My cousin asked for two dozen red velvet cupcakes with.... TIARAS.
Now, I originally wanted to make the tiaras all elaborate looking with chocolate, then piping them in the design that I wanted. But I had no chocolate and I haven't really done that before. I tried with royal icing, and I just suck at working with royal icing. I made it pink and piped it, and then formed it around a wine glass, so that it could dry with the curve, but I didn't want them to look so.... handmade, for lack of a better description, and they looked to delicate to remove. I put a lot of thought and research into it and finally concluded that I should just stick with what I know for now and make the tiaras, which are more crowns than anything, out of fondant. I just used a star cutter to cut out points and then added pearls at the tips. Then those looked pretty boring and lonesome.
So I decided to add wands. :) I was most proud of this part. I cut out 2 stars for each cupcake and dusted them with gold pearl dust. Then, I used a piece of SPAGHETTI to attach the stars to. :) That may not be original, but I thought I was pretty smart for coming up with that without influence.
To go along with this little princess, tiara, wand looking-thing, theme, I found my prince charming frog cupcake liners. They went perfect. :D
So I made the cupcakes with EXTRA filling, because I'm sick of my cupcakes sliding around in the boxes. I need to start doing this all the time because it definitely makes my life easier and puts transportation at ease. I let the crowns and wands dry for a day and made the cupcakes, frosted, and assembled, the day of pick up.
After I baked them, I realized I had to put the cupcakes in the box before I frosted. I've learned that I am terrible at handling them and carefully putting them in the box after frosting, I always end up with frosting on my fingers, which isn't always a terrible thing, but messy. I hate messy. :(
She asked for 24, so there you go!
Thanks and enjoy!
My friend and co-worker asked me to make 3 dozen cupcakes, S'mores and Red Velvet for her husband's 30th birthday. He loves Marquette Basketball, so that's what I ran with. It's gotten fairly easy with my fondant cutters. To get the texture on the basketballs, I just got a CLEAN, STERILIZED outdoor basketball and rolled it over the fondant for the same effect. Short post because I should be studying for an exam right now. Here you go! :)
I'm absolutely in love with Fall, and I cannot tell you how much I was looking forward to Fall festivities. :) First, I love the weather; although this Indian Summer's getting to be a bit much for me. It's nice and all, but I want my low 60s sunny weather back please. Thanks. But anyhow, I love everything about fall, the weather, the food, the holidays. I cannot tell you how much I look forward to pumpkins, candy, turkey and all. But the thing I look MOST forward to, is caramel apples. I wait for the day the Walgreens by my house has them right in front of the register, that's when I know the best time of year is approaching. :)
Now, I tried making caramel apples one time, but with caramel candies that I just melted and dipped. Also, I tried washing some peanuts (because I can't EVER find any that are not salted) and crushing them, then rolling the apples around in the peanuts, but I never really seemed successful. Well. Today, I had the boyfriend, Damien, look up a recipe on his iPhone for a good caramel sauce, while I was cleaning the kitchen. Haha, yes he does help me. He claims he hates it, but I secretly think he's intrigued beyond control. Anyhow. I think I dipped the apples too soon, because they were sliding a bit in the beginning but then really started to adhere when I came around to the last few. You can see for yourself in the pictures! Regardless, they were delicious!
Now, I originally wanted to make the tiaras all elaborate looking with chocolate, then piping them in the design that I wanted. But I had no chocolate and I haven't really done that before. I tried with royal icing, and I just suck at working with royal icing. I made it pink and piped it, and then formed it around a wine glass, so that it could dry with the curve, but I didn't want them to look so.... handmade, for lack of a better description, and they looked to delicate to remove. I put a lot of thought and research into it and finally concluded that I should just stick with what I know for now and make the tiaras, which are more crowns than anything, out of fondant. I just used a star cutter to cut out points and then added pearls at the tips. Then those looked pretty boring and lonesome. 
So I decided to add wands. :) I was most proud of this part. I cut out 2 stars for each cupcake and dusted them with gold pearl dust. Then, I used a piece of SPAGHETTI to attach the stars to. :) That may not be original, but I thought I was pretty smart for coming up with that without influence.
