I couldn't let Father's Day pass by without a few cupcakes so I have created a batch for my dad and one for my father in law. Dad likes golf and cards so I did two separate themes for him and my father in law is a gardener. It was ideal to make these themed cupcakes together as they could all have green buttercream icing so I wouldn't have to faff around with loads of different colours.
My freehand icing left a little bit to be desired. The plant pots on the garden cupcakes were originally run outs but they looked so bad, I made some 3D ones out of modelling icing instead.
The freehand watering cans weren't too bad. My favourite was the grey one that looked like an old stainless steel can. I added a little flower to pretty it up a bit.
The other run outs were for the black suits of the cards (the clubs and spades suits). The hearts were created using a heart plunger from rolled out modelling icing and the diamonds were cut out using a knife. I tried to do run outs for the red suits but they ended up just looking like blobs!
I did several run outs for the lawnmower handle for the garden cake. Good job as all but one broke whilst trying to assemble the pieces.
The ladybird and dice were the easiest to model, the ladybird just had a bit of liquorice pen detail on top for her spots.
I was really pleased with the new grass nozzle I bought last week, it was really easy to pipe on and looked really effective. The first piping bag, a reusable fabric one, burst after about three cakes, so I think I'll use disposable ones from now on.
I think these are the best cakes I've made so far. Still a long way to go yet though.
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