Hooray for SPRING! Today we made a happy platter of springtime cupcakes!! :0)— Nevermind that it was a cloudy, cold day… and I’m going to overlook the snow shower this morning…. it is SPRING and we are going to make some cupcakes to prove it.
We actually made a video on the making of these cupcakes (which I’ll be editing tonight & posting to the site)….but I thought I’d show you how to make a few of them for a quick blog tutorial!
I love to paint in watercolors ( or at least, I used to!) ….and for me, painting with lemon extract and coloring gel is pretty much the same thing. With this cute cake topper, I started with a fondant egg cut-out, and then painted on my stripes! Easy peasy…. and such a cute topper for a lonely swirl of buttercream!
Next up— springtime hats! These cupcakes reminded me of the Easter hats that I used to wear when I was little.  I used to LOVE shopping for an Easter hat and even little white gloves– fancy, fancy!   So, I had to include these sweet buttercream hats– which would fit perfectly into a fashion themed cupcake platter too!
First, I used a petal tip (Wilton 104) to create a brim…Â looks like we’re making a flower, doesn’t it?
Then, a Wilton tip 12 for the center!
I made three…Â don’t forget to give them a little accent or two!
And then finally…how about a little bunny? Here’s a sweet one–just remember to use a medium too stiff consistency buttercream (add more confectioners’ sugar) so that the head will keep it’s shape– You’ll see the rundown of tips below, but I wanted to add that I dotted on the bunny eyes with a toothpick dipped in black coloring gel. That’s the quickest way to go :0)
Here’s the rest of the Easter designs that I made today!  Maybe you’ll see something you’d like to try out– have a great week!
Love the hats, love the bunny! will be trying this for Easter, thanks so much.
So stinking cute! I can’t wait to do these for Easter!
Lovely cup cakes!!! :-)
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My goodness, I love the hats, so simple-so cute! Can you tell me what pink you used to make the stripe on the egg? Great job, can’t wait to see the video!
Thank you so much everyone for your comments!! I’m so glad that you like these–they were fun to do! –TJ, that is so nice of you!!! I really appreciate it! HoosierHomemade.com is running a giveaway for a free membership! You should enter!
My2sunshines: I think that it was Wilton Rose. It was either that, or Americolor Deep Pink :0) — I just grabbed whatever pink was closest!
Very cute ! I love the colors, do you recall but they are.
Hi I’m new! I’m focusing on cupcakes but of course learning the cake techniques helps me as well. I’ve been trying hard to figure out how to do a certain “popular” cupcake swirl – it’s the green one under your pink/red egg and under the bunny. Do you have a tutorial for that swirl? Thank you! – Jenna
Hi caronjen–Welcome to the site :0) –You can find out how to do this and other popular styles of swirls in the “Cupcakes” section of my videos–look for “Cupcakes with Flair”.
Thank you Melissa!
These are so precious!! Melissa, do you think that I could use a cream cheese icing for the cupcakes?
Thanks aliG– A lot of cream cheese frosting recipes (like the one in our Recipes section) are on the softer side and not ideal for piping. When I have to frost a cake or pipe with cream cheese frosting, I just use mine but thicken it up with regular vanilla buttercream. (Or vice versa–start with vanilla and mix in enough cream cheese frosting to change the flavor) —
However, there is a popular recipe on Cake Central for a crusting (and pipeable) cream cheese buttercream–it contains shortening. Here is a link:
http://cakecentral.com/recipe/crusting-cream-cheese-icing
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Great Cupcakes!!! n Lovely Hats!!! can you pls tell me what Tip you use to make the Green Swirl?? is it 1M or 2D or something else??