Sunday 4 July 2010

Independence Day Cupcakes


To everyone in the US, and to Americans abroad - Happy Independence Day!

Today I set out to have some fun with cupcakes and fondant, and seeing as it's the fourth of July, I though nothing else would do - it had to be stars and stripes...

For a good basic cupcake recipe, click here.

The stars

There weren't quite 50, but certainly a lot for a batch of cupcakes! The blue was tricky to achieve.. I found a tiny touch of black food dye helped a lot - it took the colour from 'mediterranean holiday' to 'star spangled banner' in less than a drop.


The stripes

The stripes cupcakes were a lot less fiddly to make. I used a simple white background with three strips of red fondant laid across. To achieve fondant to fondant all you need to do is dap a little water on one and attach it to the other piece. In this case a brushed a tiny amount of water on the back of the red strips before laying them across the white background.

Put together - an edible tribute to the American flag...




So dear readers, did you make anything special today to mark Independence Day?

Ladybird x

10 comments:

  1. these are. GORGEOUS. Really awesome job.

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  2. Brilliant... love the textures of the stars and stripes.. could not have made them better..

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  3. WOW Anna... time to give up your day job! and start your own busines. dalal

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  4. These are so funky! I love the perfect white stars!

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  5. Woohoo! Briliant job, I absolutely LOVE them! :D

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  6. Wow! Your cupcakes are so neat (as in tidy, but also very cool)!

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  7. Oh! Your cupcakes are just perfect for the celebration...gorgeous!

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  8. So clean, pure and pretty! I love the colours and the cute little stars!

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  9. Wow! I'm glad I came by to visit Anna, these are some very amazing cupcakes. Just perfect. Well done.

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