Hello everyone!

Here it is....my first attempt at making a cupcake bouquet...not bad for my first time, right?!? These are red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese buttercream

Well done Pedro.

Pedro, your cupcakes look gorgeous!
Well done! Love the container, looks stunning!

Thank you Charmaine and superstar for your feedback on my first cupcakes...I brought them in to the office and everyone loved them too! They tasted great as well

I now have an order to fulfill of 4 cupcake bouquets by end of this month. I need to come up with a good way of transporting them...it was a nightmare trying to get this one here this morning.

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Pedro, very nice work on those cupcakes!

Melissa..The one I have, had three cutters too..
they are really good!
Edna

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Edna, you are sooo funny...I'm rolling over here!!!!

Tonedna,

I love your tutorials after sitting and watching them several more times these are the roses I have made.

Edna,

I have watching all of your videos many times, and they are wonderful and informative. I am really anxious to to sit down and work on my flowers now. But I have a couple of questions.

Where do you get your cloth covered wire?

Could I just cover the wire with the florist tape instead? Every time I make roses, the cone part starts to slip, even if I let them dry for a couple of days.

A lot of places sell the wire covered with florist tape.

I have florist tape in eveery color & like covering them myself. It is really easy, divide a length of tape into 3rds. Hold the wire in one hand & the tape in the other & keep spinning your wire while stretching the tape around it. I am not good a explaining so I hope you can understand what I am saying.

That makes perfect sense, superstar. Thanks!

Thanks, Edna! I am going try that!

Me Too! Me Too

Edna your instructions are great, it didn't take me long to figure out what I was doing wrong.

I have decided though that I like doing the little roses best, I think they are sweet.

Jeannie

Hey, I have a random question to ask...

I'm going to work on a 3D cake later this week and I'm thinking of using RKT to construct part of it. Now, my question is, do I use the RKT right from the pot when it's still soft or do I let it sit and harden before molding into shape? Also, do you follow the same procedure to cover in fondant?..Meaning, do I ice in buttercream first and then cover in fondant? Thanks in advance!

Hope everone has been having a good week thus far!

For those of you fellow Floridians, be safe and stay out of the path of Fay!!!

~ Pedro

I have used the recipe and I have used the one that they sell. I do cover it with buttercream or RI, depending what you are doing, cause if not it will look bumpy. Some people chrush them in the food processor, I never had done that.

Fay...I havent seen her yet...she got scared of me!
Edna

Pedro, I always buy the big boxes at Costco, never make it myself. Cover with BC or RI like edna says or you can do like I did with the ship in my photo's & cover with a layer of fondant or sugar paste, let dry for a while & cover again with fondant or sugarpaste.

Please all you Floridians stay safe out of harms way.

Just wanted to update everyone that I was officially notified this morning that I won 1st place in the online Best Decorated Cakes contest.
Thank you all for your genorouse encourgagement and support.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!...I saw the other cake and I was like...uhm...is very cute but yours is just plain prettier! and lots more work!..I am doing the happy dance for you.
Are you going to take a cake to OSSAS?

Edna,
It is my dream to go to OSSAS, but unfortunatly I am TERRIFIED of flying and its wayyy to long to drive from VA. So until I get over my fear I will just have to miss out!

Oh by the way, I have almost completed all of the roses that I needed for my competition cake (State Fair) and am ready to work on leaves. So if you feel a tutorial coming on......I will be the first viewer. Also what is a good filler flower for a rose spray. I was thinking forget me nots.

Yes forget me nots look great.. and they are easy.
Leaves are very easy too. Well you know you can holler anytime
I am with you for OSSAS. I am going this year as a looker. I want to do it, but same issue..I would be traveling from Orlando
I thought maybe if I start with a smaller cake in the non wedding area I can maybe travel and finish it over there. But the hazzle!!!. I dont know how others do it!
Edna

Congratulations Melissa on your win...
You must be very excited having come 1st.

Well done!!

Edna, Do you use the pearl stamens for the forget me nots?
Oh and whenever you have time. I would love a rose leaf tutorial!!!!

(hey you said hollar anytime!)

yes you can use pearl stamens..they are easy to add and you move faster.. Do you know how to make mexican hat flowers?
I see a tutorial on the way. But ahead of that so you can move..Here is something to make your life easier with leaves make sure to have a leaf veiner..
Edna

What kind do you have. I have the plunger leaf veiner and i have the veiner that came with the Wilton Gumpaste kit. I have never used that one though. It doesnt look like it does a good job.
I am just about to finish my roses now. I am working on them and keeping my eye on CC.