YeEhaW!

Cowboy and Cowgirl cupcakes!

chocolate and vanilla bean cupcakes

with marshmallow fondant hats and boots!

The horses were a bit experimental using vanilla wafers for the necks and mallow circus peanuts for the heads and tails. Next time I will use only 1 wafer for the neck instead of gluing 2 together - makes the cupcake split at the bottom. I had a hay day with these cakes! The marshmallow fondant worked out perfectly for shaping and the boots and hats and they dried just enough to keep their shape but didn't turn into rocks - kid and tooth friendly ;) All I did to make the fondant was soften a cup of packed mini marshmallows in the microwave for 20 seconds, then I added up to 2 cups of icing sugar and kneaded until I had a nice ball of fondant. I kneaded cocoa powder into some for the hats and for the boots, a bit of red and blue food colouring! Have fun!