Lemon Swiss Buttercream Cupcakes Alongside Blueberries

I conduct keep said it thus many times here, but it remains ane of my essential philosophies - I dearest beingness able to brand something beautiful from nothing. I dearest that when I desire to give a beautiful gift, I exercise non run to a bakery, or a florist. I brand it. There is such pleasance inwards making something, specially something that actually is beautiful.

The hush-hush is, beautiful is oft simple.

There are no fancy tips or complex techniques at role here, only elementary colors, elementary flavors together with a elementary presentation. But that is the substitution - the edited, elementary await is what makes it beautiful. It is the lack of large ribbon, the lack of a giant pile of too-sweet frosting, the edited modest scale huckleberry together with mint garnish. The beauty lies inwards the editing, inwards the simplicity.

True elegance lies inwards restraint. When you lot conduct keep the agency together with mightiness to become big, but you lot are certain plenty of trusting the beauty of simplicity. It is having the agency to serve beef tenderloin together with lobster at a party, but serving a large platter of spaghetti together with meatballs instead. Or having a shoestring budget together with making Homemade Pasta (which costs virtually nothing!). Knowing that abundance is establish inwards style, versus elaborate expenses or indulgence.

Beautiful together with homemade.

It is taking the fourth dimension to brand something amongst your hands. Time is thus valuable to us. Instead of jumping inwards your car to pass the twenty-four hours running errands, rest home. Open your windows, pour a loving cup of java together with bake something. Make something pretty to give to someone.

Of course, pretty ribbon together with boxes e'er assist : )

I dearest this ribbon. See that fragile stitched edge? The color is soft together with pretty.

I conduct keep 8 colors of this ribbon available, including a natural amongst a metallic element gilt thread that volition endure a staple for me.

Stitched Ribbon Collection, hither >

If I conduct keep a stock of kraft boxes together with pretty ribbon inwards my pantry, I e'er conduct keep the tools to brand a gift. Not having to run around town together with gather the tools makes making to a greater extent than of a pleasance for me together with is ane of the reasons I started my online store - to convey you lot all the elementary together with pretty that used to appear likewise difficult to find.

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To plough apparently cupcakes into something pretty only takes a tiny fleck of style.

And really, silk smooth, luscious non likewise sugariness Swiss Buttercream.

Lemon Butter Cake, recipe here
makes most 12-16 cupcakes

Swiss Buttercream Recipe

two egg whites
1/2 loving cup of sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla
two sticks of butter, softened
nutrient coloring

Create a double boiler yesteryear placing a drinking glass bowl over a pan of simmering water. Add saccharide together with egg whites. Whisk constantly over the simmering H2O until the saccharide has melted. It volition experience smooth betwixt fingers, when saccharide granules conduct keep dissolved.

Pour egg white mixture inwards a mixer fitted amongst a whisk attachment. Whisk on high for 5-8 minutes until it creates a glossy meringue together with has cooled completely. Add butter 1 tablespoon at a time. Add vanilla together with nutrient coloring.

Double Boiler made amongst drinking glass bowl over a pan of simmering water.

The egg mixture is whirling around, turning into gloriously glossy meringue.

Pastel Stripe Cupcake Papers, 200, $8

I used the yellowish together with bluish stripes for these cupcakes. I'll salve the other colors for Easter... or some other Th afternoon.

In example you've never made meringue - this is it!

Emma adding room temperature butter into the meringue, a niggling at a time.

The butter transforms the meringue into swiss buttercream. I tinted it amongst a affect of yellow. I wanted it to endure the color of buttery, creamy butter.

Of course, you lot tin strength out only spread on without a pipage bag, but the pipage does give it a niggling fleck of smoothen - together with is easier than spreading.

Disposable Pastry Bag, 12" Roll of 100, $14