Sheep Cupcakes

Eid Mubarak !

Two weekends ago, Muslims around the world celebrated the Festival of Sacrifice (Eid ul Adha). The feast fell within the time of Hajj, the annual pilgrimage Muslims are expected to go on at least once in their lifetime. Eid commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim, or Abraham, to sacrifice his son in the Biblical story. Some Muslims observe the day by slaughtering a sheep, cow or other livestock animal.

The day's building up to Eid were not as hectic as before because for the past three Eid's, my Mum and I prepare the breakfast buffet. A table filled with fresh summer melons, golden brown waffles, sweet French toast and energising fruit smoothies, are just a few of the yummy treats to start the day. With all the excitement, I was too busy enjoying the moment and unfortunately did not take any pictures of the beautiful day, the decor and deliciousness, apart from the sheep cuppies which I made the day before.

Sheep Cupcakes

Ingredients

Freshly baked Chocolate Cupcakes, mini cupcakes are optional
2 Packets Mini Marshmallows (separate the white from the pink)
White and Green(optional) icing/frosting
Modelling Fondant in White and Brown

Method

The first step is to apply a generous amount of icing on to the cupcake. If the icing is coated too thinly, the marshmallows will not hold.

Once coated, stick the mini marshmallows around, leaving an area for the sheep face.

For the face, I used a chocolate brown modelling fondant from Party Themes. The fondant does dry and harden rather quickly so ensure that the unused fondant is in a sealed container.

Roll abit of fondant between the palm of your hands until it is the size of a fireball/jawbreaker, then mould it into a slightly oval shape.
For the ears, gently pinch and pull on two sides of the oval ball.

Using white fondant, roll out two tiny balls for the eyes and glue them onto the face with a dab of water. I initially used black poppy seeds for the pupils but noticed that after a few hours they did fall out so then decided to just draw on a dot with a black marker.

For the nostrils, use a toothpick and make two deep holes toward the bottom of the face.

I deliberately baked 9 standard cupcakes so the leftover mixture could be used for mini grass cuppies. This gave an extra edge which created a fun, cute 'sheep story'.