Birdie in a Bush.

A few months back, I made my first fondant figures and accents for cakes and cupcakes.  Before the piggy cupcake, there were the birdies.



I took these cupcakes to a friend's house, it was the first time I had given any of my products away.  I was pretty surprised by the reaction. Who knew about the power of a good cupcake!

Birdie in  Bush
Fondant birdie, buttercream grass, chocolate cupcake and crushed Oreo cookies to cover the bottom half to look like "dirt".

I was so new to cake decorating that I actually used a butter knife to make the details of the birdie.  Real decoraters don't use butter knives (Ha!). I also didn't have cupcake wrappers.  I know what you're thinking..."WHAT?!"  It's true. I didn't have cupcake wrappers.  So once again, with every cupcake or cake a lesson is learned...

Today's Lesson:  If you don't have cupcake wrappers...improvise.

 
The idea of dirt came from the fact the cupcakes were just ugly without a wrapper.  So I crushed the Oreos and covered the bottom half of the cupcakes with a chocolate buttercream.  I then just piled the cookies onto the cupcakes.  It was a little messy to eat but so much fun!  They looked liked I just pulled them right from the ground.



Price: $40/One dozen

I knew I wanted the birdies to sit on "grass".  I used a grass tip from Ateco but there are so many different kinds you can get.   When using your grass tip, remember to let the buttercream come out a bit before you stop piping. You can make the grass as long as you'd like, however, be careful with making it too long because your grass will then look like green hair.  The grass piping should go in the same direction to give it a more natural look. I had never made grass buttercream before so my grass was all over the place.

This week I'm working on cupcakes for a BBQ. I'll let you know how that turns out



Picture of my modeling tools