Mom's Birthday Cake and Cupcakes

My mother loves pansies.

Loves them.

So they were the obvious flower of choice for her birthday cake.

I started by making royal icing pansies.

And then basted her cake with butter cream and added a basket weave to the sides.

And added some of the pansies.

I added some cupcakes

to compliment the display

and finished decorating the top of the cake.

Happy Birthday Mom, I hope you enjoyed your special day, your party and your cake!

Sarah's Sunflower Birthday Cupcakes

For Sarah's birthday I drew inspiration from one of my favorite Christmas presents:

There is nothing like a good suggestion to get your creative juices flowing!

Sarah loves Sunflower, so this was an obvious choice.

I'm not 100% sure how she feels about ladybugs, but they were too cute to leave out!

I made some of the cupcakes miniature and covered them with "grass" to add some dimension and interest.

And I added just a touch of brown icing in with the yellow to make the petals more realistic.