Spring is in Bloom

With the exception of the last few cold and rainy days, spring (and allergies) have been in full bloom around here! Spring is one of my favorite times of year, and I especially love the spring flowers and fresh strawberries. I wanted to practice making flowers, and had a new cupcake recipe I wanted to try. First I made a 6 inch yellow cake with a fresh strawberry filling and buttercream icing. The flowers are fondant and the stems and grass are buttercream.

Next I made Strawberries and Cream cupcakes. They are yellow cake with a filling of strawberry cream cheese and homemade whipped cream. The icing is a homemade vanilla whipped cream, soooo good!!!

and the filling: