Cutest Cupcakes

Brian and I had over 60 people at our graduation party where we had a cupcake buffet. One of our friends Lisa ordered cupcakes for a bachelorette party. The party colors are hot pink and black so Lisa wanted cupcakes to match. It is so great having my mom here because she helps me a lot while making cakes and she is as eager to learn new things as I am. I have tasted store bought fondant before and to me it tastes like a combination of sugar and dust my mom and I made our own and it is quite delicious. Lisa wanted a combination of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes frosted with Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream. We finished the cupcakes tonight. I really hope they like them as much as I love them. I am so happy with how they came out. I hope they make the bachelorette party special! Have a look.

Here are the vanilla cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream buttercream. We piped just enough on to hold down the fondant caps that we were going to cut. Bailey's buttercream is so good!


Here is the pink and black homemade fondant we made. I cut a piece of pvc pipe to roll the fondant out (a little tip I saw on Food Network Challenge."



We used a patterned mat to press a design into the fondant.



We used a scalloped edge biscuit cutter to cut the fondant tops out for each cupcake.
I think they look so cute!


Here is a close up of one of the black scalloped disks for the top of a cupcake.


Lisa said she wanted diamond dust so we used pearl dust mixed with vodka to paint the tops of them. My mom and I both agreed the pearl dust made them look complete.






Lisa also wanted a small cake for the bride. We covered a chocolate cake with pink fondant and then used different round cutters to make circles and rings. The rings and circles were then painted with pearl dust.



Here are the cupcakes and cake boxed up. I hope Lisa, the bride and the party love them as much as I do!