Jessica's Birthday Cupcakes

Even the tops of the cupcakes

(You can freeze the tops to make cakepops another day)

Spread buttercream thinly over the tops

(This is the glue that will stick the fondant to the cupcake)

Roll out pink fondant, place butterfly stencil on icing

Hold stencil down and spread purple royal icing over evenly

When you remove the stencil you will find your beautiful butterfly

Using a fluted cutter cut your round, the same size as the top of your cupcake

Place on top of prepared cupcakes

You can use different templates to create different effects

You can also sprinkle with edible glitter

1/3 of the cupcakes were piped with buttercream using a star nozzle to create rosettes

I added strawberry jelly crystals to the buttercream to create the pink colour and strawberry flavour

Using a large petal tip, start piping from the middle to the outside

Turn cupcake as you pipe

Starting in the centre again pipe only halfway out then back into the centre

Sprinkle with edible glitter and top with a pressed butterflies

To make butterflies - Roll fondant thin, press with butterfly cutter and lay in V shape formwork to create shape 

 Allow to dry overnight before using

I piped these lace butterflies using royal icing

they need to dry before you can place them on the cupcakes

(Create these the day before)

Lace butterfly with rosette piping

Pressed butterfly with petal piping

Stencilled butterfly on fondant

Final arrangement

The dilemma created was... which cupcake to eat first?