I’m back from vacation and feeling refreshed. I know that fall doesn’t technically start until September 22nd but I’m ready for fall treats. If it was up to the retail industry we would be celebrating Christmas right now but I’m not going to fall into that trap and start showing you Christmas ideas yet. We need to celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving first.
- 1/2 sheet cake board; 14×20 {I was lazy and didn’t cover mine but you can cover yours with Halloween wrapping paper, a plastic table cloth in a festive color or foil wrap}
- 23 cupcakes in your choice of flavor {I kept it simple and used a box mix for this tutorial}
- white buttercream icing {approximately 1 cup}
- orange buttercream icing {approximately 1 1/2 cup}
- yellow buttercream icing {approximately 1 1/4 cup}
- piping bags
- couplers {I used ones that are completely round and don’t have a cut in them so that they pipe a perfectly round shape}
- #4 piping tips
- offset spatula
- Viva paper towels
- fondant smoother
Begin by laying out your cupcakes on the cake board in the following pattern. 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5 and 5. As the picture above states I ended up changing my pattern. Sometimes as you decorate you will decide that your idea doesn’t quite look like what you had in mind and you have to improvise.
I love it! Reading this…I had a total “Duh, why didn’t I think of that moment!” Fill in the gaps FIRST…DUH…that is why when I try cupcake cakes, the icing kept falling….Thank you. I will be trying one again soon. And outlining the cupcakes….OMG…Thank you!
Glad I could help Kim 馃檪
Very cute! Your candy corn icing colours are perfect! This is a great dessert idea for a Fall or Halloween party!
Thanks Paula!
How Fun!!! and this actually looks like something I could do!! Love your creativity Melissa!!!
Thanks so much Marci 馃檪
Such a cute idea!! I had heard of the Viva paper towel trick – your icing looks so nice and smooth! I’ll have to give it a try 馃檪
Thanks Jennifer! Definitely use Viva. You will love it. I don’t know who originated the idea but I learned about it in a cake class I took.
This is gorgeous! So cute. And you make it look so easy!!
Thanks Dorothy 馃檪
How adorable!!!!! What a fun idea for fall!!! It looks absolutely beautiful, you did a fabulous job with this!!!! (And it looks delicious too, of course!)
Thanks Maria!
What a cute and unique idea! I’ve never made a cupcake cake. I can’t believe how smooth you were able to get your frosting. It looks amazing! I’ll have to try your trick with the fondant smoother and paper towel. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Aida. Viva is the best way to get smooth icing.
This looks amazing!! I love it!!
I would love to invite you to link it up at our new party Lovely Ladies Linky where you link up once and get seen on 6 blogs!!
Link up starts Wednesdays!
http://www.lifewiththecrustcutoff.com/lovely-ladies-linky-link-up-2/
Hope to see you there 馃檪
Parrish @ Life With The Crust Cut Off
Thanks! I linked up. Thank you for the invite.