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Happy Birthday Amelia

May 13, 2014 By Julie Menghini 3 Comments

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Happy Birthday Amelia

Happy Birthday Amelia

I love to bake and enjoy decorating bakery goods on occasion.  Since my temperamental waistline doesn’t support continuous baking, I get a lot of satisfaction baking for special birthdays or events at my husband’s workplace.

Last weekend, my neighbor Amelia celebrated her 7th birthday.  She was having a party that included her school classmates, and  I volunteered to provide the cupcakes for her treats. Amelia’s mother stated that butterflies were on her wish list this year.

Amelia loves many of the colors that other girls like, and I know pink is her favorite, so I set out to make some colorful cupcakes. Her party was on Saturday, so on Wednesday I made fondant butterflies and coordinating flowers.  I found a small cookie cutter of a butterfly which I used to cut out my butterflies from colored rolled fondant.  I  have a “fork” fondant tool that I used to stamp the lines in the wings.  I also used a flower punch to cut out flowers in the same colors.  I made accordion folds in pieces of card stock and dried my butterflies in flight shape.  Once dry, I sprayed them with food grade pearl spray.

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On Friday I made the cupcakes and frosted them with Vanilla Buttercream frosting in pink, yellow and green.  I also made some Chocolate Buttercream.  Click here for the recipe.  I have made several changes to the recipe and finally, have what I believe is a great frosting.  It is creamy and non-greasy.  As you can see, I used a separate frosting tip for each color.  The stars on the green cupcakes resemble grass.  The pink cupcakes resemble a rose, and the yellow and chocolate are different flowers as well.

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Amelia was very happy with the results, and was kind enough to pose with the baker! (Did I mention that I made 70 cupcakes?)  Four of them magically stayed at my house.

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Her buddy Maci even made the picture!

Are you a baker?  What is your specialty?

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  1. Rainbow Cupcakes | HostessAtHeart says:
    May 27, 2014 at 8:08 am

    […] you read my post on the butterfly cupcakes, you will recognize my cupcake model, […]

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  2. Rainbow Cupcakes says:
    May 10, 2015 at 10:15 pm

    […] you read my post on the butterfly cupcakes, you will recognize my cupcake model, […]

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  3. Minion Cupcakes says:
    July 31, 2015 at 7:58 am

    […] I are very lucky to have the neighbors that we do.  You may recall the Rainbow cupcakes or the Birthday cupcakes that we made for Amelia.Not long ago, Amelia’s father celebrated a birthday.  Every […]

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Thank you for visiting! My name is Julie and I love to cook and bake. I try to use simple in-season or readily available ingredients. I also love to, travel, garden and spend time with family, friends, and my dog Maci. Oh and I overuse exclamation marks! Read More…

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