My childhood was populated with hollyhock fairies. They are fast and easy to make and can be made without any tools. Hollyhocks are edible, so the hollyhock dolls make an elegant, but frugal decoration for cupcakes. You need to rinse the hollyhocks well, if you are going to use them to decorate cupcakes.
You need:
1 hollyhock bud
1 partially opened hollyhock flower
scissors (optional)
toothpick (optional)
Directions:
1. Pull off the sepal petals on the bud to expose the “eyes”:
2. Pull or cut off the stem to create the “mouth”:
3. Insert the stem of the flower into one of the holes in the bud:
Now stand your hollyhock doll up and she is ready for the party:
You can use a toothpick to make your doll more secure. Insert it through the middle of the hollyhock, leaving a bit of toothpick sticking out on top to attach the head, and a little on bottom to insert it into a cupcake:
Once the head is attached you can stick the toothpick into a cupcake:
You can also add rosemary or lavender twigs for arms if you choose. I doubt that most people will want to eat their hollyhock doll, but they can if they want to. The petals are slightly sweet, but the white portion of the bud is bitter and is avoided when used for culinary purposes.
Do you have hollyhocks in your garden? If not, here are tips on growing hollyhocks.
N.B. I used this Honey Cake recipe to make the cupcakes and I frosted them with Butter Cream Frosting.
THose are absolutely adorable!
that could not be any cuter!
Gorgeous!! I remember playing with Holly Hock Dolls!
These are precious!
Oh my! Those hollyhock dolls brought back memories! I made them as a child – but had forgotten how! I never knew you could eat them though – how sweet those cupcakes are!
That is SO beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Those are just darling! I've never seen a hollyhock made in a little doll! Super idea!
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I actually used to make holly hock dolls to play with when I was a my grandmas house in the summertime growing up. I would use bobbie pins to hold them together. But they look really cute on top of your cupcake.
It looks so cute
These are so cute. I always loved my Nonnie's holly hocks. Thanks for the reminder! I would love for you to join me for this week's edition of What's On the Menu Wednesday. Mister Linky is up and ready for you.
Wow! How incredibly beautiful, magical, and original! I wish we had Hollyhocks around here!
I have had hollyhocks growing in my yard for 11 years and did not know about making dolls with them. I am so glad I saw this post.
So pretty!
Those are adorable! I’ve never made them before.
These are adorable!
Those are just darling. Thanks for the the tutorial!
That is about the cutest thing I ever seen I’m printing and saving this post to have handy. Would be great at a tea party
vickie
That is the cutest thing! I have different colored hollyhocks growing right now, I think I will try this tomorrow.
Beautiful idea! I didn’t know you could eat hollyhocks, this is something I shall definitely try out
Thanks for sharing it.
I love this!