Today I’m going to show you how to make an adorable and simple Bouquet of Cupcakes!
I love buttercream flowers, and this beautiful bouquet of cupcakes design is the perfect excuse to make lots of them! This sweet cupcake bouquet design is so simple and fun, and is perfect for springtime as well as Valentine’s Day & Mother’s Day!
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to create several different varieties of buttercream flowers using a few simple piping tips and methods.
Are you ready?
Grab some cupcakes and BUTTERCREAM and off we go!–
First, I made some flowers with a frilly, vintage feel. I started with a dot of buttercream in the center (piped with a tip 12), and then I wrapped a band of icing around it using my Wilton petal tip 104.
This is one of my favorite flowers to make. Make sure that the small end of your piping tip is facing up as you pipe. Try to hold your piping bag steady with consistent pressure as you rotate your cupcake.
After finishing one rotation, I started on the next row. I spun the cupcakes counterclockwise with my left hand as I piped bands of buttercream with my right. You can see below that using an almost identical technique, I am able to get two completely different looking flowers just by angling my piping tip a little differently.
The flower on the left, a ruffled rose, was piped with my tip slightly angled into an open position. I did not form individual petals. Instead, they are simply long thin bands of icing.
When piping the flower on the right, I also used my tip 104 but did not angle my tip out as I piped. I kept it straight (parallel to the flower) the entire time, and the end result has the feel of a ranunculus.
Next, I used my Wilton piping tip 2D (large closed star) to make a hydrangea. I added little dots of green buttercream a little later to finish the look. Quick and easy!
Next, I frosted a few cupcakes with a coat of vanilla buttercream, allowed the icing to crust, and then smoothed with a Viva brand paper towel. This made a nice canvas for our daisies which I piped with a Wilton tip 104. (I love 104 tips!) I also used my tip 104 to pipe the leaves (tinted with Americolor Electric Green). I used a Wilton tip 3 to pipe the dotted centers (and for some flowers I used sugar pearls instead).
Next, I piped (Americolor Sky Blue) blossoms using my tip 104. I started by piping several petals around the outer edge (using a “c” shape motion with the tip parallel to the surface of the cupcake). Then, pipe an inner circle of petals with the piping tip slightly angled. I finished the flower with just one or two petals piped in the center.
After piping several flowers I decided to change gears and make fondant leaves. These leaves are completely optional, but I love to incorporate different mediums & textures whenever possible–I like the extra bit of interest the leaves add! I accented them with a paint made from Americolor Electric Green coloring gel mixed with a little vodka. I also made a small fondant daisies to use as miscellaneous filler.
Next, it’s time to talk stems. Here are some pretty flowers from the grocery store. We chose flowers that had long stems so that we could cut & place the flowers in a vase for us, and still have enough leftover stems for our display! —
After cutting some nice long stems, I snipped them in half so that we could double the number.
I have seen similar cupcakes with “real” stems before and love the look– it is the easiest way to pull the design together. We decided to add a sweet bow to up the cute factor even more ;0)
Here’s a closeup of our flowers! Just choose your favorite flowers–whether fondant or buttercream or a combination of the two~
I also snuck in a blue gerbera daisy–we needed just one more blue flower. I piped it with a tip 81~ I added a little fondant butterfly that was leftover from another project too– he’s been patiently waiting in a drawer for a year now ;0) Glad that I was finally able to use him! Little ladybugs or bumble bees would be adorable too.
That’s it! Our bouquet is finished–and I think that it came out as sweet as can be.
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I hope that you’ll whip up a bouquet of cupcake flowers sometimes soon! If you do, make sure to post a photo in the comments below–we would LOVE to see! xo
oh I just love this idea. Im going to make this for my mother, She will love this.Thanks for sharing.
Louise Cohoon–Georgetown Ill
Oh my gosh, your cupcake bouquet is stunning!
Beautiful! I’m fairly new to decorating and really enjoy your site. Thank-you for sharing.
So pretty Melissa! I love flowers and I love cupcakes, so this post is just perfect for me! =)
Beyond precious!! Thanks so much for sharing! I am going to make this next week at church.
This is so beautiful. It would be hard to eat one it would just mess up the bouquet. Hey you might try asparagus for the stems next time. :)
This will make agreat Mother’s Day gift….Thank you
So pretty! Love the tutorial creating all the different flowers. Thanks!
ooooh I consider this my personal pick me up bouquet of the week…so nice and much needed day brightener!
Amazing!! And what a great way to start my day with a beautiful cupcake bouquet!! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks so much everybody!!! :0) —
Oh my goodness, these are wonderful! I am going to try these for my grand-daughter’s tea party!
This is awesome thank you for sharing my mom is going to love this…
I love this and thanks for the tutorial!
Super pretty and perfect for Mother’s day.
Thanks so much for the tutorial! It is amazing what you can do!! I love the spring colors!!!! Thanks for sharing:)
ME SUPER ENCANTO.
QUE COSAS MAS LINDAS HACES!!!!!!
I think that your site is fabulous… these cup cakes are so cute.. even my daughter comes with me to the store to buy tips and bags she knows what we need and reminds me . I need to join up anually and will be doing so with in the next few weeks.. keep up the fabulous job! we love it
Amazing! What a spectacular bouquet! How long did it take you to do that? Then I can gauge how long it would take me. What a great gift for someone or for Mothers Day.
Amazing this is absolutely beatiful who wouldn’t want a bouquet of flowers that they could eat. Great idea. I make cakes, cupcakes & muffins to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes research foundation. I am going to make this to raffle off at work for Mother’s Day. I know this will generate alot of funds for JDRF.
Thank you for sharing your ideas with all of us
The bouquet is so pretty! Thanks for this tutorial; your tips about tips along with demonstration are quite helpful. Valentine’s or Mother’s Day, this one’s perfect for both! :D
It’s just amazing what you can do with just a few tips and some bright colours. They are just so beautiful and quick to make in a pinch.
C’est vraiment très beau ,vos fleurs sont bien jolies et très appétissantes.
lovely idea …perfect gift thanx for sharing
they are so beautiful, thanks for sharing.
You rock, thanks for your wonderful ideas and inspirations!
Lovely idea, thanks for the tutorial!
This is so beautiful, I am going to attempt to make them for Mother’s Day. You make everything seem so easy, thank you for your tutorials.
Thank You for this tutorial. It is really quite lovely. Would you please tell me what you used for the butterfly?Thank You
That is too cute!
ohhhh es hermoso!!!me encantaria poder hacer todas estas obras de arte!!
Que preciosas flores, me encantaron!!!, voy a hacer el intento. Gracias por la demostracion.
Saludos
This is really pretty. I just have one question. Do you have any tips on how to transport the cupcakes already assembled this way?
Hi Kra Z Cakes— Thanks for the question– I should have mentioned that! Just as with a cupcake cake, you’ll want to put a dot of buttercream on the bottom of the cupcake liner and “glue” them to the board.
As for the stems, they could be added on-site but I think they would likely stay put during travel. Placing them on a thin strip of duct tape may work too. ;0)
Hi Melissa! Thank you so much for share your art and your creativity. I’m beginner in pastry and all this is exceptional, this bouquet is wondurful thank you!!!!
That’s such a great idea! Thanks for sharing how to do it!
Que bellezas, están hermosos!! gracias por compartirlos
Dios te bendiga
I’ve shared it on FB and pinned it on Pinterest. NOW, if I can just do it in kitchen. LOL
Your bouquet is beautiful! I love how you added fondant leaves. It’s Perfect!
How did you make that cute little butterfly?
this is amazing! id love to give it a try!
Absolutely darling!!!!
What tip did you use to make the blue flower with lots of little petals?
Hi Emily, it is tip 81, a crescent shaped tip.
Love this idea…..really beautiful!!! I’ll definitely be doing for Mother’s Day!! :D
These look absolutely delicious! Thanks for the idea…and the Sugar Rush!
Love this sweet idea! The stems really add to the whole project. I found this bouquet by following links from this Mother’s Day Collection Sweet Sixteen: Mom You Rock! Congrats on being featured! And Thanks a Bunch for sharing your tutorial!
On looking for cupcake ideas for fathers day I discovered your cupcakes on google. I live in South Africa and the internet is but a wonderful tool to use to gain access to your blog’s.
Thank you for sharing your ideas and methods with us.
wow, so pretty!
I just tried this out and it turned out quite cool! (if you consider that i’ve never been very successful with my piping experiments)… I uploaded the picture to my facebook site, in case you’re interested ;) http://www.facebook.com/nadeinthekitchen
Thanks for this awesome idea!!
Looks great, Nadine, thanks for posting.
OMG! I AM FREAKING SO EXCITED! I LUV IT! IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL I CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE THIS PIC WITH MY FRIENDS I KNOW THEY ARE ALL GOING TO LUV IT….. ESP THE ONES WHO MAKE CUP CAKES… YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOOOOO MANY COPY CATTERS HAHAHHA.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
They look great!!! I will try to do it tomorrow. Just one question. For the buttercream do you need a special texture? It would be great you can share us the recipe of that… Many thanks and congratulations!!!
I loved your idea, and after seeing it on Pinterest, I just had to do it! I needed a special cupcake creation, and this was the one :) I have never done anything like this before, and I know mine didn’t come out as good as yours, but I would love to share it!
Hi Christina, I’m glad you made the cupcake bouquet and Melissa and I would love to see it.
Where can I send it?
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I made a batch of flower cupcakes for Easter. My mother recently gave me her cake decorating supplies. I have never taken any cake decorating classes, so I found your directions very helpful. I used store-bought white icing and Jello powder for colors. The cupcakes were festive, beautiful and delicious! I have pictures that I would be happy to share with you.
Awesome cupcake bouquet…will surely make this. Thanks for the tutorial.
That looks amazing!! Adding the stems really makes a big difference in presentation
Great jobs Melissa.
Hola estan ermosos
Gracias por compartir, hermoso!
WOW! Very beautiful!
Wowww beautiful, please could you give me a recipe to make a smooth buttercream that you use to make the flowers. my buttercream never turns out good enough to pipe properly. Thank you Andrea xxx
So simple, still, so elegant. LOVE IT!!!!! Absolutely trying it sometime soon!!!
Hi Sarah, our board was 18″ x 24″ . We had a wooden board cut to that size. You could adjust the number of cupcakes you use and the length of the stems to make that size board work for you. You could serve any extra cupcakes you have separately. Good Luck with the project.
Love it! Beautiful!
I love the colors. I see the blue and green listed, what color is the pink and yellow?
Hi Chanda- The yellow is Americolor Lemon, and I believe the pink is Americolor Deep Pink (sorry to leave that off!)
Hello, I loved your cupcake bouquet when I saw it. I made my own version today, not as nice as yours but as I’m very much an amateur I am quite pleased with it! not sure how to share my photo with you. Thank you for sharing your idea.
How adorable!!!
This is beautiful! I am going to try this for my sister’s bridal shower. Since there are about 30 people coming, I am planning on making 2 bouquets, one yellow cake and one chocolate cake. Do you recommend any particular cupcake recipes that would be best for this?
Hi Sarah, This will be perfect for a bridal shower. Your favorite recipe would be fine to use. We often use the White Almond Sour Cream doctored recipe. We also like to use the Classic Chocolate scratch or the doctored chocolate recipe…actually any of the chocolate recipes. Cupcakes made with the doctored recipes usually have a higher dome.
Hope all goes well for your party.
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I so love this!!! It is so beautiful!! I am making this for my mother in law’s birthday in June. I am gonna do a mix of buttercream and fondant flowers. She will be so surprised! The only thing I am not good at making is the bows so I will have to practice.
@Maureen– I’m so glad that you are making it! For the bow, it’s just a regular ribbon…not a fondant/gum paste bow ;0) Have fun!
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Hi! My daughter wants this bouquet for her birthday in a couple days, but would like red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. I will be trying your from scratch red velvet recipe with the pipeable cream cheese frosting. Will this work for the bouquet (she would like me to color it exactly as pictured; I do have Americolor gel)? Or should I convince her to do the classic vanilla with buttercream frosting?
Thank you!
Hi Denise! Yes, you can color cream cheese frosting. As far as the flowers, You should be able to pipe most if not all of these– If you have trouble with the ruffled flowers, you could do large rosettes instead (starting in the center of the cupcake with a 2D or 1M tip and spiraling outward) but I think if the frosting is chilled when you’re working with it, it will be fine. – Add a little more powdered sugar as needed.
The flavor combination of red velvet and cream cheese frosting is just SO good that my vote would be to stay with the cream cheese ;0)