A few weeks ago, friends of mine came to me with a proposal. They were planning to buy cupcakes for a combined baby shower they were hosting for two our friends. Instead of buying them from an expensive bakery, they came to me to see if I would be interested in making them instead. I accepted and it became my first commissioned and paid job! (how exciting!)

The shower’s theme was a “nest” theme with baby birds, blue eggs, and mama birds. It was absolutely adorable and the whole theme came together flawlessly. They found a design on Martha Stewart for these baby blue bird cupcakes. We just tweaked it slightly since one of the guests is severely allergic to coconut. So, instead of the coconut, I used a zester to curl white and milk chocolates.

Here are the inspiration cupcakes:

The cupcake itself was vanilla bean cake filled with lime curd and whipped cream topped with vanilla buttercream (colored slightly brown to make it look more “nest” tone).

Much thanks to my sister for helping me decorate these little darlings.

Cupcakes are available at A Cupcake Co.