I know it's getting awfully close to Christmas to be sharing a tutorial like this but I'm going to share anyway... How to Make Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cupcake Toppers.
{More pictures at the bottom of the post!!}
Here's what you'll need:
- Brown, red, white and green fondant. Â I use Satin Ice Dark Chocolate Brown Fondant, Satin Ice Red Vanilla fondant and homemade marshmallow fondant for the white and green (colored with Leaf Green gel coloring).
- Reindeer Cookie Cutter from the Autumn Carpenter Designs Cutie Fondant Christmas Cutter Set
- Tylose
- Gum paste tools
- Small Oval Cookie Cutter
- Sugar Glue
- Small candy eyes
- Black food marker
- Brown and white gel colors
- Small Paint brush
- 2" round cookie cutters
And here are the steps:
1. Roll out the brown fondant and cut out the reindeer shapes.
2. Â Using the end of a small paint brush or a gum paste tool, make impressions in the antlers to give them some dimension.
3. Â I don't know the specific name of this tool, but it has a sort of teardrop shape - it's in the Wilton Gum Paste tools set... use the fatter end to make the impressions for the ears.
4. Â Mix a small amount of white into some brown to lighten it. Â Roll it out thin and cut out ovals for the "nose" area of the reindeer. Â Use a cutter that fits on the bottom part of the deer's face.
5. Â Use a small amount of sugar glue to attach the nose to the deer. Â Also dot a spot for the deer's eyes and nose.
6. Â Roll out small balls of red fondant for the Rudolph's nose. Â Attach the nose and eyes to the dots of sugar glue.
7.  Use a food marker to draw on the smile 🙂
8. Â In a small bowl, mix together a small amount of white and brown gel colors. Â Using a small paintbrush, roughly paint the antlers. Â I like to leave them a bit messy.
9. Â You could let the deer dry as they are and use them directly on frosted cupcakes, but I rolled out some green fondant and cut out 2" round circles and attached the deer to the green background. Â I placed them on a cookie sheet sprinkled with tylose and let them dry overnight.
10. Â YOU'RE DONE!
If you're curious... the cupcakes were vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream.
And that's it... do you have any questions about how to Make Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Cupcake Toppers? Â Leave me a comment!
Amanda
These are so adorable!! Great job!
Rose
Thank you! Merry Christmas Amanda!