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YOU WILL NEED### EDIBLES: 12 x vanilla cupcakes (or another palecoloured cake, recipes available onmy website) 250g vanilla buttercream (both dairyand vegan recipes available on mywebsite) 500g sugarpaste: white``````EQUIPMENT: marzipan spacers non-stick rolling pin 7cm round cookie cutter``````1 Begin by baking your cupcakes andallowing them to cool completely. Irecommend baking cupcakes in foilcases, which hold their colour andperfectly conceal the cake within. I haveused rose gold for this design.``````2 Prepare 250g of vanilla buttercreamand refrigerate until it becomeseasy to handle. Roll tablespoons ofbuttercream into golf ball sized balls.``````3 Place your rolled buttercream ontothe centre of each cupcake.``````Cake artist:Charlotte White``````5 Use marzipan spacers to ensure aneven thickness as you roll outthe sugarpaste.``````4 Knead 500g white sugarpaste untilwarm and malleable.``````6 Once you have rolled the sugarpasteto the thickness of the marzipanspacers, remove the spacers andcontinue to roll a few more times untilyour sugarpaste is around 3mm thick.``````8 Gently place a sugarpaste circle ontop of a cupcake (working one at atime) with the buttercream ball in thecentre of the circle.``````9 Carefully tease the edges of thesugarpaste down towards the edges ofthe cupcake, using your fingers. Work yourway around the edges, sealing the ball ofbuttercream inside the sugarpaste.``````10 Once you have been all around theedges of the cupcake, you should beleft with a domed top on your cupcake.To even out the dome and to create aperfectly smooth finish, simply cup yourhand on top of the cupcake and twistyour hand to smooth the sugarpaste.``````64 | September 2018 http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk``````7 Use a round cookie cutter a fewmillimetres larger than the top ofyour cupcake to cut out circles ofsugarpaste. The larger circumferencewill help to cover both the cupcakeand the ball of buttercream.FOR THE CUPCAKES11 Scrape away any buttercream fromaround the edges of the cupcake thatmay have escaped when pressing.Lift the circle to do so.``````12 Replace the sugarpaste circle andrepeat steps 8-11 until you are happywith the finish.``````13 Cover all of your cupcakes and setaside for decoration.COVER THE CUPCAKESp63-65_Charlotte White.indd 64 09/08/2018 18:03