Cow Cupcakes

By weavincanuck

Ingredients

• white, black and pink fondant

Preparation

Step 1

To begin, I rolled out the white fondant. I made pretty thick discs and next time will make them thinner, since there's really no reason to use so much when topping a cupcake.

I used my graduated circle cookie cutters and matched the size of the head to the size of a cupcake. Next, I used a smaller circle for the pink "snout" area. After cutting the snout I used my fingers to press it onto the white head, forming it into an oval shape. I used the smallest cutter from a "Fondant Flower" set from Michaels Craft Store to make the spots on the cow. Certainly, you can make all kinds of different spot shapes, but I decided to be a little more uniform in the design, though I randomly placed them on the head so no two cows would be the same. :) The smallest circle cutter was for the ears. I cut circles and then pinched the bottom of the circle together for a 3D ear effect.

I assembled them in this order:

Large circle head
Pink circle snout pressed onto the head
Black spots randomly placed on the head
Pressed in the eyes (which didn't stick very well, so I dabbed some black gel underneath them to act as a "glue".
I rolled bits of white fondant to make a "snake" sort of shape for the horns. I placed them underneath the head and pressed the "forehead" area down into the horns to make them stick.
I rolled pink fondant on top of black fondant and then cut circle shapes with a cutter. I pinched them into an ear shape and used the same "sticking" method as the horns to make them stick to the head.
Random smiles, smirks, and nose dots on the snout using the black gel.
I left them on a cookie sheet overnight to dry.

I placed a dollop of buttercream on top of the cupcake and then pressed a cow on top: