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As most of you know, I take a lot of baked goods to my place of employment. One of my co-workers approached me on Monday to make a cake for her son’s first birthday. She wanted the cake to be themed around the cartoon character Pingu. I had never heard of Pingu, but a quick google search led me to the cutest little Penguin! I could not make the cake because I was having oral surgery on Wednesday and knew I would be out of it due to pain meds. However, I agreed to make some chocolate cupcakes for a small party she was having on Wednesday. I had very little time to prepare, but decided I would try my hand at fondant. If you have never worked with fondant before, it is very similar to clay…I was sort of shocked how easy it was to work with. I left the little penguins off the cupcakes because I was afraid they would take a dive in the box and destroy the cupcakes. I also cut some letter A shapes and placed them on a few cupcakes for because that is his first initial. Although these recipes have been featured on my blog before, I had to share the little fondant creations. I did not think they turned out half bad for a fondant newbie.
Recipes:
Hershey’s Chocolate Cake for the Cupcakes
Buttercream Dream for the Frosting


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23 Comments

  1. etenenzo says:

    I love Pingu! He/she is soooo adorable! Great job!
    Btw, is pingu male or female?

  2. beautifuliving says:

    Those are seriously FAH-nominal! Amazing job.

  3. Eliana says:

    You are so talented. You did a fantastic job with these. I’m so scared of fondant.

  4. Kelley and Rhett says:

    i have no idea where I found your blog, but I want to make EVERY SINGLE THING that you have posted! I can’t wait to try some of them!

  5. Julia says:

    Aww! you did an outstanding job!!

  6. Mermaid Sweets says:

    Wow, the penguins are sooo cute, I want to try that.

  7. Katrina says:

    Way cute! Great job!

  8. wheredidmysaucego says:

    I’m 21, still love Pingu, and these melted my heart.

  9. Mallory Elise says:

    cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute. i used to babysit two little kids (well they still are) who watched Pingu. looks just like the little bugger :P

  10. Sarah says:

    OMG! Pingu!! I loved that show haha… great re-capture!