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    Decorated Treats » Designs & Tutorials

    Baby Shower Cupcakes

    Published: Sep 3, 2020 · Modified: Sep 16, 2023 by Priya Maha

    Here is an easy idea for baby shower cupcakes - baby footprints.

    I felt it would be really cute to have baby footprints as the theme a baby shower cupcakes.

    I have made these cupcakes on two occasions and both were of course for baby showers. One was for a boy and the other for a girl (that is obvious I guess, based on the colors I used, so I am just telling you :))

    Poster showing 2 sets of baby shower cupcakes. One set is blue with white footprint design while the other set is pink and white.

    Here is how I made these cute baby shower cupcakes:

    Baking the baby shower cupcakes

    The cupcakes were baked using my butter pound cake recipe and chocolate cupcakes recipe .

    I baked all the cupcakes in gold foiled cupcake liners and wanted slightly domed cupcakes so I filled the liners with cake batter to about â…” full. They turned out beautifully domed, not too high and not too flat, just at the height I was expecting. 

    The pink cupcakes

    On the first occasion, I made these cupcakes, it was for a dear friend who was expecting a baby girl. She wanted the cupcakes in 2 flavors - vanilla and chocolate. With 2 different flavors, once covered in icing, I knew it would be impossible to identify which ones are vanilla and which ones are chocolate unless someone takes a bite into the cupcakes. So I decided to differentiate them by using the white and pink fondant for the background and the baby's feet (the theme color was pink and white).

    The vanilla cupcakes had white fondant background with pink baby feet. The chocolate one, on the other hand, had pink fondant background and white baby feet.

    The blue cupcakes

    The blue ones, on the other hand, were all in one flavour, so i did not alternate the fondant colors.

    The cupcakes were first covered with a thin layer of buttercream before I covered them with fondant. I used a round scalloped cutter to cut out the circles. 

    For the baby's feet, I drew an outline (without the toes) on a cardboard and cut it out. I used it to guide me in individually cutting out baby feet on a piece of thinly rolled fondant using my sugar craft knife. In deciding on the size of the feet, I made sure they were small enough for two of them (plus 10 toes) to fit onto one cupcake. 

    Once I had enough pairs of feet (with a couple of extras for contingency), I placed one pair on each fondant covered cupcake. I arranged them such that one foot is placed slightly ahead of the other. These were attached to the cupcakes with just a light hint of water (damp brush).

    And finally, I used royal icing to pipe the toes. Using a small round nozzle (I used Wilton round tip #2) I piped 5 toes on each cupcake. I made the first toe on each side slightly larger than the rest.

    Here are larger images of the shower cupcakes. These are just quick photos I managed of the cupcakes before I brought them to the parties. I wish I had taken more photos. Unfortunately, I was too busy chit-chatting, by the time I remembered, the cupcakes were also gone.

    2 cupcakes on a white plate, covered in blue fondant and decorated with white baby footprints

    Baby shower cupcakes in blue

    2 cupcakes on a white plate, covered in pink fondant and decorated with white baby footprints

    Baby shower cupcakes in pink

    I hope you enjoyed this baby shower cupcakes idea. Happy decorating!

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