I cheated a little and bought fondant this time. Usually I make my own using my favorite "go to" fondant recipe but I didn't need much and the colors I needed are hard to make, especially red and honestly making your own fondant is quite time consuming. It would also jack the price up and I try to keep my cupcakes affordable for people/customers (who are usually my teaching friends and we all know about a teacher's salary). It all worked out though and holly leaves and stars have been custom made and ready for cupcake placement.
Do you even like fondant? My son loves it but typically I peel it off and enjoy the buttercream underneath. I guess you either like it or don't. It does lend itself to a pretty smooth clean "canvas" to work on though and the decorations you can make while time consuming are amazing. Fondant is a good way to dress up a cake and give it a more polished look in my opinion but it's all in what you like and what it's for.
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| Custom fondant holly leaves (that's why they are uniformly perfect) and stars. |
