The Cupcakery and More...

Every Little Girls Dream!

All I can say is WOW! I can hardly find the words to describe what an amazing birthday tea party this was! I am truly in awe of what Angie, Patricia, and Lynn did for this lucky little girl Anna who turned five this weekend. I was wishing I was five again just so I could (are you ready for this?):  

Play dress up with my own vintage dress, handmade hat and mink stole with shoes to match. 

Get my hair and makeup and nails done (by a real hair dresser no less).

Have tea (I mean apple juice) and one of my pretty cupcakes. 

Make a beautiful bracelet with its own little bag to keep it safe in.

 Have my own handmade hat box filled with wonderful goodies (including a cupcake bath fizzy), and a take home  bag filled with lots of yummy candy .

What a lucky little girl or should I say what lucky little girls. There were 6 Little girls total at the Tea party and some really lucky Moms and friends who got to attend (including me). The food was scrumptious. One of my favorite foods served was a delicious grape salad (I will get the exact recipe from Angie and post it as soon as I can). It was TO DIE FOR! Anywhoo, Angie's dining room is fabulous (yes, this is actually where she gets to eat every night. Lucky girl!) It looks like a picture right out of a magazine (you should see the rest of her house)! Okay, enough about Angie!(LOL, shes the best!) Let's talk cake! Angie had a tea pot that had a tea set on top of it, so I decided to try and make it look somewhat similar to it (see picture below). It wasn't exact but I was still happy with it. The cupcakes had edible roses, hats, gloves, pearls, and hand painted cameos on top. Everything went perfectly together. I included all the pictures below of the party and then some of the cake and cupcakes of course. Enjoy and maybe you'll get a few ideas for your next tea. Thanks Angie for letting me be a part of such an amazing Party!

 

Yes, thats a cake! I carved the cake from three stacked and iced 8" cakes. I covered it in fondant and then covered the top with a square piece of fondant for the table cloth. I painted the gold trim with edible luster dust mixed with butter extract. The top of the cake I did days before. I hand molded all the little tea pots, saucers and cups and then added tea, milk, sugar (piping gel mixed with food color) inside and a small dessert for the plate. The platter had little fondant sandwiches i also handmade. This was the frist time I had ever painted anything, so I was really nervous on how the roses on the teapots would all turn out. Overall, I though I did a pretty good job (you never know til you try).

 

   

And Now for The Amazing Decorations!

 

Yes, this is really her dining room!

 

 

I told you it looked like it was out of a magazine! And look there' s

my cake on it's own little table and handmade table cloth!

 

 

The tea party dresses, hats and shoes! CAn you imagine?

 

Last but not least! The gorgeous handmade hat boxes filled

with, pillow sachets (yes these were handmade too), silver tea set,

picture frame with a picture from the tea party in it (yes, you guessed it,

they were also handmade). And my favorite, the cupcake bath fizzy!

Hulk Cake and Cupcakes

This cake was made for my friends son who was turning five (what a cutie he is)! He wanted a Hulk cake and cupcakes and he told his Mommy to tell me he wanted a "banilla" cake. I got to make his four year birthday cake also. You can view it here. Everything on the cake was handmade and edible except the actual Hulk himself. The cupcake toppers alone took me 3 hours to make only twelve of them. I love how everything turned out. My husband had some input as to what I should make to put on the top (i.e. trash can and tire). I even named the street above the stop sign after Owen. The cake and cupcakes were all vanilla with vanilla buttercream.

 

Penguin Cupcakes

 

My son's Kindergarten class is learning about Penguins this week and we were signed up to bring snacks. So I decided these would be so cute for him to take. The cupcakes are mini vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and then I dipped them in sugar to resemble snow. The penguins are all fondant except for the white parts of him are royal icing. I love their little cheeks!

How to Apply Ribbon to Your Cupcake Tree

I have been asked by some of you out there how  I decorate my cupcake trees. So I decided I would put together a little tutorial for you. So here we go:

What you need:

1 pair of scissors (not dull)

1 box of Zips ultra thin clear adhesive lines 1/8" Permanent (you can also purchase these at your scrapbook store)

5 yards of 7/8" width ribbon (I purchase mine from our superstore)

1 cupcake tree (I am using the ones my FIL makes, but you can use one of your choice)

First: Cut ribbon to width of first round plate on tree.Cut sticky strip about 2-3 " in length and apply by rubbing the back of paper strip is attached to (see below). I only apply mine about 4-5" apart and not the entire width of plate or it will be very difficult to remove when you want to change out ribbon colors. Note to self: Start using hand cream!

Apply Ribbon around entire plate and adhere the ends with sticky strip. Mine looks a little ruff since this is a piece opf ribbon I had already used.But no worries since this will be hidden by my bow!

 

To make Bow:

I have chosen to make a clean line bow, but you can also just tie a piece of ribbon into a bow and ahere it.

Cut a 5 1/2 - 6" strip of ribbon and a 2 1/2" strip of ribbon. (Sorry about the blurry pics. I guess I was a little shakey this a.m.)

 

Apply adhesive to both ends of the 5-6" strip of ribbon and fold each end to the center of ribbon (the finished bow is 2" wide so you can eyeball it or measure (I tend to be an eyeballer).

 

Apply adhesive to the ends of the 2 1/2" strip and wrap around the folded piece starting and ending at the back of the bow.

   

Apply sticky strip the whole length of ribbon and adhere to the cupcake tree covering the seams of the ribbon you applied.

 

Continue on til you have covered the entire tree.

 

*** To remove ribbon and replace with a different color: Carefully remove bow and peel ribbon away from sides of plate (you could use a blow dryer to heat the glue and remove but I have never had to do this). You can apply new ribbon using the same sticky strip that was left on the cupcake tree and add a few more to ensure it sticks or you can redo the entire tree (I have never had to redo it but I have just added a few more strips). I put my old ribbon in a jar and reuse it as needed. Good Luck and feel free to e-mail me with any questions you may have!