It's an Oktoberfest Carnivale

This was an interesting request. A co-worker called me asking if I could make some cupcakes for a bridal shower. The theme was a combination of Octoberfest and Carnivale since the couple had those backgrounds. The invitation had a stein with a big plume of feathers coming out of the top. They were also giving away gummy bears as part of the party favors.

I stewed on this one for a bit before I came up with the design. The person ordering wanted an example, which I typically don't do, but made an exception in this case. I made a couple of examples. One was a flat option where the stein was cut out of fondant and laid on the cupcake. The other was the more 3D vertical option that I ended up with.





Beleive it or not, the vertical stein was easier than the one laying flat. I had to cut out the one laying down freehand, and it took a while. I liked the result, but I would have had to charge an arm and a leg for those. The vertical ones took some time, but were a lot easier to make. I only had to worry about stability with those, which I figured I could handle.

She wanted half chocolate and half white cupcakes so people could choose which ones they wanted. There were also going to be up to two cupcakes per person, so I think I ended up doing close to fifty. The steins are made from marshmallow fondant, with butter cream icing highlights and foam on top. I then attached a yellow gummy bear to the side of the stein to pull in that detail as well. The feathers in the top are real. I glued the feathers to a sucker stick and pushed that down through the stein and cupcake to stabilize them.