Give your cupcakes a girly twist with these hat cupcake toppers. Whether you are 5 or 50, these are bound to make your smile. Made with fondant and a little bit of love these cupcake toppers are fun to make.
I recently made these for a little girl. And, while cupcakes were gone in a flash, the girls held on to their little hats for a long, long time. Too pretty to eat, these are definitely a great way to add a little more to your cupcakes.
In fact, if you make them all-white these would also make amazing wedding cake favors.
Table of Content
About these cupcakes
- For my cupcakes, I made three variety - one bowl vanilla, one-bowl chocolate, and chocolate cupcakes
- For my frosting, I used vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate buttercream frosting.
- I made marshmallow fondant and used some of my leftover homemade fondant as well.
Things you will need
- Fondant Rolling Pin
- Basketweave rolling pin or impression mat
- Sugar paste / Fondant – various colors
- Dusting pouch
- 3 ½ inch Round fluted cutter
- 2 ½ inch Round Fluted cutter
- ½ tsp. & 1 tbsp. measuring spoon
- Mini flower cutters – Daisy or Blossoms
- No 3 piping tip
Prepare cupcake base
- Roll out your sugar paste and cut the base circles for your cupcake toppers.
- Cut out the number of circles needed for your cupcakes.
- Here I am showing black but you do many different colors.
- You can use a 3 or 3 ½ inch fluted or plain cutter.
Prepare the hat domes
- Take a ½ teaspoon measuring spoon – apply some veg shortening to the inside.
- Then, roll a ball of sugar paste, which can be the color of your hat or the color of your base disc.
- Next, fill the spoon with the sugar paste. Smooth so you have a flat surface on the top.
- Invert on to your work surface. The shortening should help pop the dome right now.
- Cupcake bases and domes ready.
1. The orange straw hat
- Roll orange sugar paste. Use the basketweave texture rolling pin or mat to make the impression.
- Use the 2 ½ round fluted or plain cutter to cut a circle.
- Dampen the hat dome.
- Place the hat circle on the dome. Ensure you center it.
- Use a 1 tablespoon measuring spoon to cup the dome lightly.
- This helps to form the dome without taking away the impression.
- Use the back of your paintbrush or cell pin to create some waves around the edges giving your hat the natural bounce.
- Then, cut strips of orange and form a band as shown. Cut excess and use it to make a bow.
- To make the feather, roll a teardrop, flatten and make cuts as shown. Place on the hat above the bow.
- To make a mini rose – just flatten a strip of sugar paste and roll it onto itself.
- Then, put the pieces in place and place the hat on its base. Your first hat is ready.
2. Green flower hat
- Roll some green and some red sugar paste.
- Using the mini blossom cutter, cut out some red fondant blossoms.
- Place the blossom on the green fondant.
- Roll the blossom such that they blend with the sugar green.
- Texture with a rolling pin or mat. Cut out the hat circle.
- Next, dampen the hat dome. Place the hat fondant circle on top.
- Center it.
- Then, place the spoon over and gently cup.
- Use the back of your paintbrush, cell pin to create waves on the brim.
- Roll a sausage of white sugar paste to make the band. Cut off the excess white band.
- Attach white daisy or blossom with the medium flower cutter.
- Attach a black daisy in the center of the large daisy.
- Add a silver degree.
- Place on the black cupcake base.
3. Rose pink spring hat
- Roll Pink sugar paste. Texture as desired.
- Cut out hat circle. Dampen hat dome.
- Place hat circle on the hat dome. Use a spoon to cup gently.
- Use cell stick to form frilly brim.
- Place on the cupcake base.
- Add flowers as desired.
- Here, I added the white daisies first, distributing evenly.
- Next, I added the orange medium blossoms.
4. White and pink polka dots
- Roll White and red sugar paste.
- Using a no 3 nozzle cut out the red.
- Place on the white just in the center so they are all centered on the dome not the hat’s brim.
- Roll such that the red blends with the white.
- Cut our the hat circle.
- Use a frill tool to create a frilly brim.
- Add a pink band.
- Add a daisy or a flower.
- Place on the cupcake base. Here, I am using pink instead of black.
5. Red and black spiral hat
- Roll red sugar paste. Rolls a thin black sausage.
- Place black sausage on the red in a spiral. Rollover with a rolling pin. You can texture if you wish.
- Cut out the hat circle.
- Place on hat dome, use the spoon to cup as shown above.
- Make flower and feather as shown in the orange straw hat above.
6. Back straw hat with pink bow
- Roll out black sugar paste. Texture as desired.
- Place on hat dome and cup to form the hat.
- Use cell stick to from frilly brim
- Add band and bow as shown in orange straw hat.
- Place on cupcake base.
Tina
Hey Veena,
I tried to look at your girly hat cupcake toppers tutorial but the link isn't working. It says page not found. Just wanted to let you know.
Blessings,
Tina
Veena Azmanov
Sorry about that Tina. I just fixed it. Now you don't need the link its all in the post. Thanks