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Grumpy Cat Cupcakes Tutorial

A few days ago I had the honour of raising funds for the New Zealand SPCA.

The reason I am so honoured is because my sweet little kitty, Pecan, was adopted from the SPCA and I am forever grateful for her. The last two years I have been too busy to participate in the SPCA Cupcake Day but this year I was determined to make something yummy and fun to raise funds.

I made two batches of cupcakes to take to uni and Mr S's work, red velvet cupcakes and French toast cupcakes. Both went down a treat (people were thrilled to eat bacon with a cupcake) and I managed to make $145!

I also decided to make my favourite Internet meme kitty into cupcake form by transforming Grumpy Cat into fondant. Grumpy Cat is one of the most popular Internet cats and currently has her own website, Twitter account and has 1.2 million likes on Facebook. Can you believe it?!

Although Grumpy Cat looks grumpy all the time the truth is she was born looking that way. In fact, her real name is Tardar Sauce! I'm sure Grumpy Cat wouldn't approve of anyone enjoying these cupcakes, having fun making them, eating them or doing anything happy at all, but believe me everyone who bought a Grumpy Cat cupcake to raise funds for the SPCA was super happy!

How to Make a Grumpy Cat Cupcake

Icing (just a little bit to cover the cupcake)
White fondant (approx 500g)
Black fondant (just a small ball, size of a walnut)
Gel food colouring (skin tone, brown, yellow, blue, pink)
Circle cookie cutters (6.5cm, 2.5cm, 1.5cm diameters)
Medium sized heart cookie cutter (3.5cm x 4cm)
Small sharp knife
Mixture of icing sugar and corn flour wrapped in a cloth to dust surface with
1T Vodka
Food safe paint brush To assemble: