A star is born
Mixed-style cupcakes decorated with stars, featuring both fondant and piped star designs.
Ingredients
Cupcakes (basic vanilla or lemon flavor (see p.18 or p.26))
1
Frosting (see p.16)
1
Gel food coloring
to taste
Fondant
golf ball size
Cornstarch (for anti-sticking)
to taste
Royal icing (see p.16)
2 tbsp
Edible glue
to taste
Silver sugar pearls
to taste
Instructions
1
Prepare the cakes
Make the cupcakes and let cool. Make the frosting and divide into two portions, keeping one white and tinting the other light blue. Frost half of the cupcakes with the white frosting and the other half with the blue frosting; let dry.
2
Make fondant stars
Tint the fondant dark blue and knead until evenly colored. Dust the work surface with a little cornstarch, roll the fondant out to about 3 mm thick, and cut out 6 stars.
3
Prepare piping bags
Divide the royal icing into three portions and tint each a different shade of blue. Transfer to three piping bags fitted with fine tips.
4
Decorate the star cakes
Brush a little edible glue onto three white-frosted and three blue-frosted cupcakes, then attach the fondant stars. Using the lightest shade of royal icing, pipe a dot in the center of each star and place a sugar pearl on top.
5
Pipe the star cakes
For the remaining cupcakes, pipe a five-pointed star in a color of your choice. Pipe five dots between the outer points of the star (using another color). Using the darkest shade, pipe a small circle in the center of the star, fill it with a contrasting color, and finish with a small dot on top.
