Flowers are beautiful and when added to ANYTHING – they make it more exciting… and Happy! This goes for food too…and this is one of my favorite ways to include edible flowers in a dessert! Cupcakes are Super Popular- and think how excited your guests will be when they include fresh flowers! It’s easy to create these sugared Flowers!

To source edible flowers- contact your local grocer, farmers’ market or grow your own in the garden! For the sugared flowers pictured below- I used organic pure kane sugar with my pansies and violas!

Add Edible Organic flowers to your cupcakes and create a Recipe in Bloom!

Here’s a quick reference list to some wonderful edible flowers-
Voilas and Pansies (featured in this recipe)
Nasturtiums
Verbena
Carnations, or Miniature Dianthus
Herbs -and Herb Blooms- like basil, chives or garlic
Orchids

Bake Cupcakes and Frost with your favorite icing

Select edible organic flowers to create “Sugared Flowers” – for this recipe I chose Violas and Pansies that I grew in my very own garden!

Flowers can be arranged into the icing– as is or you can coat  the flowers with sugar

Add Sugared Organic Flower Blooms to your cupcakes- with this Recipe in Bloom from J Schwanke

Sugared Flowers- Start with edible organic flowers-

Using a pastry brush- coat flowers with egg white

Sprinkle or dip into Sugar- (you can use cane, natural or even colored sugar)

Allow to dry- and place into frosting on top of cupcakes

Serve- or Box and share with friends.