Vanilla Cupcakes for Valentine's Day

A few days ago, the whole world celebrated Valentine's Day. A day filled with love, flowers and chocolates. My mom, of course, requested me to make something that she can give to her choirmates. And so, I decided to make some vanilla cupcakes.

Since I have been contemplating on learning how to make buttercream roses, I thought, maybe I can practice and put the roses on the vanilla cupcakes I am making for my mom. For a first timer, I think my buttercream roses are pretty decent. It is amazing how they made my cupcakes really pretty, perfect for valentines day. I just need to make it better by practicing. The buttercream I used is a little bit more difficult to use for the roses but it sure tastes so good. I guess Swiss meringue buttercream is not really the best icing to use for buttercream roses. Anyway, the response was phenomenal. Some of my mom's choirmates even brought home the leftover cupcakes to their husbands. I probably just need to refine the vanilla batter I used but the taste was awesome! Here are the finished product.

Enjoy!