Re: Baking and Cake Decorating
yeah, that's fondant on top of the robot cake. i made it from marshmallows so it tasted better than the store-bought one. you basically knead it like aata and then you work colour into it and keep kneading until its uniformly distributed. then you roll it out and drape it and shape it, etc. for your design.
the key is a TON of crisco (the vegetarian one, of course, in the blue package) all over the rolling pin, your hands (like liberally applying lotion), and the board you roll it on.
its quite the workout but easy peasy!
the monkey cupcakes are super easy also.
i just made basic buttercream and tinted it tan.
spread it over the top of the cupcakes.
i used two cheerios for the eyes, half of those Nilla cookies for babies for the mouth, and one chocolate melt candy (from Bulk Barn) cut in half for the ears. the mouth and nose were piped on with those small gel icing tubes (also from Bulk Barn).
that's it!
i also piped some chocolate pudding, using a piping bag with a thin tip, into the vanilla cupcakes so they were filled for that extra bit of yumminess.