The Golden Egg

The Angry Birds

Okay, so there's no eggs on any of these cupcakes.  But I chose gold for the cupcake wrappers and wanted to make sure that the connection was made.  

For those not familiar with Angry Birds (aka, cave dwellers), they are birds that are tossed through the air with slingshots to attack the green pigs that have stolen their golden egg.  

My precious 7-year-old wanted an Angry Birds birthday party last September.  (Yes, I know that was 7 months ago).  But it's never too late to display cupcake pictures.  

These were probably one of the most satisfying cupcakes I've ever made.  I thoroughly enjoy working with fondant.  It always looks so smooth and finished when it's done.  It's really just like playing with playdoh.  And who doesn't like playing with playdoh?  

Here are some close-ups of the birds.  The eyes could have been made with fondant and a black food-writer but it was just easier to buy the eyeballs from the baking section of the grocery store.  

This guy was my favorite.  I know he's supposed to be like the bad guy or something but he's just so cute.

I considered leaving the red out from under his eye but he just didn't look right without it.

This yellow guy is supposed to have squinty eyes so I chopped off part of his eyeball with my chef's knife.

The center guy is black but check out the beak on the green guy.  That's the boomerang bird or something like that.  That was a very large beak.

Here's another little sweetie enjoying a cupcake at the party.  Her brother is in the background munching on his.