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post #1 of 11
3/8/13 at 7:54am
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I made my first cupcake bouquet today and it went wrong!!  It was all ok til the bottom cakes started falling off the sticks :(  I used 3 cocktails sticks for each cake, I'm thinking the cakes were too soft in the middle, could that be???  Is there a particular cupcake mix to use for doing this?

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post #2 of 11
3/8/13 at 7:56am
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This is just before the cakes started falling, I think one had already fallen off and I had tried to fix if lol
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post #3 of 11
3/8/13 at 12:51pm
The best method when doing cupcake bouquets is to use the cup method, there is the 2oz cups that a standatd size cupcake fits into. You staple the cups together and secure the into the vase with styrofoam using toothpicks
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post #4 of 11
3/8/13 at 1:24pm
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Oh I think I know how you mean! I'll try that way next time! I'm gutted this didn't turn out as good as I hoped as I need it tomorrow for my mum for Mother's Day icon_sad.gif ...... Nevermind! Thanks again for tip!
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post #5 of 11
3/8/13 at 3:50pm

Your cupcake bouquet looks beautiful!

 

Incase you wish to try the cup method next time, here is a good tutorial:

 

http://cakecentral.com/a/rose-bouquet-cupcakes

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post #6 of 11
3/8/13 at 7:24pm

I also just made my first bouquet... I was worried about this too.. I used 3 toothpicks in a triangle pattern the bottom one was angled almost straight up towards the top of the bouquet. It held together really well. These are fun to make! Yours looked lovely.

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post #7 of 11
3/9/13 at 12:24am
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Ah I used 3 picks too but didn't think to angle one up towards the top! Lol. And trying to do the piping on the bottom ones was a nightmare at that angle! I'll def try the cup ones, thanks for the tutorial Missy227 icon_smile.gif
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post #8 of 11
3/9/13 at 8:39am

You're very welcome.

Here is a forum link that you might also find interesting reading.

http://cakecentral.com/t/754565/qs-about-cupcake-bouquet

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post #9 of 11
3/11/13 at 7:56am

Another thing you can do is make it in a box like in my pic. This is an alternative to the using the cup method as you do not need to use the cup method. To make it in a box you cut slits into your box. Then you insert a flower pot inside. Add tissue paper and a polystyrene ball. I used 2 toothpicks per cupcake but you can use more if you wish. Stick the toothpicks into the cupcakes and also stick it into the polystyrene ball. To make it look pretty I added some ribbon around the box but you don't need too :)

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post #10 of 11
4/5/13 at 2:33am
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Another thing you can do is make it in a box like in my pic. This is an alternative to the using the cup method as you do not need to use the cup method. To make it in a box you cut slits into your box. Then you insert a flower pot inside. Add tissue paper and a polystyrene ball. I used 2 toothpicks per cupcake but you can use more if you wish. Stick the toothpicks into the cupcakes and also stick it into the polystyrene ball. To make it look pretty I added some ribbon around the box but you don't need too :)

Sweet Tooth Cake Creations originally created the tutorial I described above. If you look on their facebook page you will find the full tutorial with pics etc. Hope it helps :)

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post #11 of 11
4/5/13 at 4:25am

When you are using the cups, how hard is it to get the cupcakes out of the cup when people are going to eat them?

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