Submitted by: Sarah Dennis

Sarah Lynn’s Sweets

Here are my cupcakes I made for a garden themed wedding shower. My sister was throwing the shower and chose a garden theme. I had a lot of fun coming up with ideas.

Given the colors were blue, pink, and yellow in the decorations, I wanted to represent each of those in a cupcake. I decided to go with a red velvet cupcake decorated with a pink rose, chocolate cupcake with a yellow sunflower, and a french vanilla cupcake with a blue daisy. It took a lot of time (and patience) to make them, but I think they turned out well and everyone seemed to like them.

For all three cupcakes I used icing dye that I found at Michaels. They were small containers, but it really just takes a tiny amount of the dye to change the color. I found that it didn’t affect the consistency or taste of the icing as much as adding food coloring.

I finished the display up using crushed Oreos to look like dirt. I placed them in small boxes and put a sign in each to distinguish the type of cupcake.