My Mother asked me to make her some cupcakes for our fathers day dinner and I knew what to make straight away.
My Dads passion is his original Lambretta scooter. He loves to ride out with all his friends, go to scooter parties and do a little charity work too. So I decided to try and make the design all about this.
I started by making a template of a scooter by using a picture I found on the Internet. I then cut out the base in white fondant icing. I added different coloured fondant to parts of the scooter to make it more 3D. It was very difficult as I was working on such a small scale. This was very much a case of trial and error to see if the shape I had cut out fit the space it was intended for. The end result was this.
My Dads passion is his original Lambretta scooter. He loves to ride out with all his friends, go to scooter parties and do a little charity work too. So I decided to try and make the design all about this.
I started by making a template of a scooter by using a picture I found on the Internet. I then cut out the base in white fondant icing. I added different coloured fondant to parts of the scooter to make it more 3D. It was very difficult as I was working on such a small scale. This was very much a case of trial and error to see if the shape I had cut out fit the space it was intended for. The end result was this.
To give it a bit more character, I used icing pens to show the handle bars, wheels and body work. At the end of it, I don't think it's bad for my first attempt. I also tried it out with a different colour fondant for the body work to keep the girls in my family happy.
I also decided to create the Lambretta logo for some of the cupcakes as making 12 scooters on my first try was a challenge I was not ready for just yet. I made a large circle out of blue fondant icing, then a smaller from white and eventually, using a red icing pen drew on the smallest inner circle. I left these overnight so that they were solid to place on the cupcakes.
I decided to leave the cupcake mixture as plain vanilla, as my Dad is very fussy. But, I was keen to have different flavours of butter cream icing so I decided to go with raspberry and peppermint in corresponding colours. I also made a few with vanilla icing to keep Dad happy. (They are for him after all!)
So here is the finished product and I hope he enjoys them.
So here is the finished product and I hope he enjoys them.
Happy Fathers Day Daddy! x
