Easter Chicks

Easter Chicks-The shells are

made from fondant. The

grass is made from buttercream.

I used a plastic Easter Egg shells for

this project. I prefer to use the shorter

wider side of the egg.

First you roll the fondant out it is okay

if it is not round. Make sure you add some

cooking grease over the egg. You just need

enough so the fondant will not stick.

Place the egg down and put the fondant

over it. You can move it around to form

over the plastic egg. Trim the excess off

and then start cutting V shapes to form

thecracked shell. If you have jagged edges

use your fingers to smooth and fix any

areas. It will need to dry in the egg form

for a least a few hours. Once dried you can

pop in out by being careful not to destroy

it's shape. Once dried let it dry without the

egg mold. For the chicks choose any color

and apply it to the fondant. Make sure to

leave some fondant for the eyes and beak.

Add food color to the fondant for the eyes

and then make a seperate batch for the beak.

Since the eyes and beak are small you will not use

much fondant. For the eyes get a little bit in your

hands and roll it around. Size does not matter as long

as you are happy. For the beak-take a flat piece of

fondant with your fingers and shape it into a diamond

shape. Gently fold it over but not all the way unless

you want the beak to be closed. You will need to

apply the eyes and beek with edible glue. Let

everything dry and once the egg shell is ready you

can apply edible glue to the inside of the egg. Now

add the baby chick inside the egg. For the

cupcakes-scoop out a little piece just big enough to

fit your suprise candy. Cover the cupcake with

frosting and then place the shell on top.

Sugar can be fun to work with from flowers to boarders to cakes. All it takes is a little creativity and patients.