*Sesame Street Cupcakes*
*Wild Animal Cupcakes & Cakes*
The Sesame Street cupcakes for Johnny's 1st birthday took a lot longer than the animals, only because that was my very first time ever decorating a cupcake beyond your standard jar of frosting that you smear on with a rubber spatula. It took me a little while to figure out how to use all the various frosting tips and the best techniques and the best way to maximize my time. In the end it took me about 6 hours for only sixteen cupcakes.
The next year the animal ones took half that time--they would have taken less time than that even but I didn't have any pictures of other cupcakes to go off for these ones. With the Sesame Street cupcakes I had seen similar ones here and there on the internet and made my own adjustments based on what I had, but with the animals I researched for days and couldn't find anything that would work so I decided to come up with my own. I knew what it took to make the cupcakes from the Sesame Street ones, so I drew what the animals looked like and decided on the frosting colors and candies that would work for noses and eyes, etc. The lion cake was a small round cake pan and then I decorated it with frosting. The sheet cake was just green frosting with a grass tip, the letters were rolled out Starbursts cut into letters with an exacto-knife, and then plastic animal toys (washed) placed around the cake.
In the end I think both the Sesame Street and the Wild Animals cupcakes turned out great! I am excited to try and do these again with Johnny on a rainy day or something. Right now it seems like his next birthday party will probably be dinosaurs, so I am excited about coming up with a design for those cupcakes. But that is still a long way off! John thinks I should work for a bakery or make designer cupcakes for people, but I don't really think I'm that experienced to do that. And really, I only enjoy doing them when they are for my son and only occasionally because they are a lot of work. Hope you all enjoyed my little flashback of cupcakes! And thanks to Little Birdie Secrets for reminding me of them! :)
And if you were curious as to how Johnny reacted to the cupcakes on his birthdays:
On his 1st birthday he cried because he was overwhelmed by all the people surrounding him taking pictures & singing. He never did end up eating his Cookie Monster cupcake. On his 2nd birthday he devoured his tiger cupcake. No prompting needed. ;)
2 comments:
Oh my goodness, these are fantastic!!! My daughter would absolutely love these - I'll have to host a party soon just for an excuse to make a batch! ;)
Thanks! They are actually really easy if you have the right decorating tips. For "fur" use a grass tip, use a "leaf" tip for Big Bird's feathers. Big Bird's beak is made from yellow chocolate melts that are hardened. Elephant nose is from a large round tip. Other than that most of them are just regular frosting smeared on and various candies. Good luck! :)
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