Tuesday Toppers: Lighthouse Cupcakes

I'm happy to report that we were able to fix the computer without too much pain ;D. And I was able to pull these cupcakes that I made for my mother-in-laws birthday out of my cupcake vault. She is a huge fan of lighthouses so these were the obvious choice for her! Today I am going to show you the basics of the lighthouses, but as you can see there are quite a few possibilities on how you can decorate them. Here's what you will need to make them:

-Rolling pin
-Fondant smoother
-Knife
-Paint brush
-White, black, and red fondant

-Take the white fondant and roll into a log.

-With the fondant smoother make one end smaller than the other

-take a small ball of red and flatten just slightly to form a fat disc.

-take a larger ball of black and do the same.

-For the top of the lighthouse take a ball of the black about the same size as the last piece and roll into a ball.

-With your fingers make a cone/pyramid shape.

-For the stripes, roll out the remaining black fondant very thinly and cut into 1/8" strips.

-Take the strips and decorate the white base as desired. Then attach the disc to the base, then the red, and finally the top cone.

-You can now beacon everyone to your cupcakes :D
Happy Tuesday, oops I mean, Wednesday Everyone!