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4 Halloween Cupcake Toppers

by Stephanie Janice

Cut the bottom off the cone to On one side of the cone push gently Using the pointed end of the stitch
make it flat. in with your thumb and using your tool make 3 indentations in the side
other hand slightly bend the top over. to look like creases.

Set the hat to one side. Take another Using the large end of a ball tool, Using a bright coloured piece of sug-
piece of black sugar paste and roll half on the mat and half on the sug- ar paste roll out to a couple of mm
to approx. 3mm thick. Cut a circle ar paste, run this around the edge to thick. Cut a thin strip approx. 5-6mm
using a 5cm diameter cutter. thin and frill. Using edible glue, stick wide ensuring it is long enough to
Equipment needed: the hat to the base. go around the base of the cone.
These 4 tutorials demonstrate how to make Non stick board
simple but effective Halloween toppers for Non-stick rolling pin

cupcakes. In these tutorials, the fondant (sugar Ball tool
paste) has had Gum Tragacanth added (1 Scalpel Knife
teaspoon GT per 250 grams fondant). Cocktail sticks
Stitching tool
Circular cutters
Edible Glue
All equipment used in the tutorials is available in the Pretty Witty Cakes Shop Sable hair brush size 2 Using a similar colour lustre dust Take a small piece of yellow sugar Make this into a square shape to
Get it from our shop
CLICK Dusting brush add a little sparkle. Using a little paste and roll into a thin sausage. form a buckle.
Bronze lustre dust Using some gold lustre add some
Witches Hat Gold lustre dust edible glue, stick the band around sparkle to this.
the base of the cone.

Your witches hat is now ready to pop on

top of an iced cupcake.

For orange buttercream use:
Tangerine/Apricot Sugarflair colour –
available here

Take a small ball of black sugar paste Making your hands into a “V” shape Place the cone onto your work board Slightly push in the sides to give a
about 3cms in diameter. roll the ball into a cone shape. and continue to roll the thinner end wobbly look. Stick this to the band Get it from our shop
into a point. with a little edible glue. CLICK