Hello! Well we had a wonderful birthday to celebrate this weekend! My daughters' Godmother's. She loves Minnie Mouse! So we decided to use our Moist Chocolate Cupcake recipe and Espresso Frosting (posted before on the blog) with Minnie Mouse ears and bows to top it! Cute huh?! Everyone else thought so! Here's how to do it!
Easy Fondant:
1/3 cup softened butter
1/3 cup light corn syrup (substitute 1/4 water + 1 cup sugar)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1 lb sifted powder sugar, extra if needed
In a large bowl, blend the butter, corn syrup, vanilla and salt until smooth and well combined. Add powdered sugar and mix until well combined. I used a hand mixer. The fondant should be smooth when done. Now you can add your color and just knead the fondant until it is completely combined. For this recipe I took 1/3 and made the black and the rest pink. Now roll it out to about 1/6 inch thick, or thicker/thinner to your liking. Using a small circle fondant/cookie cutter (one that is small enough for the cupcakes) cut out your circles. I place mine on plastic wrap or parchment so that it won't stick as they are fragile. Then roll out the pink fondant to the same thickness. Using a pizza cutter, or fondant cutter, cut out 3.5" x .5" strips (you can go bigger or smaller, as you like). Lay the strip flat and pinch the ends inwards. Then bring both ends to the center. Next cut a smaller strip about 1/4" x .8" or so and place in the middle of your bow, vertical. Press down on the top and bottom to ensure it sticks. Push the outsides of the bow in just a little to create that bow look. And there you have your bow! I keep the fondant I am not working with at the moment covered with plastic wrap so it doesn't dry out too quickly. Questions? Comment below!
Tip: If your fondant is too sticky add more powdered sugar until it doesn't stick anymore. If it is sticking to the rolling pin or table, use sifted powder sugar to keep it from sticking.
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