Two clown-ish memories of elementary school:
Memory One: Being 7 or 8 years old (in grade 3?) and watching an assembly in the school gymnasium of the grade 7 students dressed as clowns doing a juggling act with colorful scarves to the tune of
"Send In The Clowns." Super weird, super awesome. We had panda bear head juggling balls at our house which I would attempt to throw around. That, or oranges, as there was always plenty of fruit.
Memory Two: Being in possibly grade 6 or 7 and watching the extremely terrifying Stephen King-brought-to-television miniseries "It." There is a scary, scary clown in that one. Note to parents: kids really do remain terrified of scary things they see on TV or at the movies for many years to come! Example: I was scared to go into the bathroom for two years because I thought I would find E.T. almost-dead on the floor, all white and powdery, moaning for help and possibly trying to kill me. Even though E.T. was benign.
Now onto life in the future: a wonderful request for a "circus" themed vanilla
Coco Cake and matching delicious cupcakes for Aza's 7th birthday party! "Hmm," I thought. "Could I possibly create a CLOWN cupcake that wouldn't entirely terrify me??" The challenge was on. To make a clown cupcake cute.
Making the cake circus-y themed was lots of fun. I immediately thought of a big circus tent, so red striped cake was crucial. Then I thought of circus animals. Initially I was thinking elephant sitting on top of a ball. But then, I remembered how CUTE seals are! A funny little grey seal, with a ruffled collar, balancing a red ball on his head!
I drew diagrams of the cake and cupcakes first, and followed the drawings pretty closely. I have been doing this lately and it's been very helpful! I thought the key to my clown cupcakes would be friendly little eyes. No scary clown makeup. I made friendly little clown hats using fondant, sprinkles and red candy hearts, and drew my clowns as friendly as can be. I think my clown cupcakes turned out pretty cute too!
To view an easy tutorial on how I make an animal face (or clown face!) cupcake, go to my flickr site
here!
Phewf! Cute clown cupcake challenge is over! I was going to look up the TV miniseries "It" and do a link to it but I got too scared, LOL. Yes, I am a CHILD!
Pre-cake pup drawings for cute Olivia's birthday cake and cupcakes!
Vanilla cupcakes with bulldog pup faces!
Even old Sheep Dog is back for another round of partying!
Olivia has a doggy named Henry who looks just like this cake which is why she ordered this one!
Panda party and lion cuteness for Warren and Roxana!
When pandas and lions meet...
Mooooooooo! Brown cow cupcakes for Susan,
Heehee!
Yay animals!! Until next time Coco Cake World,
