Black & White Cupcakes

I finished my black & white cupcake theme last night.  I was practising using a different method of icing where you cover the cupcake with buttercream to kind of make a flat surface and then cut a disc out of rolled fondant icing to place on top (I used scone cutters) and then you place whatever topper you like on the disc.

I have been practicing with flowers and made a few good ones (got some new cutters!)  I also bought some zebra cake boxes (Morrisons....quite cheap really) and along with the zebra cupcakes, I thought it all looked rather good!

Next week is going to be slightly hectic (again), I have 2 birthday cakes & party cupcakes to do and Mother's Day Cupcakes to make...all for at the weekend. Thats should keep me busy for a while!

Back to Black

Last night I was working on some cake toppers using black fondant.  I have some funky cupcases which are a black & white zebra pattern and also zebra patterned cupcake boxes to match.  I thought some cakes would look good with white buttercream frosting with some black cake toppers.  I made a few to try on my mother-in-law at the weekend to see what they look like.

I have put dark glitters on the flowers (purple, blue, green, black) just to give a hint of sparkle and I was going to paint some lustre dust colours on some to see what that looks like.

Of course, the battery died on the camera and the charger was at my office so the pics are not that great....