Make your own cupcake decorations

If you enjoy making your own cupcakes, but are getting fed up of buying toppers, shakers or glitter, why not make your own?
I find that I have left over fondant from making cakes, and although I keep them I rarely end up using them on other cakes before their sell by date. So I decided to make use of this extra material by making my own cupcake toppers.

I used a small heart shaped cutter for the claret fondant, and then used the remaining royal icing to pipe some detail onto it.

I used the same principle here... and below is how I used them on my chocolate chilli cupcakes

or a flower cutter? a small dot of icing for the centre

Make some small leaves and ... voila! a pretty way to make the very most of your ingredients.