A Yummy Bouquet
6 Sep
Photo Courtesy of Nazra
A friend of mine had her pre-wedding photoshoot with Nazra a couple of months back and she asked if I could make some cupcakes for the shoot. So, I thought..wow.. this would be the perfect chance for me to finally make a cupcake bouquet that I’ve oohhh-ed and aaaahhhh-ed for soooo long over the internet.
So what I did was I browsed for the tutorial on how to actually make them because although I could figure out how they’re made, I wasn’t 100% sure and I didn’t want to take the risk of wasting delicious cupcakes because of a disasterous looking cupcake bouquet.
And then I found this and used that as a guide to make my bouquet.
Because my cupcakes were just slightly bigger than a regular mini cupcake, I used toothpicks to secure the cupcakes to the foam in the vase.
Although the technique shown was to actually frost the cupcakes before placing them on the foam, I did the opposite. I secured the cupcakes on the foam first, and later piped the frosting on top.
You can do either way; with both having its own pros and cons.
Pipe-first-secure-later:
PROS:
- You’ll have a nicer finishing to the cupcakes because the frostings are piped first.
CONS:
- Your frosting cannot be soft (like using SMBC in a hot summer day) or they will plop right off the cupcake as soon as you try to assemble them. And not to forget, you’ll DEFINITELY get some smudges on the cupcakes (unless you’re UBER careful when assembling)
- You also need to make sure you know where you want to place your cupcakes, meaning you have to measure out the size of the cupcakes and make a lay out on the foam ahead of time.
Secure-first-pipe-later:
PROS:
- You can arrange the cupcakes freely and even if you make mistakes arranging them, you can easily re-arrange with no worries of smudged frostings.
CONS:
- Piping the frosting CAN BE A GREAT CHALLENGE with this technique. Especially if you’re also adding some fresh/dried flowers to the bouquet like I did. Frosting the cupcakes was the last step that I made and my-oh-my, it wasn’t as easy as I thought.
So, I guess it depends on which you think is most comfortable with you. Those with years of piping experience can go ahead and secure the cupcakes first, but those who worry that their cupcakes might just look like goop after being piped should probably opt for the first technique.
This was how it looked like from the top.
And this was the front view of the bouquet.
I thought I did a pretty good job and my friend was also very happy with the cupcakes. I think I might just have my sisters sell these back home as their new side business.
They do make great centerpieces for weddings, or even a gift for a special someone, don’t you think? 
Thanks for this great DIY tip. Looks so beautiful and delicious. One day when I’m brave maybe I’ll try it.
love the bQ! so ure comin home for raya rite? must be exciting for both of you , zairul n HARISSA especially!! looking forward for raya cupcakes entry! hehe
p/s can i link ur blog to mine? kiss harissa mmwahss.
hehehe…itula cik yam. sgt excited nk balik ni. tak sabar nk raya kat msia
boleh cikyam,boleh aje…zack pon linkkan cik yam nye blog kat sini ek. btw, makin hari makin serupa la anak dara kita dua org tu..fushigi ya naaa..
ur welcome! it’s not much, but i hope you do give it a try
zack, it looks gorgeous..
, so bila nak balik, nasib baik dah kawin dan dah beranak pinak, kalau idak sure tempah sebouquet, hehe
Natsukashii ~ Can’t wait to see the wedding ones for Zairul’s bro!
That’s a very cute idea
yeahh…i was thinking of making something like this for the wedding..hopefully jadik la :p wish me luck!
thanks k.dalia!
alhamdulillah dapat balik Raya tahun ni..esok tghari bertolak balik Msia..super excited!!!
Thanks!