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Crafty Cupcakes
Spring has arrived, and this pretty little bluebird is keeping her eggs warm in her chocolate nest. This would make a lovely design for an Easter or spring cake.
Part Template Colour
Nest B Marbled brown
Body D Blue
Head E Blue
Beak H Black
Eggs 2 x F White
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© 2023 Ann Pickard / GMC Publications · Reproduced with permission.
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Step 1Cover cupcake
Cover the top of your cupcake with a disc of sugarpaste in marbled brown or cover with chocolate buttercream. -
Step 2Nest
Roll the ball of sugarpaste to a length of 6in (150mm) curled around on itself. -
Step 3Add nest
Place the nest on top of the cupcake, then using a small pair of nail scissors, start to snip the outside edge of the nest. Work all the way around and then do two more irregular lines inside. -
Step 4Eggs
Shape the two little white balls into oval eggs and place them into the nest. -
Step 5Body
Form the blue body of the bird into a flat cone shape.
Push a piece of uncooked spaghetti in ready to stick the head on. -
Step 6Head
Take the blue ball for
the head, then place firmly onto the spaghetti and make a big hole in the middle with the pointed end of a modelling tool. -
Step 7Beak eyes and feathers
Shape a little black beak with a sharp point at both ends, then push one end into the hole until it is secure. Mark
the eyes with black paste colour and a cocktail stick (or toothpick). Scratch some marks over the breast area to represent feathers. -
Step 8Wings
Roll out some blue sugarpaste, 1?8in (2–3mm) thick. Cut
out a large heart 11?2in (35mm) across, cut it in half, and mark lines along it then cut the tips off. -
Step 9Tail
Cut a smaller heart 4?5in (20mm) across. Mark lines all along it with a knife blade, then cut the tip
off the heart. -
Step 10Attaching wings and tail
Stick the wings and the tail to the bird with a little blue royal icing, allowing them all to slope outwards, resting
on the nest edge.
nice work, looks really neat!