Look! Pink Rose Edible Toppers for Cupcakes

Amanda sent us these pink rose decorations she made for a batch of cupcakes, and we're so impressed! She made these stand-up toppers herself out of royal icing — take a look!

Royal icing is a simple icing of egg whites and powdered sugar that gets very hard when it dries. Amanda used a #1M piping tip to create frosting swirls on top of the cupcakes (which also look like roses, don't you think?) and then she used a #5 tip to make these flowers out of icing. She let them dry until they were firm enough to use as decorations for the cupcakes. They are very fragile, though, and have to be handled carefully.

We think this is such a cute idea, and not too difficult, either, if you are moderately experience with a piping bag and tip.

• Read more: Flower Cupcakes at i am baker

Related: My Tussle with Royale Icing

(Images: Amanda of i am baker)

Comments (9)

I'm sorry! I totally must have submitted the wrong info. DOH!
I used a #5 tip for the royal icing and a #1M tip for the buttercream frosting rose.

I feel *pretty* foolish right about now.

That and I kinda wanted to be able to say, "I feel pretty."

;)

Thank you so much for the kind words!
Amanda
http://iammommy.typepad.com

Oh no problem Amanda! I may have read it wrong; I'll fix it!

Oh! How pretty! These would make anyone feel pretty. My mind is spinning with ideas for other things to make. Numbers for birthday cakes, letters of the alphabet, crowns for pretty little princesses, the balls used in various sports.

those are so pretty! I wish I had a special occasion to make something so pretty for!

Thanks Faith. You are the bee-knees.

I cant wait to see what wonderful things you create SunnyBlue!! Be sure to send pictures... that or join flickr!!

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1234430@N24

And spongebobmyhero... I name the special occasion that you need to make these for as, "Spongebobmyhero Appreciation Day." Cause you rock.

Now go forth and bake. ;)

OMG. That Icing loooks really great! Does that icing takes vegetable shortening? I'm seeking for a good looking icing with no trans fats, and 'til now i couldn't find a good one. =/

So gorgeous! I totally want to try that out!

I actually use this technique all the time to make cute toppers for cupcakes, but I actually use melting chocolate which ends up MUCH stronger than icing (and I find it tastes better!). Last year I piped simple "S"s in white chocolate onto waxed paper then sprinkled them with sanding sugar before they set. Voilà! Sparkly perfect toppers in NO time!