Orange October - No bake cupcake

Halloween is near so my October change the color  from Pink to Orange.
Is so much fun to create ornamental cupcakes that I must to share this simple recipe.
So let's start  to bake the No bake cupcake :)

R.I.P. diet 

Ingredients :
1 Black plate for setting

1 Brick of Oasis Rainbow floral foam in orange  and  1 in grey color

Oasis Rainbow Foam

Oasis Rainbow Foam Grey

2 Cupcake papers from black foil because they stand up better. If you don't have , you can use regular cupcake papers spray them with Oasis Glue spray and sprinkle with black sand decorations. 

Cupcake papers from black foil

1 Long oval shape White rainbow foam pebble (If this is not available use one slice of white foam ,1 cm thick) 

Oasis Pebble 

1 Set of Spider web decoration and spiders:

Spider Web

Few dry leaves in autumn colors.
Solanum pseudocapsicum fruits or any others small size orange berry or fruits .

Solanum pseudocapsicum 

For carving the ghost foam, another piece of white foam,  one tooth pick and one black marker

Glue gun to fix the foam to the bottom of the cupcake paper.

1 crinkled  cookie cutter

Crinkled cookie cutter 

Black sand decorations

1.  Search for a white Oasis Pebble , with an oval elongated shape. With the sides of another Oasis Pebble foam polish the oval shape giving the shape of a ghost . You will make allot of foam dust so is better cover the work surface with newspaper.After you got the desired shape with a black marker just point  the eyes on the ghost face. Insert one tooth pick in the bottom of the carved foam and you are ready to the next step.
2. Slice the orange color foam brick in half on the long side and using a cookie cutter with a diameter a little smaller than the cupcake , press into the foam and slice out a crinkle cookie shape.
3. Repeat with the grey color foam.You will got 2 circular shapes , but the cupcake have a flat conic shape. To get that conic shape you must take out with the floral knife, a slice from the edge around the bottom of this circular foam shape.
4. Put a drop of hot glue inside the cupcake and press the foam inside.
5. Insert the berry in the top of the cupcake. Using just ornamental berry is not necessary to use wet foam.
6. You can sprinkle some black sand for decor.
7. Add the foam ghost, few spiders  and cover with the spider web.
8. Add few dry leaves and the plate is ready .

Pink October & Flower Forever

I love autumn and special this month October . 
The weather change and is more cold so let's warm up with a Moroccan dry rose bulbs tea and  spices and see what you can do with this lovely rose buds ...rose water ...pink berry.

Ingredients : 

1 cup , hot water, 5 dried Moroccan rose bulbs, 1 spoon of  rose water , 1 spoon of rose petal confiture.  

1 glass bell 

10  preserved freeze dry red stachys leaves

10 dried Moroccan rose buds different sizes

1 small branch of pink pepper 

1 dry scabiosa red 

Oasis glue spray 

Oasis floral adhesive 

1 m of satin edge organza ribbon in pink  

Tweezers

Cooking time : 10 min 

First step :

Take the cup  and pour in hot water.Add 5 dried Moroccan rose bulbs, 1 spoon of  rose water , 1 spoon of rose petal confiture or honey , cover and let it sit for 10 minutes. 

Next step:

Clean perfect the bell and let it stay at room temperature .

Glass bell 

Add the ribbon in the top and let the bell hanging but in the same time standing on the flat surface so the ribbon will stay in place until you add the flower  decoration.

On a sheet of paper lay down the stachys leaves and spray them with Oasis glue spray.

Preserved Red stachys 

Oasis Glue spray 

Let them sit for 1 minute . 

Is important to use preserved freeze dry stachys leaves because after you  glue them on the surface, they will keep the same size and shape. If you use fresh stachys they will get smaller during the time because they get dry so you will be able to see part of the  the surface uncover .

Start from the bottom of the bell and add the leaves  by pressing  them gentle to the surface.

Add the second round of leaves starting from the middle of the bell and between the first two leaves . 

Oasis Floral Adhesive 

 Preserved Pink scabiosa

Open the scabiosa in small florets and using the tweezers hold the florets and add  floral adhesive to the ends. Let them sit for 1 minute and add them to the bell following your own desire. Keep them pressed for few seconds until they stay in the place.   

Preserved Pink rose buds

Prepare the rose buds with floral adhesive and add them to the top of the bell. 

Preserved pink pepper

The last  ingredient to use is the small branch of pink pepper . Add floral adhesive to the stem, let it sit for one minute and press it gentle between the rest of the flower.  

Now you can start drinking your Moroccan rose tea and admire your creations. Enjoy :)

Moroccan rose tea

In Romania you can buy the dry  materials and Oasis products from http://www.deko-wave.ro/deko-wave/eshop/1-1-NOUTATILE-SAPTAMANII/0/5/117-Piper-prezervat-50gr.

In Belgium you can buy them from http://www.avalane.com/

In USA I got the rose buds from http://alphonsomango.com/exoticfruits.html and the rest of Oasis floral products on line from different shops. 

Flowers and food ? or food and flowers ?

Flowers and food ? or food and flowers ?
What I love more ? 
I love both of them ...so let's play with food and flowers...