Cupcake Bouquet for Mother’s Day.

Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. My scrumptious Finn, who cannot ever keep a suprise, gave me his handmade gifts as & when they were made throughout the week!! I was presented with a cute tealight holder decorated by his own fair hand on Tuesday; a bunch of daffodils (from school, that I paid for, lol!), a gorgeous handprint/poem picture on Friday; and a handmade card today. Hopefully Daddy has kept control of a few suprises to bestow on me tomorrow (he’d better have, lol!!!).

My Daffs

 

Mother's Day Card & Handprint Poem xx

 

For my mummy, I decided to have a go at making a cupcake bouquet. Ruth of  The Pink Whisk makes one with the cakes held up on clear dowels, like flowers on a stem, arranged in a vase. I didn’t have time to get to the supply shop for dowells, so I used a terracotta flower pot and aranged them in that.

I took a plain flower pot, lined it with some cellophane, a sheet of tissue, and a big handful of shredded paper.

Flower Pot

Lined Flower Pot

 

I made some lemon cupcakes and some butter cream which I divided and coloured pink and lilac using edible coloured dust.  Then I piped the icing using a star nozzle on 2 of the cakes and a ribbon nozzle on the other 2, to create some texture on my cake “blooms”. I sprinkled them with some edible shimmer crystals and arranged them in the flower pot.  A few sprigs of foliage from one of the plants in the garden, a gingham ribbon around the pot and hey presto! Am very pleased with this first attempt, hopefully Mum will like it too!

Cupcake Bouquet