Happy birthday, Penguin!

Ninja February 18th, 2009

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I just finished baking and decorating cupcakes for my darling boyfriend and other half of Ninja vs Penguin. Each cupcake (not all pictured here) has an inside joke sculpted out of sugar paste. It was my first time using sugar paste—very sticky stuff.

Happy birthday, honey!

xoxo,
Ninja

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  • stayc
    Happy birthday! :)

    OMG - those are soooooo cute!! You seriously rock! Question though....does it harden up and maintain it's shape? I'm trying to figure out another method for the caketoppers....mom suggested having it made in Taiwan using dough/clay stuff.
  • Hallo Stay-C,

    Thanks! Yup, they do harden up quite quickly. The sugar paste is more easily molded and shaped than fondant (and cheaper to purchase, which is a plus). The only drawback is that it is very sticky (will stick and clump to your fingers while you're shaping). Strangely enough, even though it has no problem sticking to my fingers, it has trouble sticking to other pieces of sugar paste (ears were a pain to get on).

    Its natural color is white. I used food coloring gel and kneaded it in to color it. I also used the same gel to paint in the detail like Totoro's whiskers. I hope that helps!

    Cheers,
    Ninja

    PS. The Taiwan dough thing seems like a good idea, too. Would you have them custom made or import the dough and make them yourself?
  • Jeff
    wow... like... wow. them's some seriously cool cupcakes... they look too good to eat.
  • NinjaVsPenguin
    <3 ninja!
  • Nancy
    You never cease to amaze me. Those are such awesome cupcakes =D.
  • ray
    that's pretty nuts...
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