Final Year Farewell Cupcakes

This is another long overdue post.

I finally graduated from med school last year and as a final hoorah, we had a hospital farewell party for the final year students down at the local pub with loads of entertainment - trivia, games, dances and singing. It was a fun night to be had and a good chance to mingle with the doctors. To say thank you to my fellow students for the fun times and the invaluable admin girls at the Clinical Teaching Unit, I painstakingly worked on 34 personalised face cupcakes with one of the most wonderful-est friends, Monica who stayed up with me and helped me till 4.30am.

Meet the St George Class of 2009

Now, for the how tos...

Step 1: Bake lots of cupcakes with lots of backups

Step 2: Slice off the top of the cupcakes so that it's flat and apply a thin layer of buttercream just so there's something for the fondant to adhere to

Step 3: Roll out fondant thinly and cut into a circle and place on top of the cupcake (I used a plastic IKEA cup for this) remembering to use either a lot of cornflour or COPHA so that the fondant doesn't stick to the table/cup etc. Then using a food colouring pen, or a brush draw on facial features/make little noses out of fondant

Step 4: Add fondant hair

Oh, and I used Wilton Ready-to-use Rolled Fondant in Natural Colors, which made my life a whole lot easier.

Baby shower cupcakes for Aryan

I threw my sister-in law a baby shower back in early December and now she is literally about to pop. She is 39+4 weeks today and I can't wait to meet my new niece. Below are some close up shots of the cupcakes I made for the picnic we had at Coogee Beach with friends and family.

Just my usual vanilla cupcakes with pink buttercream. Toppers are made out of modeling paste and shaped using a mould i bought at Iced Affair in Camperdown. Smoosh modeling paste into the mould, then put it in the freezer for a few minutes and then pop it out. Nice and easy! Then paint with food colouring. I bought these food colouring pens which were a bit expensive but totally worth the investment. And then I painted over it with some shimmer dust just to make it look a bit more polished.