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My two year old has recently fell in love with “Hello Kitty”. If she is to spot one randomly about, a sudden squeal of high pitched enthusiasm erupts from her pint sized self, as she points and repeatably squeaks…..”Kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.”
For those of you that wish to make them as well, you can follow along with how I made them….
This is what you will need:
- Cupcakes…duh
- 5-6 decorating bags (Available Here)
- 5-6 couplers (Available Here)
- Kitty Template (I can help you with this)
- Wax Paper
- Royal Icing
- Red, Blue, Yellow & Black GEL food coloring (Available Here)
- White tint for icing
- Rainbow Colored Confetti Sprinkles (Available Here)
- Vanilla Frosting
- Decorating tip #1, 1.5, 2 and 1M (Available Here)
- Time and Patience
To make any of the templates I use to create these traceable sugar toppers, I use a free program from Serif called Page Plus, it’s a great little graphics program to knock around with and it’s relatively easy to use. I found and downloaded a image of Hello Kitty through a Google image search, and using the Page Plus program I centered it in a circle a bit larger than 2 1/2 inches in diameter, (2.69 inches to be exact.)
If your not so graphic savvy you can print the templates from here Full Head Kitty and Blue Dress Kitty. I typically print out a few more than I need, this helps with practicing and for the inevitable mistakes that “I” always make.
Cover them in wax paper, and tape them to the wax paper so they will not move as you trace them.
Now you can make your royal icing. For these I used a Wilton recipe, which can be found {HERE} After you have finished making your icing, it’s time to start adding some color to it! In 4-5 separate bowls mix your colors!
Black will take A LOT of gel coloring, red a little less and the blue and yellow take very little. Start small and add if you need to. If you add to much coloring just add some of the un-tinted icing back into the mix to lighten it. If you have it handy you can tint the already white royal icing with the white tint….it does make a difference.
Black: Piping consistency
Red: Flood Consistency
Blue Flood Consistency
Yellow: Piping Consistency
White: Flood Consistency
With your black icing and tip #1 start outlining Kitty’s face. Switching to tip # 1.5 and outline the small details inside her bow. (You can use #1 tip for all of this if you choose)
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These cupcakes can be stored in the fridge for a day or two without the royal icing toppers breaking down.You can also make these topper well in advance, just store them in an airtight container, until you are ready to use them.
I hope this was informative enough. Please feel free to comment below if you have any questions or to just let me know you were here!
Most of all though….enjoy and happy cupcaking!
Please note that this cupcake tutorial is meant only for personal and not commercial use!!