“Me eat cookie!”
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| Cookie Monster fondant cupcake topper |
I made these cute little toppers to decorate a batch of chocolate chip cupcakes; perfect flavour cupcake for the Cookie Monster! I'm donating some cupcakes to Cupcakes 4 Kids with Cancer on Saturday (27 September 2014). They are raising awareness and funds to help families in need of medical assistance by selling cupcakes at malls all over South Africa.
Meanwhile, learn how to make your own fondant cupcake toppers by following the steps below.
Cookie Monster Fondant Cupcake Toppers
WHAT YOU WILL NEED:
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| Tools and ingredients needed |
Fondant (plastic icing) in 4 different colours: blue,
black, white and orange
Corn flour
Piping nozzle or small round cutter
48 and 58 mm round cutters
Rolling pin
Small paint brush
Water
Black edible marker
Ruler
Small, sharp knife
DIRECTIONS:
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| Dust work surface with corn flour |
1. Dust
your work surface with a small amount of corn flour. This prevents the fondant
from sticking. Continue to use the corn flour throughout the decorating process
to prevent sticking.
2. Prepare
the different colours by kneading the fondant until it is pliable for rolling.
Cover in plastic wrap to prevent the fondant from drying out.
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| Roll out the blue fondant |
3. Start
with the blue fondant. Roll it out to a thickness of about 3 mm.
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| Cut out blue fondant disks |
4. Cut
out blue disks using the 58 mm round cutter, and set aside. This is Cookie
Monster’s blue, furry face.
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| Cut out black fondant semi-circles |
5. Roll
out the black fondant and cut out disks using the 48 mm round cutter. Using the
ruler and knife, cut off about a third of each disk. Set aside the larger
semi-circle. This forms Cookie Monster’s big, cookie eating mouth.
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| Cut out small white fondant disks |
6. Roll
out the white fondant and cut out some googly eyes for Cookie. Use the piping
nozzle or small round cutter. Allow the fondant to harden and dry a little
before drawing in black eyeballs using the edible marker. Set the eyes aside.
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| Cut out small orange fondant disks and decorate with black edible marker |
7. Roll
out the orange fondant and cut out some of Cookie monster’s favourite cookies.
He just loves chocolate chip cookies! Use the same size cutter as for the eyes.
Finish off the cookies by adding chocolate chips by drawing on black dots using
the edible marker. Set the fondant cookies aside, ready for assembly.
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| Assemble using water and brush |
8. To
assemble, use a small amount of water on the paint brush and wet the fondant
very little. Place the mouth, eyes and cookie in place, and there you will have
a Cookie Monster to decorate your cupcake!
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| Final Cookie Monster topper! |
