Hello Halo!

I just realized I didn't post about these when I made them a couple weeks ago.

My husband's friend's birthday came around again (the same one I made Pac-Man cupcakes for last year) so I had to come up with something amazing. The first idea didn't pan out so my husband came up with Halo as a theme.

Most of this was fairly simple, but the letters almost did me in! I printed the logo the size I wanted and poked holes in the paper with a pin. I then put the paper on the rolled out fondant and the pin holes made an impression that I could trace with a pin (like those connect the dots things we did as kids) and then cut out very carefully wit a knife. I'm no pro at this so those 4 letters took me about 2 hours!

Overall I'm very happy with how they turned out and they were a hit with the birthday boy as well so I call that a success.

(Note: I can't take credit for the design as I googled to find ideas. I used aspects of a couple different pictures I found)

Happy Halloween!

I almost didn't make Halloween cupcakes this year as I wasn't feeling into it and didn't want to force the idea. Yesterday afternoon I started googling for ideas though and found some I had to try. I had never made anything like sugar glass before and love trying new techniques so it was a perfect opportunity. I think they turned out great!

If anyone would like to try it, just search for sugar glass, there are several tutorials out there. It's fairly simple, just time consuming.

I wasn't sure what to use for "blood" but my friend Becky suggested corn syrup and food coloring and it was perfect! I added a little vanilla as well to offset the taste of so much food coloring. A little goes a long way though, I have so much left over and I didn't think I made that much! It also runs easily, so try to pool it in areas that'll keep it on the cupcake and not running down the sides. I was unsuccessful here but that's okay! They're still great.