Smidgencakes has a customer who wants cupcakes for her one year old's birthday celebration. She asked for bright pink, light pink, lavender, purple, and white smooth icing...Butterflies, flowers, pixie dust (edible glitter) and such... One big cupcake and 30 regular sized cupcakes...
The only problem I had with this project is that the flavors weren't really specified but I assumed vanilla would be ok. I should have went with my instincts on the icing other than what I went with. Royal icing is the smoothest icing but it doesn't taste very good. Had I followed my instincts, I would have just made a smoother buttercream so that the taste profile fit the prettiness of the cupcakes.
Morale of the story: Follow your instincts. Cupcakes are made with love and if you don't love it, don't do it.
