Water Lily Cupcakes
Additional Information
Step 1
Colors Tinted:
FONDANT
1. Tint ultra-concentrated fondant. Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formulas to tint fondant in the following shade:
? Summer Red (formula 32): 1 oz. ball white fondant + 8 R + 1 O
2. Mix ultra-concentrated fondant with white fondant.
? Knead a 1 1/4 in. ball of ultra-concentrated Summer Red fondant into 3 oz. white fondant.
ICING
Use Color Right base colors and QuickCount color formula to tint icing in the following shade:
?Winter Green-Blue (formula 304): 4 cups white icing + 2 BR + 4 B
Step 2
Make fondant flowers 1 day in advance.
Tint fondant Summer Red following color formula above. Roll out Summer Red fondant 1/16 in. thick. For 24 cupcakes, use cut-outs and mini cut-outs to cut seven small daisies, 19 hydrangeas and 50 lily of the valley blossoms. Follow directions in cut-outs set to imprint hydrangeas on mini impression strip. Let all flowers dry overnight in cornstarch-dusted candy melting plate.
Step 3
Position flowers.
Use piping gel to attach sugar pearls to center of daisies. Position flowers randomly on cupcake tops.
Products
4 ounces White Decorator Preferred Fondant (Fondant (4 oz. makes 70 to 75 various-sized flowers to make about 24 cupcakes))
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Color Right Performance Color System ((see Colors Tinted below))
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cornstarch
4 1/2 to 5 cups Favorite cupcake recipe or mix
White Sugar Pearls
Products
Standard muffin pan
