How to Make Fake Cupcakes
Looking for a new cupcake recipe? Make ones that are built to last and won't add to your daily intake of calories (because they're inedible) with Jessie Oleson's fake cupcake-making tutorial at Cakespy. All you need is some plaster of Paris, paint, and cupcake liners, and you're ready to go.
These fake cupcakes aren't completely random; Jessie wants you to take cupcake art to the streets. Her cupcake street art project began in January when she dispersed fake cupcakes with uplifting messages around Seattle. Do the same in your neighborhood to spread some cheer (or confuse a bunch of people).
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13 Comments:
I use bathroom caulk for frosting whenever I make fake cakes. It pipes just like frosting so you can do all the fancy decorative stuff. The acrylic caulk can be tinted with dye or with acrylic paints. If you use silicone caulk you have to use leather dye since it's not water based.
gingercookiewithlime at 4:28PM on 03/21/09
Thanks for the feature!! I love the idea in the above comment about using caulk too--good point, the bottles would be like having a built in decorating tip! Awesome!
cakespy at 5:24PM on 03/21/09
ginger: "whenever i make face cakes"?
is that often? why?
callmenaomi at 5:39PM on 03/21/09
Cute idea
paris221966 at 6:23PM on 03/21/09
why would one do such a thing?
spartana07 at 6:42PM on 03/21/09
I currently have more cake cravings than one girl can ever hope to satisfy. A plaster cupcake mocking me day and night would not help the situation. No fake cakes for me.
ProfessorChaos at 7:41PM on 03/21/09
Tiiiiiiight!! I think I'ma make some and plant them around San Francisco.
marchpane at 7:46PM on 03/21/09
Everyone has a closet full of this stuff. How very highlights magazine. Peachy keen.
JerzeeTomato at 7:56PM on 03/21/09
I work in theater so fake foods are a common thing to make. Buying fake cakes are way too expensive. Also, some bakeries have fake cakes for display since sugar rots over time.
gingercookiewithlime at 9:49PM on 03/21/09
This is a really cute idea. I like this thought, though. It can be used to put public service announcements all over town. Maybe if they're placed strategically on the ground when people throw their trash on the sidewalks or in the streets they will see a cute little muffin or cupcake pleading with them to keep the earth beautiful. These would also be cute for a party or something, as decorations to spice up a plain room. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to use it to create other foods as well, too.
marailnot at 1:18AM on 03/22/09
Oh no. Why would you mock me like that? Cake with no cake? Should be illegal.
http://bakingandmistaking.blogspot.com
cool2bars at 1:33AM on 03/22/09
I just imagine leaving a fake cupcake at every bus stop that I come across. Mass confusion sounds delicious!
Red Icculus at 4:28PM on 03/22/09
That is supposed to spread cheer? I'd be pissed that I couldn't eat it. It would send me spiraling into a major depression. All because of a plaster of paris cupcake. sitting there mocking me.
juliebugsmama at 11:03AM on 03/23/09