In the end they turned out super cute. We had some problems at first because the icing wasn't thick enough - it wouldn't spike up and was mushy. After adding large quantities of powdered sugar, we had the right consistency. Trial and error. It was a fun craft! (the good ones pictures weren't made by me!) Later a few ladybugs made theirselves at home:
September 15, 2009
Sunflower Cupcakes
Cake/Cupcake decorating seems to be all the rage lately. In response, I checked out several cake/cupcake decorating books from my library. I especially liked Hello, Cupcake - the book had great ideas with clear pictures and made it seem like anyone could make fun cupcakes. And so it was attempted:

In the end they turned out super cute. We had some problems at first because the icing wasn't thick enough - it wouldn't spike up and was mushy. After adding large quantities of powdered sugar, we had the right consistency. Trial and error. It was a fun craft! (the good ones pictures weren't made by me!) Later a few ladybugs made theirselves at home:
Need a tutorial so you can tackle this? Here ya go
In the end they turned out super cute. We had some problems at first because the icing wasn't thick enough - it wouldn't spike up and was mushy. After adding large quantities of powdered sugar, we had the right consistency. Trial and error. It was a fun craft! (the good ones pictures weren't made by me!) Later a few ladybugs made theirselves at home:
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those are so cute, I so want to do that. You know I absolutely love sunflowers. :)
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