My college roommate from CU is getting married this summer - lucky for both of us - she chose Vail as her destination location from Chicago. She is going to have a fun, elegant & floral theme for her wedding cupcakes, made by yours truly.
Hydrangeas are her theme flower so she requested that I take a look at a few blogs out there to see how to make the cupcakes actually look like hydrangeas.
A few weeks ago, I happened to have an order for a high school graduate who requested chocolate lavender cupcakes just like she had on vacation in LA. I had a perfect excuse for a practice run with floral inspired buttercream.
The trick is going with a 2-toned frosting - I chose light purple & white since the frosting flavor was lavender. It creates more depth to create the illusion of how a three dimensional flower might look. Of course you could go with any color scheme to match your theme. I recommend white as at least 1 of the colors because it acts as a perfect base for the featured color. Make sure you don't overdo it on the milk when making your buttercream because it needs to be pretty stiff. In this photo you can see how the frosting loosened with the heat of my hand on the piping bag...
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| the stiffest frosting is on the 5pm cupcake |
A bouquet fit for a bride or an afternoon tea
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