Fake Cupcakes!

Step 6 Finishing Touches

One last thing you can add is a drizzle of the sauce of your choice. To make a sauce, mix acrylic paint with water-based varnish (clear) and drizzle on your cupcakes. I made the mistake of also adding water and the spackle frosting soaked it right up so it doesn't look great...but maybe yours will turn out better..
Let everything dry until hard, and you are done!!!
Your creation is now ready to be hung, given away, displayed, or hung from a ceiling. :)
If you have any insightful or inspiring comments, please post them!!
I hope you all enjoyed this and are ready to make some "frosted fakes" of your own.

Oh, and I suppose I should include a disclaimer: any injury or poisoning caused by the creation or consumption of these fake cupcakes is the fault of the idiot stupid enough to eat one!

I have also included pictures of my mini cupcakes, if you would like to see those as well.

Comments

[laurasnowling]

Thank you so much for sharing this - it's amazing and so pleased with the results!!

[Wynd]

I love these! I will be trying to make them super small to make into charms for earrings, necklaces, etc =D Thank you for sharing!

[shortone]

You might try polymer clay for that, you can get a lot more detail on a small scale. :)

[Sarah-B]

Wow, your cupcakes are FABULOUS!!

It'd be great if you could do tutorial for the toppings too - I'd especially like to know how you shaped the choc chips?

[shortone]

Hmm, the chocolate chips were pretty simple, I just rolled a small ball of brown polymer clay, flattened the bottom, and pinched the top into a point. Then I baked the clay according to directions and varnished with a water-based varnish. Hope it helps! :)

p.s. sorry it took so long to reply, I completely missed this comment!

[kfielding]

I have been making cupfakes since October, my question is that this summer we are having an awful time with the cupcakes collapsing in the middle as they harden. I live in NY and am wondering if it is the humidity? Any suggestions as to how we can fix this? We tried doing them in the basement and they look fine then the next morning we go to check them, they fell in the middle.

Thanks,
Kathy

I will post some of my cupcakes that I have made

[lberg]

Thanks so much for sharing. Very Cool!

[ticklishmoose]

This is totally great and I cannot wait to try it! I make the cutest cupcake stands- and how great to be able to display them in the shop with the fake cupcakes! You are a genius......did you know? :D

[GaryMeow]

Wow. These are great! I'll make some for my friends' coffee shop :).

About how many cupcakes can I make from one can of expansion foam?

[nananess]

These are delicious looking! I'm hungry now!!! :D

[willow3310]

Oh I think I am gonna have to do some of these cupcakes to add bunches of color to my gingerbread themed (gonna be a swwets theme) christmas tree! Thank you for the great instructions!

[veronica hurly]

Thanks so much for these perfect instructions. I now have to see if I can find the equivalent products here- (I live in South Africa) - I'm sure I will- we just call everything here by different names here. I wanted to use Plaster of Paris to make cupcakes, but was worried about them being too heavy - especially for hanging ornaments. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge!!!

[shortone]

I bet you could make plaster of paris cupcakes if you first filled most of the cupcake tin with styrofoam bits or vermiculite-that would make the cupcakes much lighter. Then just fill in the empty spaces with the plaster. If you CAN find expansion foam, it is EXTREMELY lightweight and would be great for hanging ornments. :D If you use them for card holders, however, be sure to put some weight in the bottom or else they tip over a lot... have fun!

[veronica hurly]

Oh my did I have fun on Friday afternoon!!! I made cupcakes! I used Plaster of Paris in the end for the cakes then the icing I used some crack filler paste (dry powder that you mix with water) I coloured the 'icing' with acrylic paint. I still need more pracise getting them to look at edibly real as yours, but I just wanted to try the method. I used a silicone baking mould for the cake part, then iced them with an icing syringe with a nozzle - much like you did. This week I'm off to buy clay to try creating decorations like yours (which are so inspiring , by the way!) Here's a photo of how my mini cupcakes turned out.

[porcupinemamma]

Did you fill the silicone "muffin paper" with plaster and then peel off the mold?

[porcupinemamma]

What did you use for the red balls on your "cup cakes"? They look very pretty.

[Rotten194]

You made me hungry D:

[shortone]

Oh, they look great! The frosting might actually look more realistic than mine-mine are too "perfect"-the frosting has such sharp edges. These look like real frosting! They look great (nice stand too) hope you had fun! Oh, and be sure to show a pic of the ones with the clay decorations!

[dutchy3]

I adore them. And Veronica you did a wonderful job, esp. for a first time, lol. Will have to try this one day :)

[PiNKiSH]

you are a GEM for posting these instructions...I was sooo frustrated with people and their "TOP SECRET" recipes...sooo annoying....thank you thank you thank you! very very thorough...cant wait to get started xoxo