Icing Cupcakes

I really should check before I glue things down... these cupcakes are definitely a bit wonky! Still, true to life then - at least, that's how my cupcakes turn out anyway :)

I found the cute little wooden bowls at HobbyCraft - they had a sale on them... and I so wish I'd bought loads more! For the icing bag, I did have a vague idea of using hairspray or white glue spread (or sprayed) onto carrier bags and then peeled off... then I found a tutorial online that had a similar (but better) idea of how to make the bags using glue... so I went with that one instead. The boards were bought at HobbyCraft too - 1.5" round, 12 of these were cheaper than a pack of six 1" round boards. I sometimes wonder who decides on pricing!

I did make another icing bag with a flattened nozzle (the nozzles were all made from scrapbooking aluminium foil border metal) and a bit of piped icing to match that... I just haven't glossed the icing bit yet :)

All-in-all, a fun project ... quite easy (again)... though I do have to practice those cupcakes... or buy a proper mold :)

Cupcakes

I really wanted to make cupcakes - I know everyone else is doing it - whether full size edible ones, or dollshouse miniatures...

The most difficult part was making the bases - who'd figure this would be the hardest part? I tried making a silicone mold, making each one individually... and ended up making a sort-of mold from scrap clay. Of course, to make this mold I had to first make a base to make an impression of!

Compared to that, making the cherries for the tops was easy-peasy - stalks an'all!

I used a mix of brown, white pearl, and transluscent clay for the base, and then just a mix of liquid clay and white clay for the 'icing'.

Some of the stalks are falling off - they are so tiny! But to be quite honest, the cherries still look good whether the stalks are on or not.

I did a few with slices from the strawberry cane I made to decorate the tops - just because the cherries were becoming annoying :)
Even though these are a bit of a pain to make - quite fiddly (especially when trying to 'ice' the tops!), I'd make them again - maybe using a white colour for the base to look like they were in paper cases.