I made a batch of cupcakes for my good friend Tara this weekend. She
didn’t give me a direction or briefing into what she wanted. We settled
on vanilla sponge and buttercream and pretty decorations. I’m usually
not a fan of decorating cupcakes without direction or preferences, but
knowing Tara, I felt that keeping it gorgeously simple, elegant and chic
was the way to go. I used pastel shades of yellow, peach and pink.
I used the domed cupcake tutorial from Carina’s Cupcakes, which is brilliantly simple and I think it gives cupcakes another dimension. Especially when finished with lustre spray, as it highlights the shape, much like a good shimmer powder does to our cheekbones! The white flower was achieved with the help of a Purple Cupcakes tutorial, demonstrating how to jazz up pretty flowers with non pareils. Both tutorials can be found on their Facebook pages.
My favourite is the bunting cupcake… I’ve become a lover of it since the Jubilee! I even have some pink cupcake bunting hanging up in my bedroom. My other love at the moment is embossing and how beautiful and delicate it looks. It adds a little vintage seduction, perfect for these cupcakes.
