Dalton and Glee Cupcakes
So I'm going to the Glee 3D sneak peek, and despite having no glee friends to party with I made cupcakes!
Look below the cut to see the Glee Slushie and Dalton Warbler cupcakes, and read about the process.
I made all of these (56?) mini cupcakes with one box of duncan hines devil's food cake, 1 recipe of Wilton's buttercream icing, some gumpaste, and a little bit of candy melts.
dalton swirl cupcakes
These didn't come out quite the right color, but it's okay. I tinted the icing and put it into 2 disposable icing bags, cut the tips and stuffed them into a larger icing bag fitted with a star tip. The two toned effect was a lot better than I expected.
R.I.P. PAV
The flock of Pavarottis were made with gumpaste. First time I ever used it, and worked okay. Need to figure out how to keep it from drying out too soon. The eyes were made with a food marker.
Big Gulps
Slushies! After I finished the dalton swirls I used the rest of the icing for these. No tip, just a snipped off end of a disposable icing bag, and sprinkled on colored sugar. The L hand candies did not turn out like I wanted, but there's room for improvement. I made it out of clay, adding a 'pick' to stick it in the cake with, and then used that to make a mold with some special mold putty, then finally poured yellow candy melts into the mold to make the finished thing. Had a huge problem with bubbles, so only 4 turned out worth anything.
all in a row
This is (most of) the cupcakes all packed up. I'm pawning them off on a local store since I can't eat them all myself! I had a lot of fun making these.
Look below the cut to see the Glee Slushie and Dalton Warbler cupcakes, and read about the process.
I made all of these (56?) mini cupcakes with one box of duncan hines devil's food cake, 1 recipe of Wilton's buttercream icing, some gumpaste, and a little bit of candy melts.
dalton swirl cupcakes
These didn't come out quite the right color, but it's okay. I tinted the icing and put it into 2 disposable icing bags, cut the tips and stuffed them into a larger icing bag fitted with a star tip. The two toned effect was a lot better than I expected.
R.I.P. PAV
The flock of Pavarottis were made with gumpaste. First time I ever used it, and worked okay. Need to figure out how to keep it from drying out too soon. The eyes were made with a food marker.
Big Gulps
Slushies! After I finished the dalton swirls I used the rest of the icing for these. No tip, just a snipped off end of a disposable icing bag, and sprinkled on colored sugar. The L hand candies did not turn out like I wanted, but there's room for improvement. I made it out of clay, adding a 'pick' to stick it in the cake with, and then used that to make a mold with some special mold putty, then finally poured yellow candy melts into the mold to make the finished thing. Had a huge problem with bubbles, so only 4 turned out worth anything.
all in a row
This is (most of) the cupcakes all packed up. I'm pawning them off on a local store since I can't eat them all myself! I had a lot of fun making these.