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post #76 of 145
8/16/10 at 2:02pm
Thrilled to have read all of this great advice and anxious to try making a cc bouquet. One question...some of the photos look like the "leaves" are tissue paper. If so, how do you keep it from getting greasy? Thanks!
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post #77 of 145
8/16/10 at 3:00pm
Have you've ever since DC Georgetown Cupcakes on TV well they did something similar to what you did and they started off with pouring chocolate ganache over foam ball then let it dry place in pot, and add mini cupcakes to top with toothpicks or maybe use sharped end wooden dowels. that I hope helps you. icon_smile.gif
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post #78 of 145
9/4/10 at 9:11am
Thanks Khalstead and everybody for all the lovely ideas. Can't wait to try them.
The secret of success is enthusiasm!
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The secret of success is enthusiasm!
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post #79 of 145
9/4/10 at 9:32am
KHalstead thanks for posting those pictures. That really helps.
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post #80 of 145
9/22/10 at 7:29pm
this is a great thread.....
make life what you want it to be
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make life what you want it to be
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post #81 of 145
9/25/10 at 10:41pm
I've only made two bouquets, both with full size cupcakes. I got my pots at the 99 cent store and used a plastic wrapped cabbage instead of the expensive styrofoam balls. I got the pot, walked over to the cabbages, poked the cabbage in the pot, and if it fit, I bought them both.

The cabbage provides the weight in the pot, and only half sticks out above the pot's top edge. The toothpicks stay really well in the cabbage. I wrapped the cabbage as-is in green tissue paper & jammed it down into the pot. I used two toothpicks for each cupcake and cut little triangles of green tissue paper and poked between each cupcake.

I did have some of the wrappers start to detach from the cakes, but I just pushed in more green tissue paper. I didn't know how to use the 1M tip then (newbie), so next time I'll frost the cupcakes AFTER I poke them onto the toothpicks. You still have to be careful because it is top-heavy.
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post #82 of 145
9/26/10 at 4:28am
Apti, a real cabbage?
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post #83 of 145
9/26/10 at 7:40am
Quote:
Originally Posted by scp1127

Apti, a real cabbage?



Yup.
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post #84 of 145
9/26/10 at 8:18am
i made a mini cupcake bouquet (will get a pic up soon) and i managed to get 50 on there. i took all the great ideas that everyone suggested and it turned out not bad for my first time but the very bottom row cupcakes had a hard time staying in. i used toothpicks to hold them in but would there be something else i could do to secure them in better? i would like to be able to transport it without having a heart attack seeing them fall out. i used 1 ounce cups.
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post #85 of 145
9/26/10 at 9:57am
I have never made a cupcake bouquet, but from a physics point of view, here's how to keep the cupcakes on. You need to control the arc of the bouquet, or how round it is. Don't make it so round that the bottom row is facing "icing down". On that great tutorial on CC and in other pictures of successful bouquets, notice that the bottom row cupcakes are still "icing up". The ones with the cups stapled are also this way.
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post #86 of 145
9/29/10 at 4:14pm
I can't thank KHalstead enough for her wonderful instructions and photos. I successfully made 6 dessert centerpieces for a women's luncheon at church tomorrow. I'm thrilled with the way they turned out!!!!!

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1818675
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post #87 of 145
9/30/10 at 12:13am
JGMB, very nice! What size cup did you use?
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post #88 of 145
9/30/10 at 7:08am
Thanks! They're 2 oz. cups.
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post #89 of 145
9/30/10 at 9:30am
Thanks JGMB. As I mentioned, I haven't made one, just studied the pros alot. That happens to be the only size cup I have so I got lucky.
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post #90 of 145
11/13/10 at 9:20am
great pictures
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