Hello Cupcake!

So I got this new book a couple of weeks ago titled, "Hello Cupcake".. it's the cutest book that instructs you on how to decorate cupcakes easily!

So I thought I'd try my luck with the sunflower design.

You start out baking 24 vanilla cupcakes, tinting vanilla icing green, orange, yellow and black..

covering them with the green,


then topping them with regular and bite sized oreos next..

And then you frosting around the oreos with orange and yellow to make the petals of the sunflowers... and then use a red m&m for the ladybug with black grosting to make the spots..




I did really well with the first few flowers, the book instructs you to use a ziplock freezer bag and scotch tape on the corners, then cut a V-tip to make the petals.. it said that it was easier and less messy than a frosting bag with tip.. I found this NOT to be true. Even with tape reinforcing the tip, my V shape would be screwed up by the third flower.. making them blobby... I got discouraged.. and well.. don't tell Evie I used this word..) but I "gave up" Evie would say, in her own words "When things go wrong, don't give up" LOL Well.. I had HAD it with that frosting.. I KNOW I could have done it if I had the bag and tip.. next time, I will do just that!

The few that came out were cute, though! Don't know which ones I will make next!!