How to Cover a Cupcake in Fondant
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Have you been wondering how bakers and cake decorators cover their cupcakes in fondant? It’s quite simple really. You need a few basic tools and your imagination and you’ll be on your way. For this tutorial, you will need the following items:
Pre-baked cupcakes
Pre-made frosting
Pre-made fondant flowers or decorations
fondant
rolling pin
Ex-acto Knife (for trimming edges if needed)
water [...]
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Cupcake Towers
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Well, cupcake towers have pretty much completely taken over my life! It seems at least once a week, sometimes up to three or four times a week, I am making a cupcake tower for a client. To me, the tower becomes part of the design of the piece and creates an overall presentation for my [...]
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How To Make A Fondant Ladybug
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Okay, so Valentines Day is just around the corner! I wanted to make something adorable and unique to put on my Valentines Day cupcakes this year. I have done the hearts, x’s and o’s, and the typical traditional Valentine toppers-this time I wanted something different. Here’s a little tutorial I put together for you, my [...]
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How to Make Fondant Rubber Duckies
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There have been three times recently that I’ve been asked to make fondant rubber ducky cupcake toppers for various baby showers. The rubber ducky theme is very popular and, since yellow is a neutral color, it works for both boys and girls who are getting ready to make their special entrance into this world!
I wanted [...]
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How To Make A Fondant Apple Computer Logo
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Did you ever have a request for a cupcake with the Apple computer logo on it? As unusual as it may sound, I did! If you think about it, Macintosh and Apple are such common household names that it really isn’t that absurd-in fact most kids these days own at least one Apple product and [...]
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How to Make Two-Tone Frosted Cupcakes
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Making cupcakes with more than one frosting color can be a unique and eye-catching way to WOW your guests. It is very easy to accomplish if you start with the right tools. The supplies you will need include the following: large plastic/disposable piping bags, your favorite piping tips, Wilton Icing Colors, pre-made “ready to frost” [...]
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How to Make Tiffany Cupcakes
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Have you seen these yet? Aren’t they darling? These are Tiffany cupcakes! Tiffany cupcakes are based on the universally recognizable company that most women dream about; hoping to get that “little blue box” for every major holiday and occasion. These cupcakes are quite simple to make yet make quite an impact. They are just perfect [...]
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How To Make A Dora Cupcake Tower
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So, how do you make a Dora cupcake tower? Well, you start by decorating your cupcake tower with as much Dora and friends as possible (see photo above). For this tower, I covered the tower in Dora themed paper and put fun color ribbons and curly streamer around the tiers. I also added a few [...]
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How To Make a Fondant Penguin Topper
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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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Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes
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I had a request for ice-cream cone cupcakes a few weekends ago. The party was for a three year old girl and the theme was “three scoops”; therefore the idea for the cone cupcakes was born! I’ve made cone cupcakes before and had a little experience with making them. There are typically two ways to [...]
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