Edible Cameo Brooches

Hello Everyone! <3 I am really excited to bring you this tutorial today. I looked everywhere online for a tutorial for chocolate cameos when I was making these and couldn't find anything. I hope this tutorial helps you, or inspires some new ideas for you, while working on your projects :) 

I found this wonderfully beautiful cameo brooch chocolate mold at my local decorating store. I am sure you can find them online as well if you do not have a cake/candy supply store near you. 

I melted some white chocolate and, using a small paint brush, applied it to the "face" of the cameo brooch. I let that set up in the freezer for a minute or two before I added the colored portion to the back. 

For this project I used pink candy melts and white chocolate to make a very soft pink color for the background of the cameos. 

I filled them up with a small amount of the

Pink chocolate mixture, tapped it down to help fill in all the gaps, bring all the bubbles to the surface, and smooth out the top. 

After returning them to the freezer for another minute or two so they could set up, I simply tapped the mold on the table and they popped out. IF you're having problems getting the chocolates out of the mold, pop it back in the freezer for a while longer...it might now be solidified enough to come out nicely. Chocolate that has been tempered properly will also have a nice shine when it comes out of the mold as well. 

Since the brooches were missing something, I decided to paint the rope border gold. I used a little shimmer dust and vodka to make a paint and simply brushed it on. I did have to do two layers to make sure it would stick. Next time, however, I am going to paint the rope border on with a corresponding chocolate color so I don't have to spend so much time painting the gold on. 

BUT with all that being said...THESE ARE MY FAVORITE TOPPERS EVER!!! Oh my! I am in love with these and want to make some in every color now! Obsessed doesn't even begin to describe how I feel about these. Lol! I know, I know...I am gushing! But like I said, with no tutorial I was really crossing my fingers and hoping they would turn out okay. And obviously I am beyond pleased with how they turned out!

Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! And yummy! Can't beat it!

And since these were going to a vintage tea party themed bridal shower, I wanted to make these blend in with the other fondant decorations so I added purple flowers to help frame the bottoms.

ADORABLE!!! Haha! I know I keep saying that but these are my new favorite thing! 

 

Just so pretty :) 

And these are all the other fondant details that will be on the cupcake toppers : 

Perfect for a summer vintage tea party bridal shower <3 <3 <3 

Anchor Cupcake Tower with Small Navy Cake

This week I had a request for some cupcakes, with a small cake to top the cupcake tower. It was for a birthday/navy/going-away party.

I immediately thought of anchors for the cupcake toppers. So I went and picked up a chocolate mold that had anchors the size I needed. I also picked up black, white, and yellow candy melts to make the anchors. As well as some pearl color mist to give them a silver shine/shimmer. 

I painted the yellow candy melts into the chocolate mold (where the rope was showing around the anchor), and then poured melted grey candy melts (made using black and white) over the top. Tap it a few times on the counter to work out the air bubbles, and place it in the freezer to set for a second or two. Then turned out onto wax paper and sprayed with the pearl color mist.

I LOVED how these turned out!!! They looked exactly like real anchors, with that pearl shimmer making them look like metal. They turned out better than I could have wished for! 

After having the toppers finished and set aside, I started planning out the small cake that would be the topper on my cupcake stand. I had a styrofoam dummy cake (that is used to practice decorating, or as a filler in larger cakes to cut costs) that was exactly the right size (a 6in round) so I was able to get on my computer, play with some graphics, print them and size them to fit on the cake perfectly. 

Then I was able to send that image off to my local decorating store, where they printed off the image on an edible sugar sheet. It was a really amazing process. Makes me want to have my own image printer. 

I was able to cut the images out and simply place them onto the icing. 

They really turned out amazingly! I love the crisp look of it. And, as someone who is kind of artistically challenged, it was the EASIEST way to add major impact to your cakes! 

Sadly the day I delivered this cake it was very hot and it was made out of cream cheese frosting....so, yea...it melted a little. Just slightly lopsided, but still very beautiful all put together. 

Overall I am very happy with how this cupcake tower turned out. 

Everyone there really loved it!

And as a little gift from Mom to her new sailor, a 'mom' tattoo :)