Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Fondant flower cupcakes and a shower

Last weekend I had the pleasure and the privilege to photograph a friends bridal shower. The day was beautiful and my dear friends garden looked exquisite!
I also was the pastry chef for the day. The bride loves all things pink and feminine, so the cupcakes were ultra girly.
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Fondant flower cupcakes

triple fudge cake mix
butter cream frosting ( I will not be sharing mine, only one other person knows it!)
fondant ( either make it or buy pre-made)
Flowers
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Make cupcakes according to directions. Prepare butter cream frosting, lightly frost the middle of the cupcake.
Roll fondant to approximately 1/4 inch on floured surface. Cut out flowers with a cutter slightly bigger than the top of the cupcake.
Gently place fondant flower on top of the iced cupcake and smooth petals down.
To pipe the dots- use a round tip and pastry bag and pipe dots around the petal edges. Place fresh or paper flowers on top with a dot of icing underneath flower to "glue" it down.
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The Bride

The bride's sister

The garden
Bridal shower table
Bridal shower guests

16 comments:

Donna-FFW said...

What beautiful cupcakes these are. So so pretty. What a gorgeous day outside for a celebration!

Laura in Paris said...

Oh, how lovely! Everything: the bride, her sister, the beautifully dressed table, and of course the cupckaes!

Lori said...

Those are gorgeous! What wonderful work! I just love bridal showers.
A lot of fun to be on the planning/hosting end.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful flower cupcakes!

Reeni said...

What a gorgeous setting! And pretty cupcakes!

Gera@SweetsFoodsBlog said...

What a glorious cupcakes and photos I adore them!

Cheers!

Gera

Chef E said...

All things pink and beautiful a friend once said about her shower. Your photos and cupcakes are wonderful!

Selba said...

The flower on the fondant cupcakes looks lovely :)

Kimberly said...

Beautiful!! You did a great job! The photos are so good and the cupcakes look divine! They were lucky to have you:)

Sara said...

Your cupcakes are so pretty! The bride is very lucky to be able to eat them.

Abigail Fields Rambo said...

Hey, This is Abi Fields, i was in photography with you this spring semester. I am looking for a photographer for my wedding, and i was wondering if you would have any interest? Just curious, and there would most definitely be compensation, i am just looking to gather several people, who i know have real talent, and i'm looking for maybe a portfolio of pictures. Let me know if that is something that you would be interested in! you can email me at fields.abigail@gmail.com

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Tangled Noodle said...

All these photos are beautiful! The cupcakes are gorgeous, so much so that I would've had a hard time eating them.

Deepthi Shankar said...

lovely cupcakes ...

Chris said...

Huh.....my cupcakes usually look like Duncan Hines had an accident on a muffin. I am awful at baking!

But those look great! Wonderful event pictures too!

Mindy said...

These are beautiful! I'm a little scared to play with fondant...