Wishing For Spring...

In honour of the snow storm going on outside this evening, I decided to make good work of the fondant from the previous tutorial and call upon spring for some inspiration. Despite my dislike of butterflies, I adore bumblebees. Perhaps the weather will see these cute little cupcakes and bring spring a little early. Perhaps? Or am I simply wishing?


Early this morning before leaving for work, I took the fondant out of the fridge to give it several hours to return to room temperature. After a bit of kneading, the first thing was to decide how many colors I'd be needing. Luckily, daisies are mostly white, so that saved me from having to color a chunk of fondant. My other two primary colors will be yellow and black (for the flower centers, and to make the bees.)

As I mentioned previously, there are two ways to color marshmallow fondant. The first is to color an entire batch when you melt the marshmallows, the second is to take a small ball of already-prepared fondant and color it by adding the color and kneading it. 


But first, the white needed to be rolled out and made into cute little daisies:

I cut out enough to make 9 double-layer daisies. I could also have done 18 single daisies, I just like the way the double ones pop off the cupcake. 

Next, I had to color some white fondant into yellow:

It doesn't look too pretty to start, but with a little work

and a lot of upper arm strength, I got it a nice bumblebee yellow:

Next, the black. I didn't take any pictures of the black fondant process because working with dark colors tend to result in your hands getting dyed the color you're working with..


Exhibit A:

So once I had all my colors and shapes figured out, it was time to make some cupcakes! A little purple dye gave them a nice, springy feel. A little tip is that if you don't have enough batter to fill all of your spaces in your pan, put a little bit of water in each of the empty cups so that they don't burn. 

While the cupcakes were cooking, I assembled my bees and flowers! I gave the petals a little depth by simply pressing down each one with the tips of my fingers. Then I doubled them up with a little bit of water in between to hold it all together. The bees are just yellow ovals with two black stripes and wings which are actually cut off daisy petals :) 

How cute are they?!

A little green icing on the top of each cupcake and the result was an adorable call out: Oh spring? Come out, come out wherever you are!!

Happy Baking!


Crystal