Rose Cupcakes

I've been drooling over the images of cupcake bouquets recently and desperately want to have a go and actually perfect one for my friends baby shower. Well the first step is to ice a cupcake like a rose. So I did some research and ordered a huuuugggeee set of piping nozzles from amazon and impatiently waited for them to be delivered. They came today!

So I made fairy cakes so I'd have more to practice on and waited for them to cool. I thought I'd have a go at something different so defrosted some mango to make the icing.

Well it took virtually a whole box of icing sugar (hubby wasn't impressed as we don't have a lot of spare readies at the mo but hey ho). I expectantly fitted my chosen nozzle in the bag and...it popped straight out. Some dodgy Chinese import that's too small for the bag. So I rumaaged about and found a large star nozzle similar to the Wilton 1M but with 8 points rather than 6. Well I'd got this far so I thought I could at least practice my piping skills if nothing else.

Although not the result I was looking for I'm pretty pleased for a first attempt. I think I'll be sourcing a Wilton 1M and 2D though (and not telling hubby). I have to say I'm a bit disappointed with the set I got as nothing similar in there even though the description said there was, but I'll hang on to it for a while as there are some interesting petal and leaf nozzles and some I have no idea of so if I can find a bag to fit I'll try them out.