Pint Sized Baker: Happy Pumpkin Mini Cupcake Toppers

Monday, October 8, 2012

Happy Pumpkin Mini Cupcake Toppers


Did you enjoy your three day weekend??
We sure did.

Well... Sorta... 
I haven't been feeling very good the past few days, but a little R&R seemed to have helped.
I took a few days to relax (no running), catch up on some shows (way too many) and bake a few easy vanilla cupcakes with my Little Cup.


Have you made baked goods with this Butter Vanilla Emulsion? 
Oh my.... it added such a wonderful flavor to my vanilla cupcakes. You should try it in your next baked treat.  Sugar Cookies, Cakes, Ice Cream, etc., etc.


So, my Little Cup and I played with some fondant.
I used to be afraid of fondant. I thought you had to be some certified cake decorator in order to work with it. So, last year, I took a Wilton's Cake Decorating Class and got over my fear.


Turns out, fondant is really just edible play-doh.
Even my 6 year old could make some pumpkins with me. 
I started with some white Marshmallow Fondant and just colored it.


We had some great bonding time making fun pumpkins together. We rolled pumpkins and pumpkin stems.
She had a lot of fun making these mini cupcake toppers.

And.... She knows her Mommy! She knew that I wanted to take some pictures, so she helped by drawing me a background picture.
Isn't she the bestest Little Helper ever!
I love you Little Bug


I also want to pass along ANOTHER giveaway from the Online BlogCon coming up Oct 22!

Hello Love Designs is an etsy shop that specializes in custom cards and invitations. Their 2012 Christmas Card line is now available. Cards come in printable form (emailed to the purchaser in .jpg format for easy printing) or they can be professionally printed by Hello Love Designs.
Hello Love Designs is giving away 25 professionally printed Christmas Cards (design will be of the winners choosing) to one winner. (A $52.50 value.)



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Hello Love Too is giving away a digital paper set or a digital clip art set to 10 winners (winners will get to choose which paper  or clip art set they want). (A value of $5 each.)



This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only. (There is one giveaway for both shops; 11 total winners.)

Hello Love Designs
and Hello Love Too can also be found on Facebook and Pinterest.



Fondant Pumpkins

by Pint Sized Baker
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Ingredients
  • Pre-Made Fondant
  • Orange Food Coloring
  • Green Food Coloring
  • 12 Mini Cupcakes
Instructions
Bake and Frost Mini Cupcakes.
Take a half cup of fondant and add a few drops of orange food coloring and fold the fondant over and over blending in the orange.
Roll little one inch pumpkins and indent the top.
Tint a pinch of fondant green and roll into skinny ropes.
Add ropes in different lengths to the top of the pumpkins.
No need to be afraid of fondant. Get in there and play with it.
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36 comments :

  1. I love that she made you a background! That's awesome. And these are adorable pumpkins!

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    1. Thanks. She was very helpful and not at all getting in the way (that day at least).

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  2. I like using fondant on cakes & cupcakes I make. I'm glad you found a new medium too. The more tools ya have to work with the better. It looks like you guys had fun, those cupcakes are adoreable. Im following ya on BlogLovin. I hope you guys have a good night.

    Nikki
    www.thecraftysideofsarcasm.com

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    1. Thanks for stopping by. I've used it a few times, but always find candy and stuff to use. I really like the fondant recipe I have.

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  3. Oh those pumpkins are so cute and the background even cuter! You have a mini me, which is utterly wonderful! :)

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    1. Thanks so much. I guess she is a bit of a mini-me :)

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  4. Eek, the background picture is too too cute. And I love these little fondant pumpkins!

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    1. Thanks Hayley. I'll let her know that you LOVED her picture.

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  6. Love these, I also made my own marshmallow fondant and got the hang of using fondant! I will be making these for the Harvest Party at school! Thanks for sharing!

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    1. I hope everyone likes them. I like mini cupcakes for larger potlucks because you can indulge in more treats without overeating. Well, sorta, anyway...

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  7. Those are beautiful cupcakes. Great job. Come and visit us this week. We are having a wonderful giveaway. You will love it.

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  8. Love the little pumpkins! I am going to have to try working with fondant. Adorable!

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    1. It's just like play doh! I don't know why I was so scared.

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  9. I saw these on Pinterest, and then realized I knew your name and blog from Online BlogCon! So much fun! The cupcakes are gorgeous and what cute little pumpkins! Hope to get to "know" you better through the conference. Thanks for all you're doing!

    Valerie- www.occasionallycrafty.blogspot.com

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    1. I'm so excited for Online BlogCon! It's been really great getting to know more bloggers out there. Thanks for stopping by.

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  10. Haha your daughter is the best little helper! Such an awesome background. And I've never tried the vanilla butter emulsion (only butter extract), but that's going on my list of things to buy!

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    1. Buy it! It's great stuff! I've tried a lot of vanillas and this was really yummy!

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  11. Too cute!! I am eventually going to make it into the cupcake world but right now I am just having so much fun with the cake pops and bites! I really want to try that Vanilla butter emulsion you mentioned though. :)

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  12. These are so cute that I'd like to invite you to come link it up with us.... http://www.finecraftguild.com/party-35/ (or choose the halloween link-up party...

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  14. I've never seen the butter vanilla, but I can only imagine how wonderful it would make baked goods taste! I love your pumpkins that your little pumpkin helped you make. I appreciate you encouragement in using fondant, my daughter makes lots of polymer clay items and she wants to try fondant now, so I'm glad you said it is not too hard!

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  15. Adorable pumpkins! I love anything mini...and these are just so cute. Thanks a million for linking up at Weekend Potluck!

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  16. I feel like I stumbled into baking heaven, I love your blog!!!!!!! saw you over on Happy Go Lucky! following ya on Pinterest now too:)

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    1. Wow! thanks so much! It's a dessert heaven and they are all calorie free!

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  17. Found you at the weekend wrap up party. These cupcakes look yummy! Thanks for sharing!

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  18. Great job, adorable! I would love to have you stop by 'Or so she says...' today and share some of your great ideas with my readers! The 'Your Great Idea' link party runs every Sat through Tuesday. Hope to see you there! www.oneshetwoshe.com

    * Also, starting tommorrow, we've got a great giveaway going on with over $500 in prizes!

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  19. OMGosh! Those are so cute!! They look and sound delicious. Thank you for sharing. Visiting from Blissful Bucket List. Would love it if you would share this at my Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House which goes live at 8am CST on Monday. http://thededicatedhouse.blogspot.com Hope to see you at the bash! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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  21. Mmm I need some vanilla butter emulsion! Love the cute bkgd :) Thanks for sharing at Pin It Thursday!

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  22. So cute and perfect for fall! Thanks for joining the party at Keep Calm and Link Up! Come back again this Thursday night!
    Barbara at Chase the Star
    chasethestar dot net

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  23. These are way too cute! The little pumpkins are just adorable. But the background picture is the best part! Too cute :) Thank you so much for coming by to link up at Throwback Thursday, I hope you'll stop by again this week :)

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  24. Cute and fun! Thanks for linking up on Saturday Show and Tell. I hope you'll be back again this week with more great stuff.
    -Macknezie
    http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com

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  25. super cute! I've never used Fondant before but now I want to :) Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday. Can’t wait to see what you share this week! Have a wonderful week.
    Michelle

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  26. Featuring you today! :) Thanks so much for linking up with {wow me} wednesday.

    Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com

    http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2012/10/18-pumpkin-inspired-recipes-take-look.html

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  27. I LOVE letting my kids help me make fondant things. I love your tiny little pumpkins!

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