Easy Flower Cupcakes {Fondant Pansy}

Use this cake decorating tutorial to make easy fondant flower cupcakes. These floral pansy cupcake toppers are homemade with simple ingredients. Great for Spring and Summer birthday parties!

If you liked this tutorial on How to Make Flower Cupcake Bouquet, you will really like today's post too. These cupcakes are decorated with fondant instead of buttercream icing but still simple to put together.

To make icing flowers, check out this post on How to Make Buttercream Flowers or this detailed post on How to Decorate Cupcakes.

How to make flower cupcakes from scratch?

1. Bake cupcakes- And allow them to cool completely.
2. Make icing- Color it if you like.
3. Make fondant pansy flowers- Let them dry and harden.
4. Assemble- Pipe a swirl of icing on top of cupcakes and stick the pansy on top.

Variations for fondant flower toppers

Make mini cupcakes- Using mini cupcake liners. The baking time will probably be shorter. Also, the fondant flower toppers will have to be smaller.

Fill cupcakes- With Easy Homemade Strawberry Jam or Lemon Curd.

Try different color combinations- You can make a rainbow version with all different colors of petals or choose colors to fit the them of the party.

Consider different cupcake flavors- Such as these Easy Orange Cupcakes or these Lemon Cupcakes. Those flavors are ideal for Spring and Summer parties.

Pair with other frosting flavors- Such as Mango Frosting or Lemon Frosting.

Flower pot cupcakes- Place these cupcakes in mini ceramic pots for a beautiful presentation.

Tips and Techniques for Fondant Pansies

Homemade marshmallow fondant vs. Store-bought fondant- Either can be used. Both have their pros and cons. Homemade fondant tastes really good and also smells amazing. Store-bought fondant, however, is quick and convenient and also comes pre-colored, which means less work for you.

Gum paste vs. Fondant- Either can be used. You can also use a 50/50 combination (half gum paste and half fondant). Gum paste dries hard very quickly and fondant takes longer.

Make sure cupcakes fully cool down before decorating- Because if you don’t do this, the heat will melt the icing and fondant decorations to create a sticky mess.

Use gel colors instead of liquid food coloring to color icing– I kept it white but you can tint it. Gel colors are vibrant and more concentrated plus the consistency of icing does not change.

Storage for floral cupcakes

Room temperature- Sore decorated cupcakes in a covered box for up to 2 days. They should not be in a sealed container because that will cause the fondant decorations to become sticky.

Refrigerate- This is not recommended since the moisture from the fridge can make the fondant decorations sticky. However, you can store iced cupcakes in a covered box in the fridge and stick the fondant pansy on top before serving.

Freeze– Decorated cupcakes cannot be frozen because when they thaw, the fondant decorations become sticky due to condensation.

More Cupcake Decorating Tutorials

• Ladybug Cupcakes
• Pull Apart Watermelon Cupcakes
• Easy Poinsettia Cupcakes
• Snowflake Cupcakes (Winter Cupcakes)
• How to Make Fondant Daisies

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