May the frosting be with you

This weekend was my husband’s birthday, and since he’s a big Star Wars fan (and I wanted to try out my new candy melting pot), I decided to make Star Wars cupcakes!

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I used the new X-Wing and Millennium Falcon silicone mold I got for Christmas to make the cupcake toppers.

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I melted bright white candy melts in my electric candy pot, together with a few leftover Halloween chocolates…

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… and poured it into the molds, then put them in the fridge for half an hour to harden. (With thanks to my daughter for photography credit.)

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Presto! Delicious candy starships. Now on to the cupcakes. (Chocolate, of course.)

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For the frosting, I started with a basic butter cream frosting. Homemade, I don’t do store bought in this house.

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I wanted to do a bit of a galaxy style for the frosting, so I split it in half, made half into chocolate and split the other half to colour blue and purple.

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Filled up a piping bag, gave it a quick swirl, and it was ready to go.

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Used a big star tip and started frosting.

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I also added some edible silver glitter dust to complete the galaxy look. It’s not super obvious, but it does add a little pop.

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Once that was done, it was time for the ships.

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And voila! The colours didn’t turn out quite as I was hoping they would, but I’m pretty pleased with the results. They’re also very tasty.