I named this post flower cupcakes for a number of reason.
1. There are flowers on the cupcakes.
2. There are flowers on the cupcakes.
But they are different!
You shall see what I am blabbering about in just a moment.
So I volunteered to make about seven dozen cupcakes for an event my church is having tonight.
I got this *brilliant* idea to make royal icing flowers to stick in each cupcake.
I sorta broke 50+ of them on the way to church. I think my heart broke a little too.
Not literally. Just figuratively.
In each flower I made a little something special for the church.
I added "ACV" on each leaf. That stands for Alliance Church of the Valley.
Can ya see it?
I just wish the folks at church would have gotten to see them! Most likely, what they will see it this.
Can you see the other 'flower'?
This is my new favorite way to frost cupcakes! Its like a delicate rose!
You can also add some subtle color for a neat effect.
Kinda neat huh?
Well, no matter what method you try, you are sure to be a big hit at any party!
How do you do the flower like frosting? Not the pink stuff, but the white? So pretty and simple seeming!
Love the cupcakes and the flowers. So beautiful.
seriously- I get to be the ‘first’ comment! Those look great!
Beautiful! I love the beautiful peach one in the center.
I love it! Your pink rose sticking out is beautiful. I may have to take it for some of my won cupcakes. I’ll be sure to give credit though. You’re amazing!
How do you do it?? That is awesome! I need to take lessons from you. How much do you charge.
Adorable! Looks difficult but its not, that is the best kind of decorations
I think that my heart broke a little too … seriously bummed for you that they didn’t make the transport.
But they were adorable.
WOW those are awesome!!
Sorry they broke – that really must hurt.
You should do tutorial videos for those of us who are not cultured in the way of baking.
Beautiful, as usual!!
adorable. I would next time take the flowers very carefuly seperate and then add them when I got there. I don’t know they are sooo adorable though.
Even if they broke – they are gorgeous! Just like everything you make! How I wish you lived close to me – I don’t want to have to attempt a 16th birthday cake for my daughter next month!! I’d hire you!!
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beautiful!
Everything is so delicate and pretty. Shame that the royal icing roses broke. Super idea to do your church initials in the leaves. Love how your coloured your frosting on the cupcakes.
I just used a #1M tip… make a small spot in the center, then one big circle around it. It took a few tries to get the hang of it, but I just love the effect!!
Blessings!
Amanda
I can imagine how your heart broke. Your pictures are lovely, even though your church failed to see your self-giving heart felt work. Just the swirl of frosting, looking like a flower, stands for itself. Beautiful work.
Both of the flowers are beautiful. I love the orange color on the one. I must try that for cupcakes for my daughters birthday in July. Simple and yet fance, any little girl’s delight. Thanks for sharing.
So pretty!! I think I’d have cried if my sugar roses broke!
Gorgeous, gorgeous cupcakes! Cookies are my ‘new thing’ right now, but I really want to try my hand at cupcake decorating too.
Those are gorgeous!! More video tutorials, please!
Gorgeous! Bummer they broke but the “backup” rose is just as beautiful! Hope the event goes well! Your church is blessed to have you!
Clap! Clap! Clap! Love, love, love these!!!! They are SO very impressive!
The royal icing flowers are stunning, do you have a recipe for the icing?
these are so beautiful!
Awwww, That’s too bad that they broke:( They really make a statement! Very original and creative, but very delicate:)
They are gorgeous, as always. I love the tulips. It’s an idea I’ve had for a while but I’ve never played it out. Now I’ll have to try!
Looks like a perfect art, If I make it I will be staring at it than eating. So beautiful.
Soo beautiful! You’re so creative and always coming up with such brilliant ideas like these RI roses on cupcakes! Gorgeous!!
I’m sending you a virtual standing ovation for these. They are very lovely.
You are so very talented!
Those cupcakes are GLORIOUS! Seriously. The flowers standing up…and then the rose frosting! *sigh*
{I’m sorry some of them broke….my heart is breaking with you. At least you took the pictures FIRST!}
These are beautiful! Do you happen to have the recipe you used on hand? I would love to try this for my grandmother in laws birthday
The cupcakes are beautiful and your photography is amazing, as well. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this blog. Bookmarking now.
OMG that’s really beautiful! And alot of work! Didn’t your arm get tired? Mine is just looking at it.
But truly amazing work!
Love the standing up flowers. I’ll definitely have to try that.
Oh man..I’m so sorry those broke! They are so beautiful!!!!!!!!! I’m sure they appreciated them just as much!!
I love how you frosted them!!!
OKOKOKOK!!!! THESE would be PERFECT for the anniversary party in January. Do you have a bulk cupcake cost? Email me … I LOVE them!!!
Oops … I should have reminded you … I am the one who is coming to MPLS to host my inlaws 50th anniversary party in August. The party will be in Anoka. Is that too far for me to come pick them up?
It’s so pretty!! I love the idea of a standing royal icing flower like yours.
YOU my dear are amazing. I love both the incredibly adorable flower motif and the understated elegance of the Rose topped frosting. You are truly an artist! But I bet you hear that all the time.
I bet all the ladies at Church were just delighted with all the lovely you presented!
Wow! These are one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen! Love them!
gorgeous! i’m going to totally steal this idea!
Oh my gosh, in addition to insane talent, do you read minds? I was JUUUUST playing around with something eerily similar! Except yours are beyond brilliant, so I bow to you (ow, hit my head on the table)! Crazy cute.
Absolutely beautiful – with the flowers and without!
Those flowers are so gorgeous and the monogram in the leaf is very clever! I can’t imagine how you must’ve felt when you found them breaking/broken!
Hi I have a cupcake business in Perth, Australia, I am sure you have heard of “down under” we have enough actors over in America to have put us on the map! Just stumbled upon Flower Cupcakes, really beautiful, I love your rose design icing its just stunning & your flowers in royal icing, what a great idea, im going to do them in chocolate too. A really nice touch for your church group, I hope your heart has mended by now & you are still enjoying the happiness that cupcakes bring to all of our lives!
cheers Melissa from Oz 
These are so creative and absolutely adorable! Love them.
I love it! I really love the colored icing rose. Beautiful.
Super cute!Love your royal icing roses, sorry to hear that some of them broke. I have tried several royal icing figures to place on cakes before and have had bad luck when transferring them..they always seem to crack!
I really like the royal icing roses, I am totally going to try this idea. I would have been on pins and needle trying to travel with these bad boys, but I think with fragile frosting there are always going to be some casualties.
Very pretty, with or without the tulip. That is my favorite tip! I made blue roses for my daughters birthday this week and they were a big hit. Who would have thought blue roses would have looked so sweet. (I posted one on Sunday if you’d like to see it)
What a lovely idea. The royal icing roses look lovely, but I can imagine they were very delicate and easy. Definitely not one to try if the cakes have a lot of travelling to do!
You make amazing treats! I think you should open a bakery!
Oh my gosh these are stunning! But I would expect nothing less from you! Thanks for sharing!!
These are so, so beautiful!!
I am falling in loooooooooove with these roses. All of them. Right now.
WOW those are amazing roses, beutiful caupcakes.
Magi
Beautiful, just amazing.
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I love the royal icing flowers, they are so adorable!!!
OH MY!! your photos are outstanding! I know the work you put into all of these cakes and I must say it’s a labor of love, and it shows. You sure have a talent there.. Awesome
I love the way you iced the cupcakes… They look amazing! I’ll have to practice that this weekend since I am making cupcakes for a picnic. The royal icing roses are stunning, as well!
Beautiful cupcakes. Love the idea of the royal icing flowers. I’m going to try doing that sometime.
Hope you have a great weekend. ~ Sarah
Beautiful artwork
I love the royal icing flowers! I tried to do an outline with royal icing for a cake because of your last royal icing post and it didn’t work for me. The designs just ended up crumbling into lots of pieces when I tried to move them onto the cake.
Any tricks/tips you can share??? 
Wow. WOW! You are just so talented. You never cease to amaze me by your creativity and talent. I’ve featured you on my blog today. Again. Because you’re amazing.
~Jenifer
these are GORGEOUS! soooo heartbreaking that they all broke though!
oh well, the frosting technique is still lovely
sadly, i doubt i have the patience to do either (stellar) method, but the decorative frosting rose is my best bet. i love the choice of color you’ve added–the red-merging-into-yellow-orange is lovely.
they look so beautiful! I was wondering how you managed to get the peach/rose colored icing to be so wonderfully toned to get that yellow underneath to red edges effect? Thank you
How beautiful! I love this idea and I really like how you fit the church’s initials in to the leaves! Brilliant!
The cupcakes and roses are beautiful!
Just thought I would share yet another connection, you know, besides being Christians in the same Frozen Tundra area. And just for the record, I was saying that long before I started reading MckMama.
The real reason I am commenting is because this world we live in is so small. I grew up with Pastor Jeff’s wife DeeAnn. Actually, her youngest brother Brad and I are the same age. My family has been very good friends with their family and I’ve known them for over 20 years now. I grew up C&MA but sadly had to leave my church in Cottage Grove because of a not-so-Godly pastor.
I’ll stop hijacking your comments now!
I love the iced on roses, especially the orange-ish one! Just saw some of your incredible creations over at All Things Cupcakes. I’ve missed so much! You’ve been on a roll!
These cupcakes are totally gorgeous!!! I love the roses-both of them;)
These are so lovely. I can’t decide which ‘flower’ I like better! The coloured frosting rose looks fantastic though. You are so clever.
Instead of royal icing, you might want to try Wilton’s Color Flow. It is great for making standing shapes and is less likely to chip than royal icing. It also has a slight sheen when dry that’s very nice. I used it to make butterfly wings, birds. Good stuff. http://www.wilton.com/idea/Color-Flow
I heart these! Wish I could try them for a cupcake order I just got, but am afraid they wouldn’t make the trip to the recipient. Still, these are on my list to try!
These are beautiful!!! I hope one of these days you do a tutorial on how to do the frosting rose! I love love love the coloured frosting rose!
Both your flower ideas are original and pretty!
Interesting.What is love,hehe.
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Through the earth, and that is love is the treasure!
Wow! You are amazing! Seriously, such talent. I would love to collaborate on a party sometime!
Wow! looking good..:)
I have been looking through your blog, I love your projects they are so cute and the fabric projects are awesome.Thanks for sharing,
Very creative…with lots of extra..love…
so cool,very beautiful Flower Cupcakes.Looks very delicious.
hey! just came across ur blog. all ur stuff is so pretty!!
So gorgeous!! These look absolutely delicious!!
Those royal icing flowers for the top were soooo nice. We’ve gotta find a way to make them more substantial! I imagine most of us here would like to do that part as well, but don’t want our hearts broken too often. Anyone with a solution?
I’m in love with these cupcakes! Thank you for sharing i’m going to make these this weekend ,,or try.
I love it. Just perfect for Mother’s Day gift.
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Amanda would you please share how you make the two toned color rose please . now that seems so hard to me
These are elegantly simple! How did you tint the center rose? Is it tinted frosting or spray?
so beautiful! Such a lovely but simple idea – I’m going to have to try this! I totally love your blog too so I will definitely be back!
how do you make the royal icing flowers?
WHAT TIP IS USED TO MAKE THE ROSE ON THE TOP OF THE CUPCAKE…IS THERE A VIDEO TUTORIAL ON HOW TO ACTUALLY MAKE THE ROSE?? IS THE ROSE MADE AND THEN ADDED TO THE CUPCAKE OR IS IT FORMED DIRECTLY ON THE CUPCAKE?
Wonderful and beautiful bakery items!
Lee Ann
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These are beautiful. How did you do the red/orange one?
Amanda – I made your beautiful rose cupcakes and posted them here…thank you for providing such inspiration. these have to be one of my fav cupcakes I have ever done. BIg hug http://sweetology101.blogspot.com/2012/01/valentine-rose-cupcake-tea-party.html