Just kidding! These Star Wars cupcakes were a lot of fun to make and it was my first time working with fondant. I was asked if I ever used fondant before with my other cupcakes and I hadn't, so I thought it would be fun to try. It was definitely a lot of work but a great new experience at the same time.
I started off picking which Star Wars character I wanted to do, and I picked a few that I knew best. For each one I followed a picture to look at as I cut out the different shapes. For each color I had to knead coloring dye to get the exact color I wanted. Make sure to wear gloves, because I forgot to buy some and my finger tips were all different colors.
Let's first start with Yoda; he's my favorite! With Yoda I got a cupcake and outlined the bottom of the cupcakes on wax paper which made a circle. This would be his face. I then rolled my fondant out rather thin and put the cut out circle on wax paper on top of the fondant to follow the circle so the cutting would be exact. Once the circle was cut out I placed it to the side, and then started working on his ears. I cute out two long bunny-like ears and once they were cut out I pinched the ends of them and stuck them to the circle head. I then went back with a knife and put lines in the face to give him all the lines and wrinkles that Yoda has. I took a little left over green fondant and rolled it into a ball to make his nose and then did the same thing with his eyes with white and black fondant.
Next is the Imperial stormtrooper. I actually printed out a picture of a stormtrooper helmet so I could follow the size and the details of the helmet. With this one I would definitely suggest patience. It took me a while because of the details, but it ended up turning out really well. I cut the helmet from the paper and put in on the fondant so I could cut it out to the exact size I wanted. Once I cut the helmet out I started working on the details. I started from the top of the helmet and worked down. I first put the black line of fondant going across the forehead of the helmet. I then did the eyes and so on and so on. It was a lot of details, but you don't have to cut out all of the details. You more just have to mold and shape the small pieces.
I think I picked a very hard subject to do for my first time working with fondant, but I definitely got a great idea of how it works and I will be using it again. But I still think regular ol' icing and melting chocolate are my favorite to work with.
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