Order Up: Showers of Happiness!

The Order:

1 dozen chocolate with vanilla buttercream

1 dozen vanilla with chocolate buttercream

2 dozen chocolate chip with vanilla buttercream

A few weeks ago, Marlene and I were playing phone tag - she wanted to order cupcakes for her future daughter-in-laws bridal shower.  After looking around on the website, she wanted the cupcake dress and was waiting for the final headcount to confirm how many dozen she needed. 

The week before the shower, Marlene called me to confirm her order and let me know that the colors were orange and brown and wanted to incorporate that into the frosting - no problem at all!  I headed off to Michael's to look for beading or flowers to match the orange and brown theme - and I found so many cute things! Once that was complete, it was home and into the kitchen to bake. 

First up were the chocolate cupcakes, then the vanilla.  While they were cooling, it was time to plan the layout of the dress and make the frosting.  Once the cupcakes were cooled and I was happy with the layout, it was time to secure each cupcake to the board with a dab of frosting - lesson learned! Once they were secure, then it was time to frost. Marlene had one request that there are no "spaces" in between the dress - no problem at all! After the frosting was complete and all spaces were filled, it was time to apply the flowers and beading!  This part is exciting but also a bit nerve wracking - when you're placing the beading, you want to make sure you place it right the first time so you don't mess up the frosting.  After everything was situated, I was happy with the result! What do you think? 

After the dress was boxed up and complete, it was onto frosting the chocolate cupcakes with orange buttercream and the vanilla with chocolate buttercream.  I love how the frosting color turned out!

Thank you Marlene and I hope the bride-to-be enjoyed her treats and got everything she wanted from her shower!