Something New

A few weeks ago, I received an order for a pirate and princess themed birthday party. You wouldn't believe how excited I was to be able to do something different! Now don't get me wrong, I enjoy fulfilling orders for my regular desserts, but doing something new is such a fun breath of fresh air. It keeps me creative and keeps my passion for baking alive. So as you can imagine, I was beyond thrilled to make pirate and princess themed cupcakes.

My customer had sent me a few photos of what she really liked, and I used those as my inspiration. I have to admit, this was my first time working with MMF (marshmallow fondant). I have been wanting to play with MMF for months! But I have always been intimidated by it. Yes, intimidated by sugar.

To say that working with fondant was time consuming would be an understatement. But... it was fun! I felt like Picasso. Although it can be a little difficult to work with tiny pieces, overall it's not as hard as it seems! If you haven't played with MMF, I highly recommend just diving into it. You will mess up, get sugar everywhere and become frustrated. But you will ask yourself in the end why you haven't done it before!

And it tastes good with buttercream, too!

The princess cupcakes were really fun to make. And it was really simple! I piped the chocolate tiaras one by one onto parchment, and wrapped it around an appropriate sized bottle and placed it in the freezer for a few minutes. They came out super cute! Next time I might try royal icing so they don't melt as quickly, although it isn't as tasty. Maybe.

Overall, it was a fun weekend in the kitchen. Especially when it came to eating the left over vanilla bean cupcakes ;)

Tootles <3