Girls night in cupcakes

Everyone deserves a night in every now and then and nothing compares to a girlie night in with friends. I constantly prey on sweet stands in shops in search of inspiration and this project was no different. I wanted a cupcake topper that spelt out PJ's, DVD's and pampering. I opted with nail varnish toppers.Although not your typical girlie girl I still know what a girlie night entails. I will be using large marshmallows for the bottle dipped in coloured sugar and a twirl as the cap.

Beginning by creaming 4oz of butter and 4 oz of sugar then beating in 2 eggs gradually and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Sift in 4 oz of self raising flour and a couple of tablespoons of milk and watch the magic happen. Spoon into baking cases and bake for 15 Min. For the butter-cream icing cream butter in a bowl add 1 oz of cocoa whisking for a further few minutes. Now for the piping! Using a star nozzle pipe out the icing like your pulling a cone. From my days of working in the arena supermarket I had plenty of practice and also plenty of accidents. The first few I pulled required 2 wafers I'm sure all of you out there working with cone machines will sympathise with me :)

                                                       

Piping complete next up it's time to create the nail varnish toppers. Placing caster sugar in a sandwich bag pop a few drops of your favourite colour dye into the bag and rub together. Then taking a few spoons of icing sugar add a couple of drops of water and mix until you get a sticky icing consistency. Roll the marshmallow in the sticky mixture followed by the sugar mixture. Finally take a piece of the twirl and place it on top. Assemble on the cupcake and there you have it girlie night in cupcakes!