My Delectable Treats: Cupcake Toppers for Christmas Part 2

This is a continuation of my previous POST on Christmas toppers for your cupcakes or cakes. This time I will be using a silicone mould.

Here are the things you will be needing:

1. Colored gumpaste

2. Crisco or any vegetable shortening

3. Small artist's brush

4. Cutting mat

5. Black food writer

6. Small ball tool.

7. Silicone Mould.

With a small brush, dab a little shortening into the cavity. This will prevent the gumpaste or fondant (50/50 or 60/40 ratio of gumpaste to fondant) from sticking in the mould.

For SANTA, start with his mustache. Take a tiny amount of White gumpaste/fondant just enough that will fit in the mustache mould. Second, take a flesh colored gumpaste/fondant for Santa's lips. Same with the mustache, fill in the tiny cavity with just enough flesh colored gumpaste. Push it in with a dresden tool or the veiner tool.

Next is Santas eyebrow and the white fur of his hat. Again, fill it in with white gumpaste/fondant. Always remember to fill it just enough. If you go over, it will not be a good sight .

Next is Santa's face. With a flesh colored gumpaste/fondant fill in the face cavity.

Fill in the remaining cavity with red for Santa's hat and white for the beard and puffy ball of his hat.

If your fondant/gumpaste is a little tacky, you need to leave it first for a while to dry a bit before you can use it to fill. By doing so, It will be easier to unmold it from the silicone mould.

Always remember when working with gumpaste, it dries fast so you need to work fast. Once the surface dries out, you need to dab a tiny bit of water or gum glue to moisten it so that it will bind with the other components.

Once the gumpaste is ready, unmold the gumpaste. Do not wait for the gumpaste to completely dry before unmolding, it will surely break. Here goes!!!

TADA!!! see Santa's white brow ? I love this mould!

Now for the eyes, you can paint it with black food marker or you can get a tiny black gumpaste and roll it into a ball and stick it in or if you have a black nonpareil you can use them too as Santa's eyes