Butterfly Cupcake

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Originally uploaded by ACFred

Another first birthday - one of my playgroup mom's daughter Eden turning 1 year old. 1 1/2 dozen chocolate cream cheese cupcakes and 1 1/2 dozen strawberry cupcakes. I thought it would be a cinch. But yet again, it took 4 1/2 hours, working until 11:30pm. Most of the time was spent designing the personalized cupcake for the birthday girl. The original design was overtaken by a new design, which I thought of later. In my original design, I used a 4 petal flower cookie cutter to create a butterfly shape. Rolled fondant cut-out again - i feel like it's such a crutch, but fondant is so clean and holds up against the elements so well.
Although I stayed up just as late as for the other orders, I wasn't as stressed out. I felt pretty confident about the results. Again, the presentation was not what I had originally designed. I wanted to do more fondant flower cutouts but as the evening progressed, three flowers became two, then two became one. Sometimes simpler is better.