Happy birthday Brian! Well, super belated birthday, since his birthday was in early July -_-... He got his treat then, but I just haven't had the chance to share this post with everyone yet. BTW, Brian is my middle sis' bf. :-)
When he first saw the "Hello! Cupcake"
book, he feel in love with the penguins on the back cover of the book. His favorite animal is penguin, so it was very fitting. I told him I would make this for his birthday, and here is how I did it:
book, he feel in love with the penguins on the back cover of the book. His favorite animal is penguin, so it was very fitting. I told him I would make this for his birthday, and here is how I did it:
For the penguin color, I used my favorite chocolate buttercream frosting recipe, then melted it in the microwave for about 30 seconds (check the frosting for doneness every 10-15 seconds) and added black food coloring gel to reach the penguin black suit coloring.
For decorations, I used marshmallows for the white tummy, yellow Starbursts for the beak, chocolate mint cookies cut in half for the wings that were dipped in the same frosting as above, and left-over vanilla and chocolate frosting for the eye details. They were super hard to transport to my parents' house, as the wings are spread out and I didn't have any good carriers for wide cupcakes, but other than that they were a hit! Birthday boy really liked it!
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So these are the cutest cupcakes ever! I am in love, and I wish you could bring me one tomorrow morning. I would be waiting with a big smile and a warm hug!
ReplyDeleteThank you Monet for the support! I wish I could send them your way too! :D
ReplyDeletesuper cute!
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