Sugar Swings! Serve Some: cherry blossom cupcakes....!

Sunday, April 15, 2012

cherry blossom cupcakes....!

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...so i am loving how early spring came this year on the east coast......the flowering trees are totally doing there thing right about now so of course cherry blossom cupcakes were needed....

cherry tree from the backyard!

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...these are made with a doctored box mix (vanilla butter mix--add an extra egg and 1 cup of buttermilk in place of the liquid and keep the oil the same)...also had some cherry chips so added those in too--to go with the "cherry" theme...

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cherry blossoms are made with vanilla tootsie rolls....nuke them in the microwave in 5 second intervals until pliable and you roll it out flat....(it works well, try it!)...the flowers are cut with a mini cookie cutter and the blossom buds are just made by hand...paint with some diluted food gels with a paint brush....

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...if the color is too much... just dip the brush in plain water and it will dilute it....add a center with an edible food writer and since the totsie roll is pliable....bend the edges to look like the cherry blossom....

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...the icing is a recipe for black and white cookie icing.....and it worked out great for this since i wanted the icing to be flat and to fill in the cupcake top evenly....stems/bark is made with chocolate candy wafers/melts....

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....and you get a bunch of cherry chip vanilla cupcakes with some edible cherry blossom toppers! Spring has sprung, lovin' that so much!



26 comments :

  1. These look so pretty! So springy! Love that you put the cherry chips inside too :)

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  2. These are really pretty, Michelle! Great creativity with the tootsie rolls! Congrats on having them featured on "Cupcakes Take the Cake"!

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  3. These are wonderful! All the cherry blossoms are blooming in our yard and I love it!!!

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  4. How pretty and what a wonderful tribute to the beautiful cherry tree.

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  5. These are gorgeous! They came out so pretty. I'd love it if you shared these at Whimsy Wednesdays. We go live Tuesday night at 8 EST! I'm following on twitter.

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  6. I absolutely LOVE these! Cherry Blossoms are just so classic. This is a very adult way to pretty u p a cupcake! I would love if you shared them on Sweet Sharing Mondays! I'm following! http://saynotsweetanne.com/2012/sweet-sharing-monday/

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  7. So adorable! I may try to use this idea for my sisters' bridal shower coming up!! THanks!

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  8. I really think these are so pretty! You did a great job, loved visiting today as always.

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  9. I'm speechless!
    These are sooooooooooooo pretty and so unique
    I admire your creativity and your talent

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  10. These are beautiful. It's amazing that you got tootsie rolls to look like porcelain flowers!

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  11. These are amazing! So beautiful! Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com

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  12. These are absolutely gorgeous. I can see myself copying these at some point in the near future. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  13. Those are gorgeous! Great work, they look SO good!

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  14. Those look great!! I love spring and all the color that it brings!

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  15. I love cherry blossoms! Those are so pretty and they look simple to make, too! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  16. What a brilliant idea...vanilla tootsie rolls! I love these cute cupcakes! :0)

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  17. These are so beautiful and just scream Spring. Please share them on my foodie friday linky today.

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  18. This is so creative, too pretty to eat!

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  19. these are adorable! I was taking pictures of all of the cherry blossoms in our neighborhood this week! great job!

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  20. Those little cupcakes are so pretty! What a wonderful idea!

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  21. So pretty! I wouldn't want to eat any of them! :)

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  22. These look beautiful! You have done a fantastic job! They are too pretty to be eaten.

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  23. Wow these are absolutely beautiful! I love how you created the cherry blossoms inspired by the picture. You did a great job, these look lovely!

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  24. so pretty! and i love that the flowers are made with vanilla tootsie rolls instead of fondant!

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