How To Make a Fondant Penguin Topper

Have you ever had a cake or cupcakes to make that included a fondant penguin figurine? I did recently so I thought I’d put together this very easy step-by-step tutorial for you to learn how it’s done! Are you ready to get started? Here we go…….
Step 1-Gather the supplies needed for the penguin. You will [...]

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17th Birthday Cupcakes

A woman called yesterday last minute and asked if I could throw together some cupcakes for her daughter who was turning 17. She didn’t have any real specific design requests-”just make them colorful and fun,” she added. I quickly made some toppers with the number “17″ on them and then used my funky alphabet cutters [...]

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A little princess cake!

This little cake was made for a baby shower to welcome the impending arrival of a sweet new baby girl. The color palette was pink and brown and the client asked for a girly cake with polka-dots and fun baby accessories. I crafted three different sized fondant bears and placed them on top of the [...]

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HALLOWEEN IS HERE!

Okay, well, it’s October and you know what that means—Halloween cupcakes! I got my first order of the season this week and have several looming on the horizon. Last year I made lots of spooky yet fun treats including Halloween cake pops, a Grim Reaper cake with eyeball cupcakes, gummy bodypart cupcakes and many more!! [...]

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Baby Shower Fun!

Okay–so how fun are these baby shower cupcakes? I know we had a great time creating them! Well, except for the little details that really made these cupcakes so stinkin’ cute. You know, things like:

measuring out each color of fondant and gumpaste on a scale to ensure we would have enough for each baby
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Diva Birthday Cupcake Tower

I have to admit, one of the best parts of my job is when I create custom cupcake towers. I had so much fun designing this one for a little diva’s birthday party! The mom asked that the colors be hot pink, white and black with zebra print–the rest was up to me. I added [...]

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Tiffany Cupcakes!

If you are anything like me, the name Tiffany and that little blue box brings joy and excitement to you! We were asked to design some Tiffany inspired cupcakes for a bridal shower and they were so much fun to create. We styled them after the infamous little blue box and I believe we hit [...]

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Adorable Baby Shower Cupcakes

Baby Face, You got the cutest little babyface! Remember that song-well, these cupcakes prove that little baby faces are still the cutest thing around. The big smiles and dimples are so cute and who could resist a cupcake topped with one of these adorable little fondant baby faces? The cupcakes were placed on a small [...]

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Cupcake Toppers-Fondant

The other day I was mentioning to someone that I specialize in “fondant toppers”. The problem was the person I was talking to   had no idea what fondant even was. I tend to forget that not everyone has knowledge of common cake designing terms. If you already know what fondant is, disregard the following explanation, [...]

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Fondant Toppers

Fondant toppers are a nice way to add a little extra something to your cupcakes to personalize them for your event. Whether a monogram with the bride/grooms initial for weddings, a favorite character for a children’s party or a corporate logo to match a company’s brand-fondant toppers add that little bit of pizazz to customize [...]

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