I made my first cupcake bouquet today and it went wrong!! It was all ok til the bottom cakes started falling off the sticks :( I used 3 cocktails sticks for each cake, I'm thinking the cakes were too soft in the middle, could that be??? Is there a particular cupcake mix to use for doing this?
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This is just before the cakes started falling, I think one had already fallen off and I had tried to fix if lol
AThe best method when doing cupcake bouquets is to use the cup method, there is the 2oz cups that a standatd size cupcake fits into. You staple the cups together and secure the into the vase with styrofoam using toothpicks
Your cupcake bouquet looks beautiful!
Incase you wish to try the cup method next time, here is a good tutorial:
I also just made my first bouquet... I was worried about this too.. I used 3 toothpicks in a triangle pattern the bottom one was angled almost straight up towards the top of the bouquet. It held together really well. These are fun to make! Yours looked lovely.
You're very welcome.
Here is a forum link that you might also find interesting reading.
Another thing you can do is make it in a box like in my pic. This is an alternative to the using the cup method as you do not need to use the cup method. To make it in a box you cut slits into your box. Then you insert a flower pot inside. Add tissue paper and a polystyrene ball. I used 2 toothpicks per cupcake but you can use more if you wish. Stick the toothpicks into the cupcakes and also stick it into the polystyrene ball. To make it look pretty I added some ribbon around the box but you don't need too :)
Another thing you can do is make it in a box like in my pic. This is an alternative to the using the cup method as you do not need to use the cup method. To make it in a box you cut slits into your box. Then you insert a flower pot inside. Add tissue paper and a polystyrene ball. I used 2 toothpicks per cupcake but you can use more if you wish. Stick the toothpicks into the cupcakes and also stick it into the polystyrene ball. To make it look pretty I added some ribbon around the box but you don't need too :)
Sweet Tooth Cake Creations originally created the tutorial I described above. If you look on their facebook page you will find the full tutorial with pics etc. Hope it helps :)
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