Bake Me I'm Yours...Cupcake Celebration (12 page)

cutting wheel

1
Brush the cakes with the syrup or alcohol, or add a thin layer of buttercream or ganache to help the sugarpaste stick to the cakes

2
Knead the sugarpaste to warm, then roll it out between the spacers

3
Cut circles from the sugarpaste using an appropriate cutter but leave them on your board.

4
Emboss sections of each circle with embossers from the fantasy flower set to create a textured pattern.

5
With a palette knife, carefully lift the textured paste circles onto the cupcakes.

6
Roll out the deep pink modelling paste to a thickness of 1.5mm (
¹
⁄
₁₆
in) and cut out the shoes and dresses.

7
Roll small pea-sized balls of paste, cut each in half and place the two halves under each of the modelling paste dresses to create busts.

8
Emboss the hem of the dresses with the mini flower embosser.

9
Using your little finger, stroke the paste from below the bust to the hem to create folds on each dress, and attach to the cupcakes.

10
Very thinly roll out the green modelling pastes and cut thin strips using a craft knife. Attach these to the dress to make a striped band.

11
Add a double flower using the daisy marguerite cutter plus a small ball of paste for the centre.

12
Using a cutting wheel, remove the heels from the cut out shoes. Cut others from the light pink paste and attach both parts of the shoes to the cupcakes.

13
Emboss the top edge of the shoe and add stripes and a flower as described above to complement the dress.

Stylish and contemporary, these colourful cakes are guaranteed to bring a burst of happiness and cheer to any party. Co-ordinate the colours to the event or guests for that added touch of sophistication.

you will need...

cupcakes baked in lime green spotty paper cases

complementary flavour of syrup, alcohol, buttercream or ganache

sugarpaste: white and blue

5mm (
³
⁄
₁₆
in) spacers

set of circle and square cutters (FMM – geometric set)

piping bag and tubes no. 18, 16 and 4 (PME)

1
Brush the cakes with a syrup or alcohol, or add a thin layer of buttercream or ganache to help the sugarpaste stick to the cakes.

2
Knead the sugarpaste to warm, then roll it out between the spacers. Cut out one circle for each cake, using a circle cutter.

3
Using a palette knife, lift a paste circle carefully onto each cupcake, easing the fullness in if necessary. Run your finger around the edge of each circle to smooth the sugarpaste and to give it a rounded appearance.

4
Separately, roll out the different colours of modelling paste to a thickness of 1.5mm (
¹
⁄
₁₆
in). Cut out a selection of circles and squares of varying designs and sizes, using the suggested cutter set. Use these shapes to decorate the cupcakes.

5
Top each cupcake with a ball of sugarpaste.

UK

Knightbridge PME Ltd

Chadwell Heath Lane

Romford

Essex

RN6 4NP

Tel: +44 (0)208 590 5959

www.cakedecoration.co.uk

Sugarcraft cutter supplier and UK

distributor of Wilton products

M&B Specialised Confectioners Ltd

3a Millmead Estate

Mill Mead road

London

N17 9ND

Tel: +44 (0)208 801 7948

www.mbsc.co.uk

Manufacturers and suppliers

of sugarpaste

US

Global Sugar Art

625 Route 3, Unit 3

Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Tel: 518 561 3039

www.globalsugarart.com

Sugarcraft supplier that imports

many UK products to the US

First Impressions Molds

P.O. Box 1598

Loxahatchee, FL 33470

Tel: 561 784 7186

www.firstimpressionsmolds.com

Australia

Iced Affair

53
Church Street

Camperdown

NSW 2050

Tel: (02) 9519 3679

www.icedaffair.com.au