Flower Cupcakes for A Bridal Shower

Today I went to a Bridal shower for one of my good friends from college.  I was honored to be asked to do cupcakes for the event.  It seemed like a perfect swap because when I got married two years ago, Jenn made all my wedding jewelry.  It was a beautiful day at a restaurant right on the water, amidst a marina. 

Engagement Party Cake

My little brother is getting married!  I can't believe it!  His future mother-in-law threw an engagement party and requested that I do the cake.  I was honored and chose to do blues and white.  I used an X and O pattern for the bottom tier and then letters and hearts on the upper tier. 

 Here is the top of the cake with their names and the date of the wedding.

 

Side View

Love Bird Cupcakes

Even though I promised myself that I would NEVER do a wedding cake, I was convinced otherwise with this one.  A friend of mine from highschool was getting married and it was an outdoors rustic wedding.  She wanted me to do the cupcakes and the theme was so precious I couldn't say now.  It was a "love bird" theme.

 I love these cupcakes and the bride and groom did too!  They were the cutest things and I loved pairing one blue and one yellow to make it look like they were in love!

Flower Cupcakes: Bridal Shower

 The bride's request was to have vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting (her fav)...and she wanted her bridesmaid colors to be included (green, purple, and yellow).  I thought this would be a challenge because I wouldn't be able to tint chocolate frosting.

 I cut purple and green circles out of marshmallow fondant.  Then I used a flower cookie cutter to make imprints of flowers (lightly) on the circles. This gave the fondant some texture and was going to match the daisy I added to each one.  Since I still needed to tie-in the color yellow, I added my favorite embellishment, DAISIES! There were beautiful and simple...

Seashell Cupcakes for a Beachy Bridal Shower

These cupcakes were so much fun to make! They are vanilla and chocolate cupcakes with a vanilla bean buttercream. I then made chocolate seashells by swirling white, chocolate, and dark chocolate in candy molds. Then I painted them and added some luster dust while the food coloring was still wet.

I made the seaweed pieces by piping white chocolate on parchment paper and letting it harden. I finished each cupcake by adding a few candy pearls and some crushed graham crackers "sand."

50th Anniversary "Wedding" Cake

Close up of the frosting work and the shell border on the bottom.

Added flowers to the top to complete the look. The gold ribbon was used because it was their "golden" anniversary!

Bridal Shower Polka Dot Cupcakes

These polka dot cupcakes were made for a bridal shower....the colors match the colors of the bridesmaids dresses...Pink and Black...Not only was the fondant pink and black but the cake was tinted to match! They were a real hit!

Here is a special order cake that was made for a "divorce" party. It is made to look like a wedding cake that the groom is pushing the bride off of. In this case it was warranted!