Fairy Tale Recipe & Tutorial: Shooting Star Cupcakes!

This week we’ve put together a wonderfully adorable fondant / sugarpaste tutorial on how to create some bright shooting stars. These are perfect for baby showers, kids’ parties, birthdays or themed events. We’ve also included a recipe for deliciously sweet and tangy lemonade cupcakes which are sure to be a hit with all ages!

Shooting Star Cupcake tutorial by Juniper Cakery

Shooting Star Cupcake tutorial by Juniper Cakery

Shooting Star Cupcake tutorial by Juniper Cakery

Fondant Shooting Star Decor

You will need…

Yellow fondant
Black fondant (optional)
Sprinkles (optional)
Ball tool
Scallop tool
Icing sugar to dust
Fondant rolling pin
Star cutter
Cling film
Water
Paintbrush
Edible or non-toxic cake decorating glitter (optional)
Melted white chocolate

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Step one: Roll out some yellow fondant to a thickness of approx. 7mm and sandwich this between two pieces of cling film before cutting out your star shape. The cling film on top helps create clean, rounded edges whilst the cling film under the fondant prevents the shape sticking to the surface.

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Step two: Carefully shape the star into a chunkier shape by rounded the tips with your fingers.

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Step three: Add cute facial details with a ball tool and scallop tool. At this stage you can add eyes with springs, sugar pearls, balls of fondant etc.

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Step four: Create the shooting star’s tail by rolling out ‘ropes’ of fondant that taper off.

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Step five: Create three ‘ropes’ to form the tail and arrange. Glue these together with either water or melted white chocolate. Once dry attach the tail to the back of the star with melted white chocolate. Then you can add edible glitter, lustre dust, sprinkles etc!

To assemble your Shooting Star Cupcakes pipe your lemon cupcakes with the freshly made lemonade buttercream (we used a disposable piping bag fitted with an 828 piping tip) then carefully nestle a shooting star atop each once set. Place on a tiered cupcake stand amidst star shaped confetti for a playful and tempting display!

Shooting Star Cupcake tutorial by Juniper Cakery

 

Brandy Alexander Cupcake Recipe for The Devilled Egg

The Christmas period has always been synonymous with liqueur fueled festivities. Combine this with a little bit (or a lot) of indulgence at the dinner table and you should be left with a flurry of luxurious booze-y desserts! With this in mind we’ve whipped up a tempting Brandy Alexander cupcake; a creme de cacao with dark chocolate and brandy cake swirled with silky brandy buttercream, dusted with gold and finished with twinkling edible star sequins for culinary school, The Devilled Egg. This decadent cocktail inspired cupcake will no doubt have all of the grown ups at the party rushing to your dessert tables and cake stands for a sample or several. Head on over to The Devilled Egg Kitchen Academy’s blog for our full recipe!

Brandy Alexander Cupcake by Juniper Cakery

Brandy Alexander Cupcake by Juniper Cakery

Brandy Alexander Cupcake by Juniper Cakery

Brandy Alexander Cupcake by Juniper Cakery

Brandy Alexander Cupcake by Juniper Cakery

 

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