Cute witch cup cakes

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Comment by Luz Iglesias on April 19, 2013 at 6:23pm

You can use fondant, I use it most of the time for my figures but I add CMC or  Tylose, which is going to harden your fondant, when I make these I had a little gumpaste, so I decided to mix it with the fondant.  The fondant I use is the rolled fondant: 1 tablespoon + 2 teaspoons unflavored gelatin or 2 sachets of unflavored gelatin, 1/4 cup water, 1/2 cup or glucose (the solid one, not the honey like), 2 tablespoons solid vegetable shortening, 1 tbs glycerin, 1 kg confectioners sugar (aprox.) sifted, and I add 2 tsp of CMC or Tylose, no matter if it is to cover a cake or to make figures.  It is the Wilton recipe.  First you have to sift 1kg of confectioners sugar and set it aside, put half of this in the mixer bowl with the 2 tsp of Tylose or CMC.  Second: sprinkle the gelatin over the 1/4 cup water and put it aside so it will harden.  In a small pot place the glucose, since it is sticky cover your messuring cup and spoon and your hands with vegetable shortening, add the glycerin, and the shortening, soften your gelatin in the microwave for 11 seconds and then another 11 seconds, add this to you pot and begin to cook it until the shortening disolves, keep on moving it out of the stove with a spatula or a whisk until well blended.  Add this in a "string" to the confectioner sugar you have in the mixer bowl and mix it there (it is a lot easier to do it this way).  Keep on adding the sifted confectioner´s sugar until you have right consistency of a fondant.  Take it to you work table and knead it with the rest (maybe not all of it) of the sifted sugar, until you get that dough consisency.  Before I knead the dough I cover my table with shortening, so it won´t stick.  And I also add cornstarch (not to much) and confectioner´s sugar to help the dough get it consistency.  I think you won´t have any trouble using your marshmallow fondant.  If I´m not to clear in the rolled fondant, google Wilton´s rolled fondant recipe.  Hope I´ve been helpful.

Comment by Mai Fathalla on April 18, 2013 at 3:45am

Very nice & simple idea Luz! So, why do you mix gumpaste with fondant? If they were all fondant, would they go soft with the buttercream? I'm asking because we don't have gumpaste in Egypt and I can only use home-made marshmallows fondant, so I'm not sure they'd stand the moist of the buttercream.

Comment by Luz Iglesias on October 25, 2012 at 8:53am

Thank you Karen for your comments, I´m honored to know you want to copy any of my ideas, I love to make these kind of figurines, right now I´m making a lovely witch for a birthday party, let´s see how it comes out.  I will be checking the work of your friend Mossman, thanks for your advice.  Happy caking to you too!!!!

Comment by Karen Royer on October 24, 2012 at 1:27pm

Thank you for the nice comments Luz.  Your work is so fun!  These are my favorite, and I may be copying your idea....hope you don't mind!  Your work is a lot like my friend Jame Mossman.  Take a look at her work.  I think the two of you would love to see each others stuff.  Happy Caking! Karen