Cupcake Bouquet For My Mamma

My mom is an outstanding baker. Let me tell you, she can make a pie like no one else. She started teaching me to bake when I was a little girl and her passion for cooking definitely got passed down to me. I love my mom. Since today is Mother's day, she deserves to get something special from me. This is a cupcake bouquet made with vanilla bean cupcakes. It's pretty simple to make one of these bouquets. You need a clay flower pot, a Styrofoam ball, toothpicks and of course cupcakes!

Step 1: Bake cupcakes, cool completely.
Step 2: Place Styrofoam ball in flower pot. I used a 6" Styrofoam ball.
Step 3: Insert 2 toothpicks into Styrofoam, then place cupcake on toothpicks, keep repeating until Styrofoam is no longer visible.
Step 4: Once all cupcakes are in place, then frost. I frosted these cupcakes with a rosette design using a piping bag with Wilton tip 1M.

Video Tutorial on How to make Bouquet. (Video is not in English, however it is pretty easy to follow what's going on).

Recipe for: Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
A cake mix can also be used, just add the seeds of 2 vanilla beans into the batter. A french vanilla or white cake mix works the best.