I made the mistake of forging ahead to quickly the first time and ended up with little pock marks all over the fondant like this...Now for the painting, it’s so much fun! I could trace out the design, cut it out and glue it on to the cake. Bravo! 9.1K Shares View On One Page I’m not a natural artist so the idea of freehand painting something so complicated just seemed ridiculous. Dilute a tiny drop of brown food gel in a splash of vodka and paint this onto the cake. Have been since my dad bought me a copy of The Prisoner of Azkaban for Christmas when I was thirteen. I then blended this into the darker parts with the help of the vodka to make the transition smoother.At this point, I wanted the cake to be a little moodier so I brushed some diluted black gel around the sides of the cake, careful not to get too close to the characters. The worst part was I was alone because my friend felt sick after the first time we went on and I decided to ditch him for a second turn. Then I thought, what about wafer paper? Harry and the other characters from the wonderful book and movie series are featured in these homemade cupcakes that are perfect for book, birthday or any HP party. They are really fun to make, I will tell you that. They are also super cheap which is a nice bonus.Includes lightening bolt, sorting hat, Hogwarts Express train, Hogwarts seal, and all house seals: Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, as well as, happy birthday, HP and the deathly hallows symbol. I would likely just make yellow cupcakes and then decorate them. You want the pressure to be just hard enough that the pencil on the other side will rub off onto the fondant but not so hard you’re denting the fondant. We need the graphite to really transfer from the parchment later.Now take the parchment and place it pencil side down onto the side of the cake. And one with the Hogwarts Express going over the viaduct because, chills! Which means regular pencils can be used on cake! If you are planning a Hogwarts themed bash then take some inspiration from these Harry Potter Party Ideas. If you have a look at the cake, I skipped the invisibility cloak on the second layer too, cos you know it’s the star of the show and we want to give that feeling of transparency. How cool is that?This one admittedly take a bit more work if you go for the butterbeer buttercream frosting, but of course, you can use regular frosting as well and keep it quick.I love that they corred the cupcake and added in colored baking chips in the house colors. I use vodka for this because it dries pretty fast and the alcohol evaporates so you don’t have to worry about any taste being left behindLeave to dry overnight. I promise these are still easy even though they look complex.Take a look at this picture, friends. Using a pencil, draw around the image, leaning quite hard and going over each line a few times.
She had gone out and when she came back I was surrounded by an entire roll of toilet paper, sobbing. Pipe a super simple lightening bolt with yellow gell or icing and dessert is done.Oreos and m&ms transform a basic frosted homemade cupcake into an owl!
She used gold sprinkles and made the wings out of candy melts. (yum, now I want Oreos! Within the week, I had devoured the other two.
lol)These little mandrake cakes are so adorable but do beware of their scream!She doesn't have directions but you can either find little pots and pop cupcakes into them and decorate with Ok, so now we are at the cauldron cakes. Don’t let it come to the boil though otherwise, it will burnPour the hot cream over the chocolate and leave to sit for 5 minutes before stirring until all the chocolate is melted.