Butterfly Flower Birthday Cupcakes

Hello,

This past weekend I was thrilled working on butterfly and flower cupcakes for a little girl turning 5 on Sunday. The little girl's mom contacted me about 2 weeks ago asking if I could create cupcakes adorned with butterflies and flowers which was at the request of her daughter. I knew right away this was a project for me! In Culinary School I was sought out by many of my fellow classmates when it was time to make handmade flowers from marzipan, fondant and gumpaste ... I actually spent one whole day of class making flowers and leaves to adorn the graduation cake made for the class of 07.

Making flowers is something I love to do and I could spend hours doing it .. if I had the time. I prefer to make my flowers the old fashioned way ... the way Chef Schonberg taught me in class rather than using cookie cutters or plastic molds. I like the way the flowers take on a life of their own when made the artisan way.

Since the flowers and butterflies were to be eaten by little children at the party, I opted to make my flowers and butterflies from fondant for better taste. Most of the time I use gumpaste and marzipan to make my flowers only because it dries hard and looks more life like. Because gumpaste isn't edible and I didn't feel the kids would enjoy the taste of almond paste I decided to use my marshmallow-like fondant. To save myself sometime I did use a butterfly cutter to make the butterflies but besides that everything else is handmade. I really enjoyed this cupcake project and I hope I receive a lot more orders like it.

If you have any questions for me about anything you see or read on my blog please feel free to contact me. I posted the lovely message my client sent me yesterday and a few pictures I took before I delivered the cupcakes to the party. Enjoy!!!