Witch Hat Cupcakes for Halloween

Halloween is the perfect excuse to bake cupcakes. The traditional festivals are full of joy and what better way to spend a good time eating a sweet dessert. This time a witch hat to decorate the cupcakes in a tonight as terrifying as it is Halloween.

Sometimes the fondant is too hard to knead, because depends on the temperature. That usually happens in cold weather. In those cases we can separate the fondant in small pieces and introduce a few seconds in the microwave, so soon acquire a warmer temperature and will be more easy to mold.

Witch Cupcakes to celebrate Halloween Party

The history of Halloween witches

An ancient legend that the old witches were meeting twice during the year: April 30 and 31 October. Satan realized the call and they came mounted on broomsticks, to share spells and black wisdom in those ghoulish festivities.  The word "witch" derives from the old Saxon word "wicca, or wise". And it was thought that witches, being possessors of magic, also had the highest wisdom. Today Halloween night is also recognized by all " the night of witches".

Maya the Bee in Fondant Cupcakes

Decorate cupcakes with attractive insects for children has been fun. Today the colorful insect Maya the Bee is the protagonist, this beautiful bee is used to decorate the children parties.

The technique Modeling with fondant is not difficult, however, to make perfect and well-defined fondant shapes are required a lot of practice to get skill and perfection.

Fondant should be well kneaded. When the fondant to stretch and it is elastic enough, we can use it and begin to do the shapes. If the fondant is well kneaded, it will prevent cracking at the time of modeling.

Cupcakes in the candy table

The Story of the Bee Maya

Maya is a bee born in a bee hive during internal unrest: the hive is dividing itself into two new colonies. Maya is raised by her teacher, Mrs. Cassandra. Despite Mrs. Cassandra's warnings, Maya wants to explore the wide world and commits the unforgivable crime of leaving the hive. During her adventures, Maya, now in exile, befriends other insects and braves dangers with them. Maya is prisoner by hornets, the bees' sworn enemies.

Prisoner of the hornets, Maya learns of a hornet plan to attack her native hive. Maya is faced with the decision to either return to hive and suffer her due punishment, saving the hive, or leaving the plan unannounced, saving herself but destroying the hive. Maya makes the decision to return. In the hive, she announces the coming attack and is, totally unexpectedly, pardoned. The forewarned bees triumph over the hornet attack force. Maya, now a heroine of the hive, becomes a teacher, like Mrs. Cassandra and shares her experiences and wisdom with the future generation.