12 Most Too-Beautiful-to-Eat Cupcakes

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If Pinterest is good for one thing, it’s showing me how completely inadequate I am in the cake decorating arena. My idea of a good cupcake is one that rose, didn’t cave in the middle and has canned frosting slathered on top. After all, it’s just going to get eaten anyhow. Why would I spend more than a few minutes, or even HOURS, decorating food? Obviously the cake designers of the world have a different opinion and they are pinning their creations all over Pinterest with wild abandon.

Here are 12 cupcakes I can’t even imagine making, let alone allowing anyone to eat if I did make them.

1. Vanilla Seashell

Yes, those shells are hand made from white chocolate and hand painted to look that realistic.

2. Antique Autos

It looks like they’ve plopped Hot Wheels on each one, but those are edible vintage Morrises.

3. Happy Holidays Assortment

Each one of these is a work of art unto itself, but the entire collection is beyond belief.

4. Ravenous Rabbit

At least this designer saved herself some time by only doing half of the bunny! There’s a complete tutorial on her blog if you’re feeling adventurous.

5. Sweet Bunny

If you didn’t know this was edible, you’d think it was something right out of the Precious Moments porcelain collection!

6. Pink, Blue & Gold Vintage

These remind me of the tiny, little Royal Doulton porcelain rose cups my grandmother kept on her mantle… can these really be edible?

7. A Mini Garden

These give “gardening in a pot” a whole new meaning.

8. Hydrangea Cupcakes

I can’t even make a real Hydrangea turn that pretty blue color, so I’m definitely not going to tackle the frosting! If it weren’t for the chocolate base, I don’t think you could tell the cupcake from the actual plant — so realistic.

9. Designer Handbags

(photo link: http://ricochetandaway.blogspot.ca/2012/02/designer-handbag-cupcakes.html)
These cupcakes are priced like the designer bags they’re modeled after. At $16 each I probably would want to put them in my china cabinet, not my stomach!

10. Platform Heels

(photo link: http://cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.ca/2012/01/fashionista-cupcake-alert-cupcake-high.html)
I love a great pair of amazing heels, but these are probably the only platforms I’ll bring to my house.

11. Peacock

This is undoubtedly the most amazing cupcake I’ve ever seen. I cannot imagine how many hours went into it’s creation. It was a submission for a contest, but I couldn’t see whether or not she won.

12. Hamburger and Fries

Yes, that’s right, the full meal deal in a cupcake. I always said “Life is short. East dessert first.” Now you can kill two birds with one stone, so to speak.

So, all you Martha Stewart wannabes… go forth and frost that mini cake. Apparantly there IS a way to make the frosting stiff. There is a way to sculpt food into tiny little animals. There is a way to make your girlfriends eternally jealous of your mad frosting talents.

Featured image courtesy of ajagendorf25 via Creative Commons.

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Anita Hovey

http://twirp.ca/

Anita is commonly referred to as the Head Twirp. By day she's a mild-mannered (NOT) social media consultant and trainer, at her own company Twirp Communications. By night she's a paper crafting super hero (PERHAPS). Addicted to all things pretty and frilly, lover of all colors, chewer of cinnamon gum, wearer of awesome boots, and not afraid to admit her friends live in her computer. She just wishes Dexter Morgan and Eric Northman would come OUT of her computer. Find Anita on Pinterest too!