Red Velvet and Vanilla Bean Cupcakes for Aunt and Uncle's Anniversary Party

My first cupcake tower! My cousins had asked me to make some cupcakes for their parents 35th anniversary party. So of course I was so excited to do this for them.  Red velvet was the top flavor of choice and for some variety, I also made vanilla bean cupcakes.  The red velvet was made with European butter, Soma cocoa powder and topped with white chocolate cream cheese.  I think I've also finally mastered making a cream cheese frosting, making it perfectly fluffy without it being too runny.  The vanilla bean cupcake used Madagascar vanilla beans and was topped with vanilla buttercream.

The decorations had a romantic theme to them, with lots of hearts and romantic colors to celebrate the occasion. The roses on top were made from scratch by yours truly. My first real looking roses which turned out surprisingly well.