Chocolate Bears

This is a chocolate bear that I got from a chocolate shop. I just thought it looked great on a cupcake.This would be great for a party. In the background a friend from Canada. I just love all bears

Zoo Cupcakes

These two cupcakes are joined together with long chocolate mints, six of them in all. They connect two cupcakes to make a cage. I put a plastic monkey inside. The question is to cage animals or not to cage animals? We went to Chester zoo for a day out. The tropical bird house was good and the twilight zone full of bats was a good experience. However, some creatures in cages looked so sad and neurotic. Some animals were the last of their kind and were being helped along with breeding and reintroduction into the wild, so this seemed OK.

What are your views and can cupcakes become political?

Have you made cupcakes to support a cause?

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CHRISTMAS REINDEERS CUPCAKE

Remember to look at the cake store and the archives for more recipes and decorating ideas.

In this Christmas idea I have taken one of the painted cupcakes and added lots of the reindeer cupcakes on to it using photoshop. It is like a vast herd of reindeer cupcakes on a planet.

REINDEER CHRISTMAS CUPCAKES

These pictures show some art created in Lapland. I collected these on a visit to Finland. I like the black drawings which show reindeer, people and the environment. I decided to use these for a cupcakes design.
I iced the cupcakes white. I then took a small painting brush and painted the cupcakes using food colouring. I put a small amount of red, blue, yellow and black on a plate. I had water to dilute the colour and rinse the brush.

The colours remind me of watercolour paintings. They look like planets and landscapes.
When the colours had gone dry I used black writing icing to draw the images from the pictures onto the cupcakes. I think these are interesting and a new way of showing the Christmas Lapland reindeers and their environment.

PANDA AND POLAR BEAR CUPCAKES

These cupcakes use the Sherry Cupcake recipe, where 2oz--3 tablespoons of sultanas which have been soaked in sherry overnight are added to the cupcake mixture or you can use the chocolate cupcake recipe . Whatever your favourite is.
Ingredients
Cupcakes
Coconut grated
White icing
Black writing icing
Chocolate buttons
Method
Make your cupcakes. Ice with white icing. Before it sets add some chocolate buttons for the ears and then sprinkle coconut onto the surface of the icing. Gently press in with your hand and just shake off any that is loose.
Use some black writing icing to put on the bears features. I expect children would enjoy making these and inventing new faces for the bears.



PANDA AND POLAR BEAR CUPCAKES
Enjoy these ideas on how to decorate cupcakes and have some fun.