It's All In The Decoration

I thought I would try out something a bit different when it comes to decorating a cupcake. The great big swirls of icing are fantastic but sometimes a little too sickly... So from having a little look on Pinterest to get some inspiration and this is what I came up with.

Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream

I used a cookie cutter in as close a size to the cupcake as possible. The fondant is about 1mm thick so it's sturdy and doesn't droop once on top the cake. 

I decided it was best to decorate the disk before attaching to the cupcake. This give you a bit more flexibility in what you can do. To fix the disk to the cupcake I used a swirl of buttercream around the edge of each cupcake then placed the disk on top. Just make sure that the icing is as level as possible before affixing the disk, otherwise it will be wonky.