CUPCAKE BOUQUET

Cupcake Bouquet is a very fancy way to show off your frosted cupcakes.

THINGS NEEDED

1. 3.9 inch(diameter) styroform ball
2. a big teacup to hold the ball
3. 1 - green tissue paper
4. rubber band
5. toothpicks
6. 7 chiffon cupcakes
7. pink buttercream frosting
8. piping bag and rosette frosting tip

METHOD

Things to note:

• Make-ahead , the cupcakes and frosting, 1 or 2 day ahead.
• A note on buying the right kind of Styrofoam ball :
• Use a small ball for pinning the cupcakes. The larger the ball , the more the number of cupcakes required. 
• Buy Styrofoam ball and don't buy smooth foam ball. It's very difficult to pin the cupcakes on the latter.
  
  

Making the cupcake bouquet:

• Wrap the ball in a green tissue paper , securing the bottom with a rubber band and cutting off the excess paper.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Put it in the teacup.
  

• Using toothpicks , pin in each cupcake around the ball.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Using 2 squares of paper , fill in the gaps between the cupcakes . Use a toothpick to push it into the gaps.(Do this before you start to frost the cupcakes. I forgot about the gap filler and remembered about it only after frosting 2 of the cupcakes)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Now fill the piping bag with the frosting and pipe rosettes on the cupcakes.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lift the ball and place a paper doily in the cup for a more decorating look.
  
• The cupcake bouquet is ready.
  

STORING THE CUPCAKE BOUQUET

•  If you have a big box that fits the cupcake bouquet along with the cup , well and good , store it in the box.
•  don't have a big box. Buttercream dries out very fast , so I had to come up with something .
• I pinned in a few small skewer sticks into the ball and wrapped the whole bouquet with plastic cling film.