A new tutorial for more Easter cake decoration. This time I have made something for the cupcakes. Pretty fondant discs with a little yellow chick motif on top. I have seen lots of premade Easter sugar decorations in the cake decorating shops and came up with these super cute fondant cupcake toppers.
This is what I use:
Rolled fondant icing: yellow and blue (you can of course change the “disc” color if you like)
Rolling pin
Tylo glue
Cornstarch duster
Tylo powder
Round scallop cookie cutter 2 1/4″
Black food writing pen
Small amount of orange and leaf green royal icing in disposal piping bags. (1 tbsp of each color is more than enough for 12 cupcake toppers)
Round piping tip no.2
Small thin brush
Plastic tray
Step 1:
Take some rolled fondant icing in the color that you will be using for the discs. Add a little Tylo powder about 1/2 tsp and knead in the Tylo powder. This will help the fondant disc to dry faster. It will also delay it going soft when placing it in the frosting. Roll out the fondant to a 2-3mm thickness and cut out the discs.
Step 2:
Take the round piping tip and “cut out” a small hole in each of the scallops. Dust a tray with cornstarch and place the fondant discs on top. Set aside and start making the chicks.
Step 3:
Roll out three small balls. Roll the wing into a tiny teardrop shape and flatten it with your finger. Next flatten the head and body slightly.
Step 4:
Use a little tylo glue and glue on the head and body. Add the small wing next.
Step 5:
Take the orange royal icing and pipe a small beak and feet.
Step 6:
Use the black food writing pen and make a tiny eye on the chick.
Step 7:
Finish off by piping a little bit of grass with the green royal icing. Let the fondant cupcake toppers dry well before using them.
Happy Caking!
Louise
Hello Louise, I Love your Work… It is so Wonderful… I am just starting out, Well kinda I have some school training from High School and always did well. I want to start my own Cupcake shoppe here in Central California, USA and I have been told that what I have done is Pretty darn good. So by looking at how Beautiful your pastries come out it makes me want to do my best. Thank you for all the Beautiful Ideas
Can’t wait to Bake.. Your friend from the USA Gina Sanchez
P.S. Happy Easter to you and your Family
Thank you so much Gina. 🙂
Good luck with your baking journey!
Thanks for sharing, they look really sweet.
Hi Louise
These are too gorgeous for words. Going to attempt them as baby shower cupcakes. I live in the UK and wanted to know the rolled fondant icing you use is that Regalice or Sugar Florist Paste?
Many thanks
Rolled fondant icing is the same as Sugar paste 🙂 So yes you can use Regalice.
Do you mean when not using it? Wrap it well in plastic wrap and then a plastic bag and store it in a airtight container.
Marla: I got mine from a Danish online shop. But I have seen them from Karen’s Cookies https://www.karenscookies.net/Nylon-Circle-Cutter-Set_p_1657.html
So cute and this is something you can make and still do Easter dinner,too. I can never manage to do a whole cake for a holiday when I have to do the cooking 🙂
Love your ideas!! All your cakes are very lovely!
Amazing job! I’m so tempted to run out and get the stuff to try this. Is it very pricey to get the starting supplies/equipment.
It depends on what you think that you will need the most. Some utensil, glasses ect. that you already have in your kitchen can be used at a start.
Absolutely beautiful!
Absolutely adorable!!!
These would be super cute for baby boy shower too!
Jenny, that’s ok 🙂 I am happy that you have found my site very useful. I just love to share my little secrets.
Very helpful and pretty inspiring!
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Hey Louise, they look really adorable!
Thank God you included a “Recipe” for Tylo Glue! Wasn’t easy for me here in Germany to find CMC! But after 15 minutes of googling I had it! Thanks for this idea! Will definetely try it!
Hi Louise,
As usual, another beautiful and succinctly guided tutorial for your fans. Thank you. I am grateful that you always try and include a photo reference of the necessary equipment.
By the way, it’s a little off topic but I have just bought a beautiful book by Jose Marechel, called The Secrets of Macarons.
https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Macarons-Jose-Marechal/dp/1742661289
It’s a beautiful book and wonderfully photographed. Perhaps you might want to look into this title. It’s one of my favourite beginner Macaron books.
That is adorable.
Too cute!! I’m so excited to start to bake spring themed cupcakes for easter :). Definitely going to try this out!
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Kiss mimi
vary cute! thank you!
As for the PDF tutorials, the only way of getting them is to do a back link if you have a blog. Sorry!
These toppers can be used in so many different ways. Including cookies 🙂
Exactly, they would be so sweet to use as a side decoration on a cake.
Your cupcake toppers are adorable, and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us! I’ve linked to this article on my blog: https://www.DaisyDoe.blogspot.com.
Have a great day!
Erin x
Thank you Erin.
So cute and you make it look so simple! Thanks for a great Easter idea!
I love the idea of using the decorator tip to make the holes, and now I want to have a food writing pen!!!!!
ciao
Alessandra
https://alessandrazecchini.blogspot.com/
They are just beautiful!
Happy Easter.
Awwww, this is soooooo tweet!!! I LOVE them!!!! My goodness you are soooo inspiring!! I love love looooooove you blog, especially your step by step tutorials!!! Newbie bakers like me loooooove these kind of tutorials!!! Thank You!!!!Yaneri
cute.. very cute.. thanks for sharing.. have a blessed easter…
Too cute and super-simple! I LOVE simplicity – thank you!
Those are adorable!!!Thank u!!!
Hi Flavia, I only know stores like Michaels, who stock Wilton. Btw my good friend Toni in Tuscany (Torte di Toni) have a web shop https://www.torteditoni.com/apps/webstore/ She’s planning to stock many more items.
Hi, Louise! Those are absolutely darling! — As always! : )
Thank you for sharing! And “Happy Easter” to you and yours!
Emma: You should have heard of it…. I buy my Tylo powder from the UK. https://www.sugaricing.com/Layouts/Default/ProductPage.aspx?productGuid=4bd1a736-2a17-4248-b19b-4517d2ef03c2&allowAddToBasket=True
Very, very cute and you make it look easy. I was wondering if you let the finished topper dry completely won’t it sit kind of funny on the cupcake? It won’t conform to the curve of the cupcake. How did that come out??
For these toppers I would place them on top of a “flat” swirl or push it into a “high” swirl. Makes sense? I hope that I can make a post showing how to use them next week.
Sooo pretty!!!
Louise, this is a super cute idea, I have to try it, thanks a lot for sharing!
I just LOVE ,LOVE, LOVE this!
Gonna give it a try…looks pretty easy
These are just beyond adorable!
The fondant cupcakes are just adorable and fun to do. Just appropriate for children’s parties
These are so swee tand must be tried soon. Thx for shareing.
So delicate and beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!!
great as usual..
thank you sharing you ideas
So cute–love it–thanks for the wonderful tutorial!! 🙂
hi louise,
lovely tops for the cup cakes…..
happy easter…..