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    Home » Recipes » Cake Decorating Tutorials

    Happy New Year Cupcakes!

    December 28, 2010 By Melissa Diamond 10 Comments

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    Today we frosted and decorated some festive Happy New Year cupcakes and we want to show you how to make them in this quick & easy tutorial!

    Cute and Easy Happy New Year Cupcake Tutorial

     

    We stuck to traditional black, white, and metallic for the most part--but threw in a few red accents for fun.  Hope you find some inspiration for your New Year's goodies!

    First up:  Blow-out horn toppers!  I could have made a ton of these because they are actually a lot of fun to make (and take just a few seconds each) -- I used the tip of my paintbrush handle to make a small round impression on the uncurled end of the horn.

    Adorable Happy New Year Cupcake Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com! Free Tutorial!

    Next, little golden 2011 medallions.  I fell in love with these "stone stamps" when I first discovered them at my local Michael's.  They make nice, deep impressions.  My stamps look like these.

    I painted my fondant with gold paint made from Super Gold luster dust & a bit of vodka. Use a dry brush to go back over it once it has dried with more gold dust.

    Adorable Happy New Year Cupcakes by MyCakeSchool.com! Free Tutorial!

    Next, the clock strikes 12:00!  Happy New Year!  Kiss, kiss :0)Festive and Fun New Year's Eve Cupcakes! Free Tutorial by MyCakeSchool.com.

    The remaining cupcakes on my platter are self explanatory.  All of my swirls of buttercream are made with a Wilton 2D tip.  The accents on the fondant disks are made with piping bags of royal icing, each fitted with a tip 2 or 3.  The "countdown cupcakes" each have a small black disk of fondant cut from a 2D tip.  And my "blingy stars" are dusted with hollogram gold pixie dust.  Love the sparkle!

    I made a platter full of cupcakes--here are some various shots...

    Happy New Year Cupcakes by MyCakeSchool.com! So fun and festive- perfect for New Year's Eve parties!

    These Happy New Year Cupcakes are so festive and fun! Free cupcake tutorial! Perfect for New Year's celebrations!

    These Happy New Year Cupcakes are so festive and fun! The perfect way to celebrate! Free tutorial.

    And finally.....the whole shot!  (I had to stand on a chair for this one!) --

    These New Year Cupcakes are the perfect way to celebrate! So much fun! Free tutorial.

    Best wishes for a HAPPY 2011!!!

     

    Looking for more New Year's Eve inspiration for cakes, cupcakes, and sweets? Check out our Roundup of Favorite New Year's Eve Cake Ideas!

     

    Roundup of the BEST New Year's Eve Cakes, Cupcakes, Sweets, Tutorials, and inspiration as featured on MyCakeSchool.com

     

     

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    1. Joy December 28, 2010 at 8:20 pm

      Love it!!!

      Reply
    2. catacakes December 29, 2010 at 11:49 am

      They are adorable!!!! love it!!!

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    3. Melissa Diamond December 29, 2010 at 11:59 am

      Thanks ladies!! Happy New Year! :0)

      Reply
    4. donnell December 30, 2010 at 5:15 pm

      those cupcakes are very neat, you did a really cool job!!!

      Reply
    5. Cindy023 December 31, 2010 at 1:10 pm

      Love these!!

      Reply
    6. Angela Barton January 6, 2011 at 11:08 pm

      LOVE this!! Totally stealing this idea next year! :-)

      Reply
    7. Sandy G. of CC Cupcakes December 27, 2011 at 11:54 am

      Great pictures and ideas!! Love the work you do.

      Reply
    8. Kup Kakes By Toni December 27, 2011 at 12:19 pm

      To cute I might just have to use a few of them on my cup cakes....

      Reply
    9. Sandy December 30, 2012 at 6:54 pm

      Thanks for the inspiration - I have to decorate some tomorrow

      Reply
    10. Melissa Diamond December 30, 2012 at 7:02 pm

      Thanks Sandy!!

      Reply

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