faux food flower 'cupcakes'

continuing with my floral theme for this month,

i whipped up these fanciful floral 'faux food' cupcakes...

which i did not make with butter, eggs, sugar, and flour.

my friend Sasha ('Saucy') decorates very real cakes and cupcakes

with the most fantastical elements - like frosting flowers.

her delightful creations inspired these flower-decorated cupcakes,

and also inspired my faux gingerbread cake last December.

check out her amazing edible art on Instagram

some projects have a lot of prep, a lot of elements, a lot of steps.

this isn't one of those. this is a one-and-done decor project. easy-peasy. 

i can't even call this a 'tutorial' because it's SO easy.

don't believe me? continue reading!

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blowsy silk blooms pulled from their stems look like real frosting versions
without all of the work ;) 

and when i say 'no work', i mean it....

that's a large daffodil bloom
sitting on top of a few paper cupcake liners.

that's it. that's the 'tutorial'.
sit paper cupcake liners on a plate, platter, cake stand, tiered tray, et al
and then perch some large flowers on top of them. admire. tah dah!

i mean... seriously, decorating doesn't have to be hard. or pricy.

every project doesn't have to be time-consuming.
use some cheap materials and put them together fast & easy. done. 

okay, if you want to do something a little more involved, try this:

take a cute tea cup, or punch bowl cup like mine,
fill it with polyfil stuffing, tuck in a circle of sweater fabric to look like 'frosting',
poke a little hole in the center, and insert a miniature flower bloom in the hole.
boom. "frosted cupcake with flower detail".

of course mine are yellow - but in whatever color you choose to make them,

they are perfect elements for your decor this spring!

having a party?
create a 'dessert' look with all flowered cupcakes to match your party decor.
for an everyday 'spring' display:
 mix with small signs, figurines, and other elements on a tiered tray.

btw, that's not a tiered tray in my photos.
it's a ceramic platter stacked on a white flower vase,
with a plastic plate stacked on the insert from a butter bell as the  top 'tier'. 
no glue, just stacked. comes apart in seconds.
nothing lasts very long around here!

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