Gorgeous Cupcakes (Part Two), Bloomin’ Aussies and a Winner!

Thanks so much to all of you who voted here and on my facebook page! Fun times! Our Flower Show Cup Cake Decorating WINNER, by a landslide is cupcake #7 by Jayson! Yes, the featured “son of a baker” in the video from last post. I am excited to send him some cupcake related gifts from Macy’s Union Square. Very cool indeed!

Now for the final “Cupcake How To” for the Sunflower Cupcakes:

1. Adhere an Oreo-style cookie to the center of a cupcake and add a few green “leaves” (odd numbers are best, visually) on the outer rim made with a medium “leaf” piping tip. Fill in the rest of the outer edge with yellow or an orange-yellow blend of buttercream for the “petals”.




2. Continue adding more petals, going around and around. I place my cupcake on an upside down coffee cup to make decorating easier. This one just needs a last top row to cover the edge of the cookie.

3. You can add a “lady bug” by piping black frosting through a tiny round tip. Note the “leaf” piping tip in the picture.

4. Finish by adding a few more green “leaves” for accent and place (optional) “lady bug” on top. I add tiny round black sprinkles near the center for an authentic look.

Great cakes! Here is a photo of the supplies I used for both “Chrysanthemum Cupcakes” and the “Sunflower Cupcakes” and two cakes that are started on the right.

Speaking of bloomin’, I am sending out my love to our magnificent Australian couple who joined us for class and who are somewhere in the “wild west” right now, Grand Canyon, Vegas… You were a blast. Sweet travels…