You guys. YOU GUYS. I wanted to share this post with you earlier but I had to stop crying first. Ok, ok, I am being overly dramatic. But let me tell you what happened after I made these rose cupcakes!
I got this *brilliant* idea to make royal icing roses to stick in each cupcake. I spent hours piping out each individual flower with pink and green and then went back in and added an extra detail into each flower. I set them out of the way of the children so they could properly dry away from tiny hands and curious eyes.
I baked cupcakes and piped buttercream roses on top.
Next I assembled. This went a little slower than I thought because I wanted to be so very careful when inserting those roses into the cupcake.
An hour later I had completed 7 dozen cupcakes with beautiful royal icing roses sticking out.
And then.
Then.
I drove to the church. Parked. Got out of the car, walked to the back, opened the door and…
broken. AALL OF THEM. Royal icing roses are just not meant to withstand the jarring of driving. I had nothing to give to the church!
My heart broke into a million pieces… kinda like the roses.
Here is a close up of the leaf detail that I added for the church.
I has added an “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! 🙁
And for the cupcakes themselves I did a simple rosette with a 1M tip. This is the whipped buttercream recipe that I used… my favorite!
You can also add some subtle color for a neat effect.
Kinda neat huh?
If I were going to make these again I would use candy melts (chocolate) and make sure the roses stayed chilled. 🙂
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!! :o)
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.