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DIY Cupcake Toppers

These delightful DIY cupcake toppers are shaped like succulents. They look great and are tasty too! Perfect for parties, weddings, baby showers, wherever you want a pop of prettiness really!
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24 suculents
Calories:
Author: Eden

Ingredients

  • Gumpaste and fondant
  • Green dye in Juniper
  • Luster Dust in Poppy Red by Linnea's
  • Paint brush
  • Rolling Pin
  • Ball tool
  • Leaf cutouts two sizes
  • X-Acto Knife
  • Egg carton to let the succulents dry

Instructions

  • Mix gumpaste, fondant and green dye. Blend together with hands.
  • Roll the fondant out to 1/4 inch thick and cut out 8 leafs. 4 small and 4 large.
  • Create a "glue" using a pea size piece of gumpaste and 1/4 cup water
  • Take the balling tool and smooth out the rounded side on the leaf to form a base so the leaves fit together easily.
  • Dab some gumpaste "glue" in the middle of the base of the leaves.
  • Layer the large leaves on top of each other in opposite directions and then stagger the small ones on top, but fan them out a little.
  • When all of the leaves are attached, pinch the middle to secure them.
  • Create a tiny cone out of fondant and cut it in half with an X-Acto knife. Place it in the center of the succulent with the glue. Then make a few more to place in the center as well.
  • Once the gumpaste adhesive has dried, dust the edge of each succulent with some poppy red luster dust.
  • Don't forget to wrap your fondant in plastic wrap when you're not using it so it doesn't dry out!