Happy Groundhog Day!

What do you do to celebrate someone’s birth on February 2^nd?  Why you present them with groundhog topped cupcakes, of course!

I received a commission to make "groundhog cupcakes" for a groundhog day Birthday celebration. 

I made the groundhogs out of fondant and gumpaste (sorry, the photo isn't the greatest)...

Then I used them to decorate the cupcakes as follows:

Step 1:  I applied green buttercream to the cupcake using a #14 open star tip.  (I didn’t have a #133 grass tip, so I had to improvise.  I used a quick squeeze-pull-release stroke to simulate the grass).

Step 2:  I added the groundhog topper.

Step 3:  I sprinkled a little brown sugar around the base of the groundhog (to look like it was pushing up through the dirt.

Step 4:  I added a little more “grass” and brown sugar to the top of the groundhog’s head (again, to look like it had pushed up through the “dirt”.

Well, that's it for now.  Happy Groundhog Day!

P.S.  Groundhog cupcake and cake toppers are available at www.CupcakeStylist.Etsy.com

A little about the CUPCAKE STYLIST...

Hello, I'm Deborah Jeffrey, the CUPCAKE STYLIST. I make edible toppers to stylishly dress your cakes and cupcakes.

I became the CUPCAKE STYLIST quite by accident -- in fact you can say that my first attempt at making "pretty" cupcakes for a friend's bridal shower was where the idea began to brew. I volunteered to make and decorate cupcakes and had a picture in my head of the absolutely amazing cupcakes that I would present to my friends, yet the reality of the situation was that I didn't have the skills to pull it off and my cupcakes looked nothing like I had envisioned. Oh everyone was kind and said the cupcakes "looked nice" but I knew in my heart that they were pathetic!

Anyway, I signed up for some cake decorating classes and used the skills that I learned and combined them with my graphic design and fine art background to develop this business. As the CUPCAKE STYLIST I create miniature works of art out of fondant, gumpaste and sugar that you can apply directly to your own cakes and cupcakes and present beautiful desserts to your family and friends!

You will find my designs affordable, easy to use, and best of all since you place them on your own cakes and cupcakes, you can take all of the credit!

My cupcake toppers are sold on Etsy at www.Etsy.com/Shop/CupcakeStylist. In addition, this blog is dedicated to including cake, cupcake and frosting recipes, ideas for using the toppers, and ways to present your cakes and cupcakes to receive the optimum oohs and aahs.

Thanks for stopping by....

Deborah...aka the CUPCAKE STYLST