Cupcake Designed by Dina, Organizer NYC Cake Decorators

Royal Icing Violet in a Flower Pot: cupcake, #7 nail, and a small unglazed terracotta flower pot (washed in hot soapy water), #1, 59s, 104, and grass/hair tips; medium consistency leaf green royal icing, medium consistency violet royal icing, thin consistency yellow icing, small six 30 green floral wires, and small amount of green floral tape.

Base- pipe three #3 beads on wax paper on your work surface. While still wet, hook a small length of wire and place hook down into the bead. Let dry. Affix a small wax square to your flower nail. Petals -Pipe three violets on the flower nail with violet icing, pipe #1 yellow centers, and and leave to dry on a flower former. (Tip: Re-purpose a paper towel holder by cutting it lengthwise and pressing open. Now you have your flower former for free)! Leaves: Pipe three #104 violet leaves directly on the wires. Let dry. Attach the violets when dry on the bases with a tiny dab of icing. Take a small length of floral tape and wire the three flowers together. The attach the 3 leaves. Place cupcake into the terracotta flower pot. Pipe grass over the top of the cupcake with grass tip and green icing. Cut the wires of your violet spray and attach a toothpick with a small length of floral tape. Push into cupcake. (Only the toothpick should pierce the cupcake). Sprinkle with edible glitter, place a small royal icing or gumpaste ladybug or butterfly on the rim of the flower pot.

Ideas: The royal icing violet cupcake is a great choice for a garden party, gardener, gardening club event, Easter or Spring event, women's group, or Victorian Tea Party. Several of these flower pot cupcakes would be great lined up on a table, as favors, or as an unusual place setting. Why not bake your mini-cake in the unglazed terracotta flower pot? (see baking 911 for directions on how to treat the unglazed terracotta flower pot). The flower pot in the photo was purchased at Michaels Craft Store in NYC.