Pink Cake Princess's video: Chinese New Year 2016 Cupcakes - Fan Cupcake How to by Pink Cake Princess

Celebrate Chinese New Year 2016 the Year of the Monkey with these Chinese New Year Fan Cupcakes - See how to make Chinese fan cupcake toppers with this easy cupcake decorating tutorial. Your kids will love these cute cupcakes with the Monkey cupcake too! Happy Lunar New Year for everybody celebrating Vietnamese New Year & Chinese New Year! More Chinese New Year Cupcakes & Recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KovHLJAmYdE&list=PLQ6LH7M6fScLuDdcG0_n_xrzIHCrI1P7B&index=1 Link to my Pink Cake Princess channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/mackandnorm Love cupcakes, cakes & other sweets! Then SUBSCRIBE for FREE cupcake decorating & cake decorating how to tutorials. Vanilla Cupcakes Recipe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ9ifKkGBC0 Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPbhYkRfsL8 Cupcake decorating tools I use often & some tips on working with fondant icing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVTgKGqF2IE How to decorate Chinese New Year fan cupcakes. Tools & materials I used are listed below: Regular size cupcake about 7cm wide Butter cream to ice with Off set spatula to ice with Non stick place mat (or flat non stick chopping board) Non stick small rolling pin Corn flour bag for dusting (handkerchief with corn flour in it tied up with a rubber band) Circle cutters (3cm, 6cm & 7cm wide) Palate knife and pointy craft knife Water in small container and small brush (or edible glue with brush) Toothpicks Red fondant icing Pink fondant icing Yellow fondant icing Brown fondant icing Edible Marker or Edible Gold Paint with brush Small flower or blossom plunger cutter Music courtesy of AudioNetwork: Yang Guang Can Lan I am using a type of icing called fondant icing which is a type of sugar dough (used on wedding cakes). You can get it from your local supermarket or specialty cake decorating supplier. You can even make it. I usually buy it in white & colour it by using food dyes & mixing it through. Link here for how to colour white fondant with food dyes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3llmKZ0TuyE For darker colours like black, bright red & bright green I buy it pre coloured as it's harder to mix the darker colours. These colours in fondant are more sticky due to the dye content so I usually mix a little white fondant through it to make it easier to work with. It can be sticky to work with & changes depending on the weather in your area - it absorbs moisture from the air so can be sticky to work with but it normally dries when exposed to air so you need to wrap excess fondant up in cling wrap and then a zip lock bag. It may be hard when you take it out of its packaging so you would need to knead it to make it more workable as it warms up and becomes softer and sticker in your hands. To stop the stickiness of fondant you can dust your surfaces with corn flour. It comes in many brands - I use Pettinice RTR Icing by Bakels (brand) but there are many other brands like Satin Ice, Queens and Orchards. Tylose powder can be used to mix through your fondant so that your figurines set harder & quicker than just fondant alone. You can leave it out but you risk your figurines sagging and not fully drying in time. You can get it online or from your specialty cake decorating supply shops. You can use it to make an edible glue as well. Link here for the edible glue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs3HD3V0d2M Thanks for watching how to decorate Chinese New Year cupcakes. Andrea ; )