"Cupcake Mosaics"

This cupcake mosaic was made to appear as a large tree that had lost its leaves in the fall. The sunset in the background was there to add more color and help make the picture more interesting. My partner and I drew inspiration from the weather in Vancouver and nature that we saw around us. We used 24 mini yellow cupcakes and iced them with different colors of buttercream icing. At first, I wasn't sure about how well this idea would work out, but once we started adding the different colors, it began to resemble our vision. We began with the grass, using an icing tip that looked like clovers, and then we moved on to the sunset. To integrate the red and yellow-orange colors, we tried to blend them together in the centre. Then we started the tree. To create the look of bark, we used an icing tip that had a rough edge on one side. After, we used two different sized tips to make the branches. Once we finished icing our cupcakes and took a step back to look at them, we were pleased with the outcome. It was difficult and it was time-consuming to pay attention to all the details, however it was worth it in the end because our cupcake mosaic turned out great. It truly does resemble a tree with a sunset in the background.