Shortbread cookies with royal icing
Pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
Vegan vanilla cupcakes with soy buttercream frosting
For my little nephew's first birthday my sister chose a safari theme. So, I thought we could make little animal cookies. I have the little Noah's Ark animal cookie cutter set by Wilton and decided to make the giraffe, elephant, lion and zebra. For the cookies we piped yellow & orange for the giraffe, yellow & brown for the lion, blue & black for the elephant, and white & black for the zebra. While the base icing was still wet for the giraffe and zebra, we piped the spots/stripes, mane, eye, feet and tail. This allows for a smooth finish. For the lion and the elephant we let the base or body icing dry and set a little first before piping the rest of the details. My sister made the cupcakes and we just topped them with the little animal cookies. Everyone seemed to enjoy them and the little guy got to have his very own vegan cupcake to destroy!
YOU are so creative, and I really enjoy your blog...great way to document the fancy goodies you come up with. Let's see what delectable treats you come up with for Thanksgiving and Christmas! Looks like Tad may have created another blog monster in you. Remember he started mine for me almost a year ago, and here I am 172 entries later, lol.
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