Spring cupcake tower

This is the first part of my spring cupcake tower. It is made up of vanilla cupcakes in plain cases, half regular muffin size and half  (really cute) mini muffins. I piped vanilla buttercream on top using a large star nozzle and topped with flowerpaste white daisies and green leaves. This made up the bottom tier of the cupcake tower.

This is the second design of cupcakes that made up the tower. They are still vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream but instead of piping the buttercream on, I spread it on to give a different effect. I then topped them with a variety of pink and yellow five star flowers and the same leaves as before. I went back after they were dry and piped on all the yellow centres, which I thought would be the easiest way of doing it, but it was quite difficult, and I had to pick off and replace a few that went wrong.

This was the top cutting cake. I iced the whole thing in white fondant and added daisies all the way around as a trim in place of ribbon. I looked around for a bride and groom for the topper, I wanted something different and a little bit more country/spring like. But I couldn't find one I liked, but when I was having a shop around Wilkinsons, I saw these pottery doves/birds that fit my cake really well and I thought the lace effect of them fit the lace effect of my stand.

This is the overall picture of all the cakes on the cakestand. It became the main feature and inspiration of this months wedding fayres.

I am going away tomorrow, to spend Easter with my husbands family. I will be away for a week so will speak to you when I get back.

Happy Easter everyone
Claire xx