My aunt celebrated her birthday a couple weeks ago, and I decided to do cupcakes for her. I had some regular old Duncan Hines spice cake mix in my pantry, so I used that and "spiced" it up a bit.
I decided to take a really pretty technique created by Amanda at i am baker for a large daisy design and downsize it for cupcakes. But my aunt wanted pink frosting, so I couldn't do daisies. Then I realized if I did the same design in pink, I would essentially have coneflowers.
And because I've come to love filling cupcakes with yummy surprise flavors, I filled them with maple apple butter we got from a local "jam expert" at our farmer's market.