How to Make Clock Cupcake Toppers

Is 2011 really almost over?

How come times  flies so fast nowadays? Has anyone invented a time delaying contraption yet? Or has anyone suggested a 30-hour day? I was originally writing only 25 hours but a few extra hours into a day won't hurt. So 30 hours a day it is. Uh... anyone? Anyone at all?

Okay, so I know these things aren't possible right now so I better start this tutorial before time flies again and before we know it it's already 2013.

What we need:

Fondant in white and brown

Two small fondant cutters, one smaller than the other Rolling pin 

Edible food marker (black) or brush and a black gel food color 

Water and brush

Here's how:
(1) Roll white fondant thinly and cut out circles using the smaller fondant cutter

(2) Do the same for the brown fondant, this time using the bigger fondant cutter

(3) Using water and brush, paste the white fondant to the center of the brown fondant.

(4) Use the edible marker to draw the dots and the hands of the clock.

Happy New Year to my ever dearest Bake Happy friends. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment to my posts, tweet me, like posts on Facebook and most of all, send me the sweetest emails. I read every single on of them. :) 

From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much!

Have a very happy 2012 everyone! 

How to Make a Christmas Tree Cupcake Topper {Two Ways}

Hey guys!


It's the day before Christmas! Are you done with your shopping yet? Currently in  transit? Prepapring for Noche Buena? Doing some holiday baking? 

So how about me? I am writing this post while eating brunch - chorizo fried rice with salted egg and tomatoes. Thanks so much, Cielo for the delish chorizo! 

Many have asked me how I made the Christmas Trees from this post. So I decided to make a tutorial for it. 

But wait there's more! I made a tutorial of how to make Christmas Trees another way.

Marissa, I hope you're reading this post. This is for you :)

Christmas Tree #1
What we need:

Royal icing (mint green) in a piping bag with a small star tip

Parchment paper cut up in squares

Fondant (Yellow)

Rolling Pin

Small star fondant cutter

Sprinkles in yellow and red (or whatever color you have)

Here's how:
Before we begin, I made a guide on how to pipe the royal icing into the parchment paper.

(1) Get a small square of  parchment paper, pipe a "shell" in one end. 

(2) Pipe another one beside it.

(3) Pipe a third one. This is the base of the Christmas Tree.

(4) In between the three base shells, pipe two more shells.

(5) Then pipe one last shell on top. We now have the basic Christmas Tree.

(6) Now, we can decorate the tree with sprinkles.

(7) Roll out the yellow fondant and cut out stars

(8) Place on top of trees

(9)  Let it dry for at least a day and a half before placing on top of cupcakes.

Christmas Tree #2

What we need:

Fondant (in yellow and sky blue)

Sugar (colored in electric green)

Round sprinkles (I used just the pink ones)

Polvoron shaper or round fondant cutter

Water and brush

Here's how:
(1) Roll out blue fondant and cut out round discs using the p

olvoron shaper or round fondant cutter

(2) Shape white fondant into a ball. If there are creases formed, don't worry.

(3) Shape it into a long tear drop or a vampire's tooth or an ice cream cone (whatever it looks like)

(4) Flatten the base to make sure it can stand up

(5) Brush the tree with water and roll into the colored sugar. 

(6) Roll the tree into your hands to secure the sugar into the fondant. If there are empty spots, roll in again in the colored sugar and make sure everything is covered.

(6) Using water and brush, attach pink round sprinkles into the tree.

(7) Attach trees onto the round flat discs. Pretty simple huh?

Here are the trees on top of red velvet cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting.

Enjoy the holidays everyone!!!

How to Make a Typewriter Cupcake Topper

I am a NCIS fan. I have watched the whole series (whole 8 seasons, season 9 on-going) four times, excluding the times I catch the show on Fox and Jack (which is a lot) . I decorate cakes while watching the show which is kind of ironic and contradicting because cakes are all happy, cheery, endorphine enducing cute little things while I watch a show which investigates not so good events every episode. My favorite episode is the first one from season seven because I'm a girl and I'm rooting for Tony and Ziva. And also when Abby found evidence linking Gibbs to Paloma Reynosa. Then there's McGee who loves to his write his novels on a typewriter which got him into trouble because an obsessed fan used the typewriter ribbon to act out the not so good events of his soon to be published second novel. 

That intro took so long. I'm pretty sure you just scrolled down to get down to business. So here it is, a tutorial based on McGee's typewriter.

What we need:

Fondant in black, gray, white

Bronze luster dust

Fondant rolling pin

Small rolling pin or round chopsticks

Fondant smoother

Pasta stick

Knife

Brush

Water and Brush (to glue pieces together)

Here's How:

1. Roll gray fondant into a cylinder.

2. Using the fondant smoother, shape the fondant into a rectangular box.

3. Press the fondant rolling pin into one side.

It should now look like this

4. Cut the excess on the despressed end.

5. Press the higher end of the typewriter using the small rolling pin or chopsticks.

It's coming along nicely now, don't you think?

6. Using popsicle sticks, press it to the curved side to make space for the keys.

7. Roll a small amount fondant thinly and cut out the typewriter keys.

8. Paste the keys into the typewriter.

9. Cut up a rectangle out of the remaining white fondant.

10. Roll out a black fondant into a thin cylinder.

11. Fold the white fondant into the black cylinder and place on the higher end of the typewriter. Paint the typewriter keys with bronze luster dust to give it the "old-school" look.

How to Make Piano Cupcake Toppers

Remember the cupcakes I did for my friend Lyra's recital?  I wanted make another "music" inspired cupcake. Want to see how a Piano Cupcake Topper is made? 

What we need:
Fondant (black and white)
Knife
Fondant rolling pin
Cornstarch

Here's how:
1. Roll out black fondant using rolling pin, about 1-2mm. Use cornstarch whenever needed to prevent fondant to the surface or the cutters.

2. Do the same for the white fondant.

3. Cut out a rectangle from the white fondant.

4. With the back of a knife, press vertical lines on the fondant. Make sure they are evenly spaced.

5. Cut out a black rectangular strip and using water as glue, attach it to the top of the white fondant.

6. Cut out five smaller rectangular strips from the black fondant.

7. Arrange the small rectangular strips similar to black piano keys.

Celebrate Bake Happy-ness!

Aikko

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