How to Make Safari Cupcakes - Fondant Monkeys

Related post: How to Make Safari Cupcakes - Fondant Elephants

When I was a kid, I badly wanted a monkey for a pet. But I guess that really won't work as we lived in a small apartment then, no space really for a monkey to run around freely and definitely no branches for the cute one to hang on. And so my sister and I got a poodle named Sunshine. One look at her and I forgot I  wanted a monkey for a pet. She was a ray of sunshine really. 

As a continuation of the Safari Themed Tutorial, we're making fondant monkeys today. We already did Ms Ellie the Elephant here. I'm thinking we'll follow that up with cute monkeys today.  

What we need - 

Fondant in brown, flesh, white and black

Fondant tools

White small sprinkles

Brush and water

Here's  how:
(1) Roll brown fondant into a ball, press it flat.

(2) Roll small flesh fondant into an oval shape, press it flat and paste to the monkey's face.

(3) Using pointed fondant tools, add the nose and cute mouth.

(4) Roll small white fondant for the eyes

(5) Roll even smaller black fondant, paste it to the eyes then add white sprinkles.

(5) For the ears, roll two tear shaped brown fondant

(6) Press a ball tool into the wider end.

(7) Attach ears to the monkey's head

Along with the elephant cupcakes, these monkey cupcakes are perfect for baptism, birthday parties and any other celebration you can imagine :)

Hope you like it my dear Bake Happy friends! Till our next tutorial!

How to Make Safari Cupcakes - Fondant Elephants

So here's the deal. I need you to sit down. 

Take a deep breath. 

Prepare yourself. 

What I am about to tell you is of utmost importance. 

In this day and age, it is important to once in a while drop whatever your doing and de-stress. Read a book, take a stroll in the park, have dinner with friends. Or de-stress by staring, oohh-ing and ahh-ing at the cuteness of this Elephant Cupcake. I call her Ms Ellie. Ms Ellie the Elephant with the longest lashes ever (I'm jealous) 

As you can see, I am making this into a series - The Safari Themed Cupcakes Series and I am going to show you how I'll make them. Pefect to make for kids or with kids, birthday parties, baptism, and  every occasion imaginable. First up, Ms Ellie the Elephant Cupcakes.

What we need - 

Fondant in pink, white and black

Fondant ball tool

Rolling Pin

White small sprinkles

Oval fondant cutter (medium)

Brown gel food coloring

Brush and water

Here's How

(1) Roll pink fondant thinly and cut oval shapes for Ms Ellie's ears

 (2) For Ms Ellie's head and trunk, roll fondant into a ball

(3) Press one side down.

(4) Then roll back and forth.

(5) Using the fondant  ball tool, press the end of Ms Ellie's trunk inward to create a cavity.

(5) Roll small two white fondant pieces into balls and press into Ms Ellie's head

(6) Do the same for the black fondant and add the white sprinkles into Ms Ellie's eyes.

(7) Add the eye details, brows and girly girl lashes and attach the ears.

Hope you liked the tutorial! :)

For more tutorials, see here: http://bakehappy.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html 

Have a great day everyone! :)

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How to Make Barrel Handbag Cupcakes

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You do know that I have a thing for crime procedural dramas, right? There's NCIS (the orginal one), then there's Bones, then there's Warehouse 13. Warehouse 13 isn't really a crime procedural drama but I so love the steampunkish vibe the show has so I watch it as well. But right now... I am totally obsessed with Castle. Castle and  Beckett, otherwise known by the portmanteau: Caskett, haha!

Ahh Castle... I am officially counting the hours until the weekend when I can focus on watching the season 4 marathon.  So probably on Monday, my rant would be "I can't wait for September to kick off the first episode for season 5". 

But right now, I can totally sense you pressuring me to go on with the show... I mean, go on with the tutorial. After all, I did promise one more bag tutorial before I move on to other equally (if not even more) exciting things right? 

So here I am, being such a nice and accommodating blogger, I made another a fondant bag cupcake topper tutorial just for you (read: that's another way of saying: Help!!! I can't stop making these fashionista themed toppers! They just look sooo cute!)

What we need - 

Fondant in teal, white and gray
Stitching tool (or toothpick or knife)
Silver dragees
Silver Luster Dust (optional)
Silicon button design mold (optional)Knife 
Brush and water

Here's How
(1) Roll fondant into a ball

(2) Flatten the ball using the palm of your hand

(3) Let the flattened ball "stand up" and press down top part

(4) Ahem... please pardon my un-manicured nails. Sometimes, there are more important things to do in life than having your nails pampered... like making a Barrel Handbag Cupcake Topper. 
Oops, I digress... using your thumb (manicured or unmanicured is fine :)) and index finger, press the flattened ball together then press again this time in a downward direction. This will give the bag a stable base to stand on.

(5) Roll remaining fondant into a rope

(6) Attach the fondant rope to both the side edges of the bag

(7) Make a zipper by rolling the white fondant, cut a slim rectangular strip.The using a knife, press a zipper design onto the fondant.

(8) Attach to the bag.

(9) Now now now, this part is optional since silicon molds are not always available. For this bag, looking at it right now, it just looks plain/bare. By having a focal point, it'll lively things up, hence the silicon molds. If you don't have the silicon molds, you can cut out a small fondant flower or a simple fondant rose and it will do just fine as well. 

If you happen to have the silicon molds, here's how I did it. Press a small amount of the gray fondant into one of the molds then unmold.

(10) Brush with the silver luster dust for added sheen. Set aside.

(11) Remember the ropes in step #5? Cut them up in uniform length

(12) Attach them as handles of the bag. Paste the button at the center of the bag.

(13) Secure the handle onto the bag by attaching silver dragees to each end and pressing it inwards.

There you have it folks!  Another designer bag, fondant version. 

For more fondant bag tutorial, do visit some of my previous posts:
How to Make Fondant Designer Bag Cupcake ToppersHow to Make a Designer Red Purse Fondant Cupcake TopperAnd if you visit Bake Happy's Facebook page 's Photo Album, there's even one extra speedy tutorial there  :)

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Bake Happy Blogger's Tip of the Day:

Do nothing once in a while. 

Sometimes we just go on with our lives without stopping and smelling the roses along the way. 

Bake Happy Blogger's Tip to self: 

Follow Bake Happy Blogger's Tip of the Day. 

Because although you can still see me on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram ('m bakehappyonline), I haven't had the chance to blog the past week because June has been a very very very busy month at work. Plus my nose bled (figuratively). If you know what I mean. 

So for July, I am planning to do nothing once in a while. Oh dear, just thinking about it makes me feel so bored already! Okay, I'll just do nothing until I can't stand it then off to making treats for you again. There that sounds (and feels) much better. Guess you can't take the baker out of me. 

So, before I do nothing, I thought I'd show you how I made these cupcake toppers. Still on "bag mode". They're so fun to make, so fun to gush over and so fun to dissect and eat. Scrap the "dissect and eat" part. It sounds gross. Here's how - 

What we need - 

Fondant in ivory and white
Stitching tool (or toothpick or knife)

Rolling pin

Placemat with textured design (optional)
Knife 
Brush and water

Pattern cut out of paper

• 4.5 x 2.5 cm
• 4.5 x 3.5 cm
• 4.5 x 1 cm
• 3.5 x 1 cm

Here's How
(1) Roll ivory fondant into a ball, then shape it into a Toblerone-esque shape. This will be the base structure of the bag. 

(2) Make sure base of of the "Toblerone" will measure 4.5 x 1 cm.

(3) Roll out remaining ivory fondant (leave a small piece for the bag handle later). I mentioned a place mat with textured design as an optional tool because I used it to create texture onto the rolled fondant. I bought my place mat at Landmark for only 50 bucks. Pretty cheap for such an unconventional use :)

(4) Cut out - 

• 2 - 4.5 x 3.5 cm (this will be the front and back of the bag) optional to run the stitching tool through the right and left sides.
• 1 - 4.5 x 2.5 cm (this will be the cover/overlap of the bag
• 2 - 3.5 x 1 cm (this will be the sides of the bag)

(5) To assemble, attach the back and front sides to the "Toblerone"

(6) Pinch one end of the 3.5 x 1 cm and attach it to one side of the bag with the pinched side on the top. Cut off excess. Do the same to the other side.

(7) Now,  on to the 4.5 x 2.5 cm which will serve as the overlap/cover, cut 2 ends and run through the stitching tool on the border.

(8) Attach the overlap/cover to the bag. Attach a slim strip of textured rolled fondant at the front as well.

(7) Add details using the white fondant. At this point, to make the topper fancier, you can also paint it gold or silver using luster dust.

(9) Attach the handle.

Now now now, that wasn't so hard was it? Totally a piece of cake! Err... cupcake I mean.  This bag is very versatile, you can change the color to your liking or even the dimensions. You can make it bigger to be a cake topper instead. Or add floral details. Or add a edible fondant scarf wrapped on one end of the handle. So fab!

I enjoyed doing these fashionista themed toppers! So cool to see these miniature versions! Do you want more? I'm thinking of doing one more tutorial on bags before moving on to other stuff. What do you think?