Saturday, 11 April 2009

Happy Easter Cupcakes!

I love the Easter holiday, I'll confess its because of the abundance of pretty decorations and delicious food. I adore all the pastel colours and soft fuzzy animals, and its such a great excuse to eat tonnes of chocolate! Even though its not spring here in Australia, it kind of feels like it is...because with the rain, our gardens start springing into life again. Yesterday my Mum, sister and I spent the afternoon gardening and we planted seeds, then I got into the kitchen to decorate the vanilla almond flavoured cupcakes I baked that morning.

I spent ages bent over the bench making pretty little fondant flowers. I was truely lucky when I found an ex-wedding cake decorators kit at the car boot sale earlier this year, it had so many pretty little flower cutters perfect for these Easter cupcakes. I was partly inspired by Bakerella's Easter cupcake baskets, I used her idea of tinted sugar...and was mostly inspired by this quaint vintage Easter card I found on Flickr.






















I have to say I am rather proud of these cupcakes and the toppers, I am having trouble bringing myself to eat them...let alone let anyone else! So, sorry about the tonnes of photos, I just loved them all! I hope you enjoy them too, and I wish you all a very safe and happy Easter holiday! :)

30 comments:

Ms Cupcake said...

Hi Jessy,

These are lovely. I love the vintage toppers. You did a great job!!!

Ms Cupcake said...

I can tell you the date now. It's in a queue for delivery between Thursday, April 16th and Friday, April 17th. South Australia delivery takes a little longer. But, it's almost there!!! Thanks for being so patient.

Snooky doodle said...

How adorable! these are so cute and nice :)really a pity ating these.

Little Miss Cupcake said...

I love these!!! Great colors, great flowers, cute toppers! Wish I could fly on over and get one! :) Happy Easter!

Grammatically Delicious Designs said...

They are beautiful! I bet they taste as good as they look.

Danielle

lyndsay said...

jessy, you did a damn fabulous job on your easter cupcakes!! i love seeing what other bakers are up to with seasonal designs. saw your pic on flickr too. these are soooo cute and awesome! great photos too!

Kitty said...

They are truly wonderful! Hope you and yours have a great weekend. x

lovely little deer said...

How beautiful!

Kelsey said...

Oh... my... your blog is full of everything I love. alsdkfjlkasjdf

So many cute, yummy, amazing things!!

Rose said...

They are so cute B, i bet they took u ages with all those flowers and leaves. I made some cute ones too, no where near as fancy as yours tho.
Hope u enjoy the rest of your easter weekend.
Rose
x

mandapanda said...

Oh Jessy! How on earth would you be able to eat one of these? I'd be freezing mine and keeping it forever!! They're just little works of art! Well done! I'd love to see the set of wedding cake cutters you picked up cheap. he he "Cheap!" Sorry, had to add that.

I was thinking about doing a cookie cutter swap on swapbot, where everyone sends one cutter to one partner, but I've cut back to hosting one swap a month and have already started April and May! Perhaps you'd like to accept the idea and host it? Either way, let me know and have a very happy Easter! *mwah*

Ms Cupcake said...

Blogged about your Easter cupcakes @ Zen Cupcake.

Scrappy Jessi said...

hey there
cute cupcakes. cute blog.
i will be back
oxoxo,
jessi

Ash said...

OMG... these are amazing! I love them! You did such a great job!

Troischats said...

Jessy, these cupcakes are ASTONISHING! I have never seen anything like them. Wow. I'm speechless. Well done you!

Megan said...

Holy cow! Too cute for words!!!

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

These are SOO cute! I saw your comment on The Decorated Cookie and just had to pop over. I'm so glad I did, these are masterpieces!

Vitae Clothing said...

I still love these so much :) They're so pretty and just so good!! I hope they are yummy as! :D

thereddeer said...

Wow!!! These are sooooo cute! Great job decorating these - I would feel the same as you about not wanting to eat them - they just look too good.

zoe said...

Sooo cute Easter cupcakes! i would adore it so much and eat it seem a waste for these beautiful cupcake decoration:*

XOXO
zOE

ellecupcake said...

I LOVE all of the Pictures! The more the better! You did an AMAZING JOB! I need to learn how to do fondant! these look so great! I think one of my favorites by you for sure! Each one looks like you spent lots of time and care on them! Great Job! Happy Easter!

Deborah at Coco Bonbons said...

These have to be some of the most beautiful and intricately decorated cupcakes I've ever seen. Great job!

Keepsake Cakes said...

I swear I read you were a nurse? How can this be? You are a pastry chef for sure! Wow! Your cupcakes are amazing and I agree sometimes it is impossible to edit through the pictures :)
Hugs~
Chelsea Ann

julie said...

these are sooo cute! i love the rabbit toppers!

Drea said...

Those are amazing!!! My nephews would love 'em.

Momo said...

Wow! Fantastic!! They are absolutely delightful and scrumptious!

paula said...

I think i'll have to start haunting car boot sales. I love the colours of your flowers.

Ally said...

WOW
you can be proud, they are amazing!

Felt-o-rama said...

Sooooo cute! Just too pretty to eat :)

How To Eat A Cupcake said...

Omg how are they so freakin cute!?! You did such a great job. (Imagine me patting you on the back right now!)