Summer is nearly here, and although the sunny weather hasn’t managed more than a sporadic showing it’s time to start getting ready for picnics and days at the beach. What better cakes to make for lazy summer days than cupcakes. Small, portable and oh-so tasty, cupcakes are great for including in picnic hampers and packed lunch boxes.
Here are 5 ideas for summer themed ready to roll icing cupcakes.
1. Bee Topper. What says summer more than the gentle buzzing of bees skipping from flower to flower. So why not create your own cute bumblebee topper. All you’ll need is some yellow, black and white ready to roll icing. Simply roll a flattened ball of yellow icing for the body and fix a few
bands of black icing with cooled boiled water for the stripes. Then add some white wings on top.
2. Flower Plaques. Summer is a wonderful time of year for strolling through fields and forests and enjoying the fragrances of all the beautiful flowers that are in bloom. To get a hint of summer on your cupcakes simply paint on simple flowers using edible food colourings using a fine paintbrush. If you’re not particularly adept with freehand painting you can use a stencil to help you.
3. Butterfly Cupcakes. These make beautiful additions to any cake, but look particularly lovely on individual cupcakes. To make these from ready to roll icing all you need to do is get a butterfly cutter and press them out. Roll your icing to a thickness of about 2-3mm and then once you’ve pressed out the shape fold the wings in slightly. Then leave them to dry in a cardboard egg carton so they hold their shape.
4. Strawberry Cupcake. Strawberries are the quintessential summer fruit, which is why they’re so beloved of Wimbledon goers. Top your cupcakes with a swirl of strawberry frosting and then fashion a ready to roll icing strawberry as the final flourish.
5. Beach Ball Cupcake. As long as the weather delivers, trips to the beach are the highlight of many summer weekends, and beach themed cupcakes are the ideal accompaniment. These are easy to make, just grab some red, green, blue and yellow ready to roll icing. Roll each out to about 2-3mm and then cut out a circle of each, dividing them up into segments. Then attach several to the top of each cupcake using some cooled boiled apricot jam.
I hope these ready to roll icing decoration ideas inspire you to make your own cupcakes!
What will you be baking this summer?
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wow those are amazing i really with i could bake and should practice more , love the bumble bee x
ReplyDeleteNow i want to bake cupcakes haha! I'm thinking of baking some summery ones soon x
ReplyDeletethe flower ones are so pretty! any excuse for a cupcake eh.. :D
ReplyDeleteI can never get the icing all nice on my cupcakes! Will try again..these look fab
ReplyDeleteSuch BEAUTIFUL cupcakes! These are amazing :) I am getting better with different forms of icing.
ReplyDeleteWow !! they look great :) . I have never tried icing x
ReplyDeleteLovely selection of cupcakes! I'm so bad with ready icing and have no talent whatsoever when it comes to decorating them ;)
ReplyDeleteTHey look fab - ready to roll icing is so handy isn't it? x x
ReplyDeleteThe bumble bee topper is just so cute!!
ReplyDeleteThey are brilliant! I love the butterflies! I have not tried to use ready to roll icing before. I think I will give it a go.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness they are beautiful - can you ever beat a nice cupcake :) x
ReplyDeleteThe Bee ones are lovely! So cute x
ReplyDeleteLove the bee ones so sweet .x
ReplyDeleteI love ready to roll icing, those bees are so cute!
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes look great! I love the stencil ones x
ReplyDeletebeautiful - especially love the bee!
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes look lovely x
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes look lovely! x
ReplyDeleteLove the little bee.
ReplyDeleteThose cakes are amazing, that bee is so cute, I wish I could make something like that!
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious. I adore the bee cupcake, very fitting with the season x
ReplyDeleteI love the hand painted flowers on the middle image. Wish I could paint like that!
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