Here is another quick and easy topper for you to have a go at albeit this time it's a Santa Topper for you and the kids to try.
As it has been a little hectic, I haven't had the chance to post the tutorial but will do it when I manage to get a second.
To recreate the topper, you will need the following:
1. Roll out a piece of red icing fondant big enough to cover your cupcake.
2. Use a circle pastry cutter that is the correct size for your cupcake and use this to cut a circle into the icing fondant. Stick this to the top of your cupcake using jam or buttercream. I use cupcake dummies, so I use water.
3. Take a piece of white icing fondant.
4. Roll into a sausage shape.
5. Use a little water or glue and stick the icing down the centre of the cupcake.
6. Then, take your Dresden tool or a cocktail stick and start to score lines down the sausage to create a furry texture.
7. Now, take a piece of black icing fondant.
8. Roll it out into a thin strip.
9. You can either cut it with a knife to make a strip or use a strip cutter as I did.
10. Once you have a straight strip.
11. Place around the centre of the cupcake and stick with a little water or glue. Carefully cut off any excess with a knife.
12. Then take some yellow icing fondant.
13. Roll out the yellow.
14. Then, using a small circle cutter, cut out a small circle for the belt buckle.
15. Then, use a small circle cutter to remove the centre part.
16. Then carefully place the circle on top of the black strip. This can be a little fiddly, so you may want to place the buckle on a palette knife to help you move it. Stick it to the black strip using a little water/edible glue on the rim of the buckle.
17. Then roll a tiny piece of yellow for the prong/pin.
18. Stick this to the buckle using a touch of water. I then made some indentation holes in the black strip to make the belt look more authentic.
And there you have your finished Santa Topper.
As it has been a little hectic, I haven't had the chance to post the tutorial but will do it when I manage to get a second.
To recreate the topper, you will need the following:
Equipment/Ingredients
- Medium Pastry Circle Cutter
- Dresden Tool/Cocktail Stick
- Knife/Strip Cutter or Infinity Cutter
- Palette Knife
- Small Circle Push Cutters
- Red, White, Black and Yellow Icing Fondant
- Batch of Cupcakes
- Buttercream or Jam
- Water or Edible Glue
Method
1. Roll out a piece of red icing fondant big enough to cover your cupcake.
2. Use a circle pastry cutter that is the correct size for your cupcake and use this to cut a circle into the icing fondant. Stick this to the top of your cupcake using jam or buttercream. I use cupcake dummies, so I use water.
3. Take a piece of white icing fondant.
4. Roll into a sausage shape.
5. Use a little water or glue and stick the icing down the centre of the cupcake.
6. Then, take your Dresden tool or a cocktail stick and start to score lines down the sausage to create a furry texture.
7. Now, take a piece of black icing fondant.
8. Roll it out into a thin strip.
9. You can either cut it with a knife to make a strip or use a strip cutter as I did.
10. Once you have a straight strip.
11. Place around the centre of the cupcake and stick with a little water or glue. Carefully cut off any excess with a knife.
12. Then take some yellow icing fondant.
13. Roll out the yellow.
14. Then, using a small circle cutter, cut out a small circle for the belt buckle.
15. Then, use a small circle cutter to remove the centre part.
16. Then carefully place the circle on top of the black strip. This can be a little fiddly, so you may want to place the buckle on a palette knife to help you move it. Stick it to the black strip using a little water/edible glue on the rim of the buckle.
17. Then roll a tiny piece of yellow for the prong/pin.
18. Stick this to the buckle using a touch of water. I then made some indentation holes in the black strip to make the belt look more authentic.
And there you have your finished Santa Topper.
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