i've been having so much fun with cupcakes this week. for my girl's 6th birthday, i made a swarm of monarch butterflies. they are actually much easier than they look. i melted dark cocoa melting chips and orange melting chips, piped them out onto parchment paper using ziploc bags, swirled them a bit with a bamboo skewer (or toothpick, but i used what i had on hand), then added white non pareils. the idea comes directly from the cupcake book du jour hello, cupcake by karen tack and alan richardson. in case you didn't know, you must own this book! the most fun and creative cupcakes i have ever seen. they're fairly simple even though they can be somewhat labor-intensive, but making a few of these fantastic creations are a surefire way to secure rockstar mom status.
the t.v. dinners are also from the hello, cupcake book. a friend of mine, sarah, owns her own cupcake business and she is a total pro at whipping these out. check out her website here. sarah helped out with our activity at church and showed all the girls how to make these for april fool's day. they were a total hit -- that sarah is one amazing gal, not to mention being way too much fun.
i'm thinking my next cupcake venture needs to be panda bears... i'll let you know how they turn out.
2 comments:
thanks Missy! You are not to shabby yourself. Check out the new Easter cupcakes - blattfam.blogspot.com. My bro is still working on the website, sadly.
those are adorable! you are Amazing! (with a capital A)
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