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post #61 of 148
8/8/10 at 6:05pm
That's beautiful, Hummingbird!!
And, welcome to CC, cab333! icon_razz.gif
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post #62 of 148
8/8/10 at 6:07pm
Oh I like the cup idea!!
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post #63 of 148
8/8/10 at 6:08pm
Oh wow!! Awesome pics and advice! I can't wait to try this!!
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post #64 of 148
8/8/10 at 6:13pm
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Originally Posted by cab333

Would royal icing work in place of buttercream? Buttercream and I don't get along very well.....LOL!

Btw, yay! My first post...I have been addicted to reading these boards all weekend, I don't know how I could not have stumbled across this before now! icon_smile.gif



I don't think I'd use royal, it gets hard as a rock, I'd be afraid of chipped teeth! You could make fondant cutout circles to cover your cupcake tops, if whomever you're making them for likes fondant.

Heres a link to some cute cuppies with fondant tops, from flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cakeheavenly/4181568454/

I think I posted this link earlier but just in case, check it out. Its on how to cover cupcakes in poured fondant. You might like this idea better.

http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-cover-cupcakes-with-poured-fondant

Welcome to CC by the way! You'll love it here!!
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post #65 of 148
8/9/10 at 2:36pm
Thanks so much for all the great advice on this thread!! I just love CC, I learn so much. I made one of these today and love the way it turned out icon_smile.gif
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post #66 of 148
8/11/10 at 4:15am
I love these, and was planning to try them for the first time in September. I'm supposed to make cupcakes for my church group's gathering, so I thought I'd do these as table centerpieces with the cupcakes decorated like mums.

But, here's my question: How would the women get them out of the little cups without getting frosting all over their hands? I don't want it to be so messy that they end up mad at me!
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post #67 of 148
8/11/10 at 4:44am
You can see in my picture above that the cupcakes actually sit up a bit. I didn't frost mine all the way to the edge so they were very easy to remove. You can see more cupcake this way but that did not bother me icon_smile.gif
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post #68 of 148
8/11/10 at 5:00am
I did mine to the edges and I didn't find it to be a problem. I removed two of mine to re-do them because I wasn't happy with them and they removed without a problem. I would go on what look you like better.
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post #69 of 148
8/11/10 at 5:05am
Thanks for the quick answers! I'm relieved to hear it'll work, so now I can start buying one flower pot a week from now till then with my 40% off Michael's coupons. icon_wink.gif
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post #70 of 148
8/11/10 at 5:43am
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Originally Posted by KHalstead

yep, no styrofoam.......only plastic cups. I get a sleeve of 250 for under $3!! Can't beat that price! The 6" styrofoam balls are $6.00 at wal-mart here!!!



Ok, I'm a detail freak, so let me get this--you staple your cups together (which I have over 2000 of!!) and set them into your pot/bucket/container..how do you secure the cup frame in the container.. hot glue?? Do you have something under the cup frame to support the weight of the cc's?

This is opening up all kinds of ideas for funky containers I could only dream of using!!

I quit offering bouquets because of the price of the styrofoam balls--and I just donated 24+ new clay pots to the local 4H to get them out of my way!

This idea is brilliant! I never had problems with them falling off before, I used 3 toothpics to secure each cc and always had them facing "up". But--wow this opens up worlds of possiblities!
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me". Erma Bombeck
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post #71 of 148
8/11/10 at 6:08am
I was watching one of the DC cupcake episodes and they seem to have baked a cake in the clay pot and then just skewered the cupcakes on to that. I say seemed because the camera just flashed across the pot before they started adding cupcakes. They also used fondant leaves to fill in between (really like this idea). Is there any way this would be an advantage? I can't see how it could be solid enough to hold them in place.
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post #72 of 148
8/11/10 at 6:16am
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Originally Posted by dynee

I was watching one of the DC cupcake episodes and they seem to have baked a cake in the clay pot and then just skewered the cupcakes on to that. I say seemed because the camera just flashed across the pot before they started adding cupcakes. They also used fondant leaves to fill in between (really like this idea). Is there any way this would be an advantage? I can't see how it could be solid enough to hold them in place.



I can't imagine cake being secure enough either--maybe a dense brownie--but cake, I can't see it. The fondant leaves really sound like a great idea.
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me". Erma Bombeck
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If God is for us, who can be against us?
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me". Erma Bombeck
~~~
If God is for us, who can be against us?
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post #73 of 148
8/11/10 at 6:22am
When I made mine I actually didn't use anything to secure it to the pot. The weight of the cupcakes held it in place. Now that was the only 1 I made and I delivered it to a friend. I am not sure I would trust that if I was making a bunch for a customer. HTH
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post #74 of 148
8/11/10 at 6:47am
DC cupcakes used a foam ball. I think they coated it with buttercream and crushed up oreos to make it look like dirt.

I hot glue my cups to the pot because I'm paranoid that it would shift or something while driving.
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post #75 of 148
8/14/10 at 1:41pm
This post helped me so much (thanks OP for posting your disaster so that KHalstead posted her tutorial!) THANK YOU Khalstead for your wonderful tutorial! I made some this week for my sister in law having my new nephew and for a friend! They turned out Great!!
Katy
Mom to 5 Boys-Catfish 17-Barge 15-Kangaroo 14-Bear 11-Turtle 2yrs & our little girl Dolphin months
Gestational Surrogate mom to 2 girls 6.5yrs & 5yrs
Known Egg donor to 4 families = 8 bubs between them
Total Newbie to making Cakes!
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Katy
Mom to 5 Boys-Catfish 17-Barge 15-Kangaroo 14-Bear 11-Turtle 2yrs & our little girl Dolphin months
Gestational Surrogate mom to 2 girls 6.5yrs & 5yrs
Known Egg donor to 4 families = 8 bubs between them
Total Newbie to making Cakes!
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