realistic rose leaves. Cupcake Woman made this one to celebrate England playing in the football world cup.
The most famous story of St George was that he slayed a dragon, and with that – why not make your own dragon cupcakes with a mixture of whatever sweets and toys you can get your hands on. An example of this is here on The Cupcake Blog. You’ll notice that this is made out of two cupcakes joined together.
If you feel more comfortable with sugarpaste, try this curled up dragon (or buy it pre-made from this etsy page)
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April 3rd, 2011
As spring approaches, so does Easter. As if you couldn’t get enough sugar from all the chocolate eggs, how about some cupcakes too. There are many spring themes to work with, so I’ve found examples of some of the main ones to get your ideas flowing.
A Nest of Eggs:
One of the easiest decorations to do, I remember making these with my mum when I was a child. The nest is made with a Cadbury’s Flake and the eggs are Cadbury’s Mini Eggs – however there are possibly alternate brands of both these products.
From Spooonful Of Sugar
Hatchling Chicks:
These are many many ways to do chicks, but I love this collection with some still in their shell. An alternate method would be to replace the yellow sugarpaste with a layer of yellow buttercream instead.
From The Cupcake Blog
Easter Bunny:
Now not only are these cute, but they combine cupcakes and cookies. Not only that, but the wonderful blogger at Sweet Sugar Belle has included step by step instructions.
From Sweet Sugar Belle
Spring Flowers: Tulips
Tulips are my favourite flowers, so I’m in love with these simple but stunning tulip cupcakes (the sweet Easter Bunny cupcake stand doesn’t do any harm either).
From The Cupcake Blog
A Full Easter Collection:
And for you sugarcraft enthusiasts who are looking for something more complex to try out, how about this beautiful Easter collection? My favourite is the basket on the tip right, genius!
From Rouvelee
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March 27th, 2011
Flowers are the classic Mother’s Day gift, but how about tweaking this to be more personal, and more edible? There are a million different ways to do flowers with cupcakes, so for this blog post, I’m just going to limit it to Roses.
I’ll start with the easiest design, the rose buttercream swirl. This is a beautifuly simple technique – example by Sandi4tpc on Cake Central
Use a large rose piping nozzle or swirl nozzle like the Wilton 1M. Simply start in the middle of the cupcake and spiral the buttercream (frosting) outwards until the whole cupcake is covered.
You can use this technique to do a smaller rose on a buttercream base. Have a look at this design by Claire at Little Bird Bakery
Real rose petals can also be used on top of cupcakes. Take one washed rose petal, brush in egg white and dust in granulated sugar. Once dry, this is the perfect addition to a simple cupcake. An added bonus would be to flavour the cupcake sponge and frosting with rose water. Here are some that jensteele on Flickr made:
Beyond buttercream and actual rose petals, roses can be made out of sugarpaste or cocoform. They are a bit more fiddly to create, but very effective.
There are rose moulds you can buy, in which you press the sugarpaste or cocoform into, and out comes a perfect rose shape time after time. Here is an example by De Leukstet Taarten Shop
If you don’t have a mould, you can easily form them by hand, the simplest way is to swirl strips around each other like Gems Cottage has done.
However, the more practiced you become, the more intricate you can make your roses, like this single white rose by ejcorns on Flickr
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March 8th, 2011
As we are moving towards St Patricks Day (March 17th), lets take a look at some of the ideas out there that you can try yourselves at home:
This cupcake is simple but beautiful to look at, however all the real effort has gone into the ingredients rather than the design. The sponge is made with Guinness Stout, and the frosting is made with Baileys. I have already decided to try this one out myself this weekend.
For a full review of this cake, and more great photos, read Chris Blakeley’s Flikr entry here
If you are confident with making the basic sponge, and the basic buttercream, but not much else (or just don’t have too much time spare) why not try this effective idea by Martha Stewart:
Now on the complete other end of the scale, check out these designs by Sweetie Pie’s Boutique Bakery (n.b if you want to try doing these for yourself, you might want to get started now to have them done by the 17th!)
and
And finally, for a final burst of inspiration, *kimmie* on Flikr has put together this great montage:
the best of Irish luck to you all. x
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