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(Mario Bros) Piranha Plant Cupcake

(Mario Bros) Piranha Plant Cupcake
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Introducing the Piranha Plant, (from Mario Brothers), Cupcake!  If you do this, I suggest that you only make one, and for the birthday kid/adult.  Because these take a long time and a lot of babysitting.  Oh, and...maybe you don't want to make it as scary as mine is.  I have no idea what happened, but it totally looks like the teeth are coming out of the plant's gums and it looks like a creepy mouth.

Okay, I was going to do the Little Shop of Horror's Audrey II, after I tried out this cutie plant.  But then I realized it would be redundant, so I settled for my bright-mario-killer-plant cupcake!  This is only my second time working with fondant, the first, being my husband's pimp stormtrooper cheesecake. I made marshmallow fondant because I read online that it tastes better, and they are totally correct.  I love this stuff!

The cool thing about it is that you can eat the whole thing, no warnings when you serve it.  I used pretzels for the leaves and plant stem.  I always utilize pretzels and their shapes when it comes to building with food because they are stable and taste good.  :)

 
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Have your cupcake made, have your marshmallow fondant ready, dyed and mold-able.  

For this you will need-----

Red, Green and White Marshmallow Fondant
2 thin stick pretzels
1 thick stick pretzel
some icing around the cupcake for fondant to stick
Piping Gel - to use as glue
toothpicks for piping gel
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33 comments
Apr 5, 2012. 5:53 AMReed_Sky_Born says:
nicely done
Mar 17, 2012. 4:01 AMAussieAnglerGal says:
omg! PARAHNA plant!
Oct 8, 2011. 8:57 AMbakesalot says:
LOL that's cute (:
Jul 5, 2011. 6:13 PMDotatDabbled says:
Congrats! I'll have to remember the tip about using pretzels... great idea ! My son saw these and was screaming MARIO!!!
Jul 5, 2011. 3:15 AMcopilarim says:
;)) a sweet pirahna:D
Jun 27, 2011. 5:46 PMekosmas says:
Reeeeeaaally awesome. The icing job is perfect!!
Jun 27, 2011. 1:58 PMcloudifornia says:
Good job!
Jun 23, 2011. 4:00 AMhowiedowie says:
Awesooome, I actually like it that the teeth look so creepy:)))
Jun 19, 2011. 10:13 PMffrancis says:
So awesome! I only wish I'd seen this about a year and a half ago. I was in a production of Little Shop and I made Audrey II cupcakes for the cast party, these are so much more professional looking than mine were... haha. Beautiful work, I love them. :D
Jun 19, 2011. 6:07 PMRollerScrapper says:
Great work, brilliant idea to use pretzel sticks, so it is safe to eat the whole thing!
Jun 18, 2011. 12:36 PMcowscankill says:
It's beautiful :O It look so awesome!
Jun 16, 2011. 7:37 PMmaullove says:
Oh gosh, this is amazing and awesome. So voting for it! Only problem is that it looks too incredible to eat!
Jun 16, 2011. 5:52 PMlambsb says:
I clicked the video expecting to see it come out of the pipe and chomp a few times and go back in lol. Very clever and well presented. Hmmm now I'm hungry...
Jun 16, 2011. 5:05 AMNinzerbean says:
There doesn't seem to be a recipe for the marshmallow fondant - is it something you have to buy? I have never seen it.
Jun 16, 2011. 10:23 AMhdefiglio says:
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/marshmallow-fondant/detail.aspx

Super easy to make and work with
Jun 16, 2011. 11:47 AMNinzerbean says:
Thanks!
Jun 16, 2011. 1:59 AMytashi says:
dear ms super creative/genius, im gonna vote for u.. confirm? double confirm! heheheh!
Jun 15, 2011. 11:12 AMtchitwood says:
This is awesome! :) I'm making a Mario Bros. cake soon and this is a great inspiration. Wonderful idea to use the pretzels!
Jun 15, 2011. 9:21 PMtchitwood says:
I will! I'd love to go old school but it's for a little boy who just got into Super Mario Galaxy, which is still cool. :) Beginning planning for that soon, right now working on pieces for a Barbie Mermaid cake for a friend's daughter. So much pink and bling but so far a lot of fun.
Jun 15, 2011. 10:26 AMwilgubeast says:
Oh wow. These are spectacular. Good thing there's no bacon involved, otherwise you might have broken the internet with sheer awesomeness.
Jun 15, 2011. 3:13 PMpoofrabbit says:
OMG I love this!!! VERY well done, I am going to have to try this once I finally learn how to handle fondant well.
Jun 15, 2011. 1:20 PMangelabchua says:
you have got to be kidding me?! this is friggin amazing. It doesnt even look like food, it looks that real! amazing work
Jun 15, 2011. 12:53 PMjustjonty says:
Wow - such a great job!
Jun 15, 2011. 9:19 AMMrballeng says:
I'm afraid to get near it. At least without a fire flower. Great job.
Jun 15, 2011. 7:19 AMjessyratfink says:
Awesome! The finished product is so adorable. :D
Jun 15, 2011. 6:50 AMsplazem says:
There goes our chances of winning. :) Great job!
Jun 15, 2011. 5:17 AMmary candy says:
very funny!

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