I loved making him cupcakes. He has decided that he likes chocolate cake. His mommy does not. So usually, I don't make chocolate cake for him. When you do cupcakes, it's easy to do a variety. I made some vanilla cupcakes along with these chocolate beauties.
I cannot believe how cute they turned out! I used the pictures on my iPhone as a template for the designs. I pulled up the photos on my phone and laid wax paper on top. I then traced the basic design of each. I used these outlines under the sheets of wax paper that I piped Royal Icing onto as guides for where to draw. I just used the basic Wilton recipe for the icing. I outlined the shape of each animal and immediately flooded each one and let them dry overnight. The next day, after removing them from the wax paper, I piped on the white for the eyes, gills, and mouths. I used a black food color pen to add the black dots to the eyes on each design. The day before the party, I rolled out homemade marshmallow fondant and cut our the circles to mount them on. I used a little of the leftover icing to secure the critters to the fondant and then I decided to add bubbles! That always makes me think of Finding Nemo :)...
Here they are on the cupcakes -
And here's the Happy Birthday boy with his cupcakes! He's a cutie!!!
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