Last summer, I made cupcakes for the birthday party of my then-boyfriend’s sister. The birthday girl and her guests went crazy over the completely-edible sailboat, butterfly, watermelon, swimmer, flip-flops, etc. (Pictures here) Their parents all took down my phone number, and one of the party-goers recently called me with this request: Could I please make cupcakes for her birthday? But of course! Hmmm, now what kind of cupcakes would I be asked to make?
Perhaps she’d request shimmery, magical mermaids? Or cute, cuddly animals? With visions of Disney Princesses dancing in my head, I excitedly asked the little girl what she wanted on her cupcakes.
“Flowers,” she said, matter-of-factly.
“Different flowers on each cupcake?”
“Nope; all the same.”
Well o-kaaay. It was her birthday, after all. And so, the following cupcakes were born:
And they all lived happily ever after.
Edited to add: The cupcake recipe I used is the Classic Vanilla recipe found in Vegan Cupcakes take over the World. I used the same frosting as in this post. (I colored the frosting with Wilton food coloring.) And the flowers are made of fondant, which means they’re 100% edible!
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picture perfect as always
Those are beautiful art! I would not be able to eat them.
Those are so darn cute!
oh… these cupcakes are soooooo cute!!! I’d ask you to make them for me too!
I say you should start up a cupcake shop! How cute!
Gorgeous! I bet she loved them! You are so talented!
I personally make it a whole foods cooking rule to try and avoid decorating food with themes- but if ever I were to go against that rule- it would have to be with your sweet pretty cupcakes.
Wow, those look fabulous. What do you use to make you icing–it always looks so perfect. The alternating cupcake colors remind me of spring. I agree: you should definitely think about starting a cupcake shop. I bet it would be fabulous.
I love making my boyfriend cupcakes, the dairy-free icing is always my problem so my cupcakes end up icing-less and naked. And I think he’s starting to miss brightly frosted cupcakes too.
can you send me a beautifully decorated cupcake?!?! they all look so beautiful! is that marzipan that you make the flowers and stuff out of or some type of fondant? i haven’t worked with either, but i am open to trying it out!
Its like an edible garden!!! I’m totally putting those on Cute Food Saturday!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! You are certainly talented!!
SUPER CUTE!! Did you know that today is national cupcake day?!
wow they must’ve taken hours to create! I hope they went down OK with the birthday girl!
Awww, those are sooo pretty! You are way cupcake-talented! I don’t always have the patience to spend a ton of time making my desserts, mostly because I’m always in a hurry to eat them! But I guess it’s different when you’re baking for a “customer,” and you really want them to think vegan food is fun. Great job!
Beautiful!!! But you are the cupcake queen =)
Oh my gosh those cupcakes are gorrrrrrgeous
At least she knew what she wanted! They turned out so cute!
Katie, they are so adorable!! My birthday is Monday, want to bring cupcakes???
Cute! The flowers and pastels are perfect for spring.
those are gnawdorable.
ADORABLE!
You really are the cupcake queen! Those are so adorable, I wish I could eat one!
so cute and cheerful! Perfect for the start of spring
adorable!
Very pretty
I would probably get you to make penguin cupcakes if it were my birthday. Actually, I have a big one coming up this summer, so…ya know… 
those cupcakes are adorable!!!!! do you mind telling me how you made them? my sisters wedding is coming up.. i am semi-in charge of the cupcake towers.. i would love to get an EDGE for decorating!!! thanks!
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Katie–You rock!
Katie can reclaim her cupcake frosting crown once again folks!
By the way, what kind of frosting/fondunt do you use? :0
those are awesome. that’s so cool that you got “booked” for a party through a positive reference- you go girl!
what did you make the flowers out of? fondant?
You should totally open a cupcake shop. You could team up with Duff from Ace of Cakes since he hates making cupcakes, but definately has the demand
I mean, cupcakes rock!
Adorable! Your cupcake posts are so much fun. I love the picture of them all together at the end.
Return of the cupcakes!! Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous
those are adorable!!! i always wanted flowers on my cake when i was little…especially the roses made of sugar
Love your cupcakes! And you still managed variety with the different frosting colors
GORGEOUS Katie!! Come and make cupcakes for my birthday?
I do believe these are the cutest cupcakes I ever have seen!
Absolutely adorable! They are so lucky to have CCV to make such beautiful creations
OMG the icing sits in a perfect little mound atop the cakes – SO creamy and tempting, mmmm. plz airmail me some tmr, k? k good.
xoxo
Your cupcakes are always so perfect! What’s your secret?!
beautiful! I love the colors!
Do you use fondant for the flowers?
Those are absolutely beautiful! I’m totally hiring you for birthday parties when I have kids someday!!!
So beautiful!!! And I am sure really yummy!
Katie,
I.Am.In.Awe.
Wow you are talented!
With Love,
Emily
absolutely gorgeous. your frosting looks so glossy and gorgeous! how do you get it like that???
So colorful!! Your cupcakes are always impressive
Have you considered starting a little cupcake business? These are really cute unlike the spray-on florescent colors they use on grocery store cupcakes. I bet you’d get a ton of customers!
“CCV Cupcakes!”
They look tasty too, hope you saved one for yourself!
Almost too cute to eat…….almost! I’d gobble one up for sure! They are just adorable Katie. I’d hire ya for my upcoming b-day
You deserve a Cookiemouse tweet!
http://twitter.com/Cookiemouse/status/1388529922
Those are incredible! I love the flowers! YAY for return of the cuppycakes!
gorgeous!! flower power
BEAUtiful cupcakes
Aw, those are adorable. You really are the cupcake queen, dude. I wish I lived closer so I could call on you for cuppie requests.
How sweet!! The cupcakes really look great. I bet she’ll remember those when she’s all grown up, too?
Those are SO ADORABLE!! In fact, they are downright groovy! Flower power for sure!
they’re sooo beautiful!!
love em!
I know a certain birthday girl was very happy – beautiful job!
Those are stunning, the flowers are just perfect! I might need to commission you for my birthday next year
Beautiful!
NAOmni
They look adorable!
Adorable! What a lucky birthday girl! All Hail Her Majesty the Cupcake Queen!
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