I did these gawjiss little things for a friend’s little boy, who was turning one. At the time he loved all things marine, so she asked for “under the sea” themed cupcakes to fit the party theme.
The animals were made with coloured fondant (aka pettinice), and they took me a good week or so to finish. The cakes were vanilla, and the icing was a plain butter icing coloured with blue and white. I then piped it onto the cakes in a two-tone pattern to look like water!
- This gawjiss shot is courtesy of Jeanette Verster Photography!
I was rather pleased with the result.
Update, May 2010: please note, if you’d like to order these- they are now R30 each, and I need at least 2 week’s notice to make the little animals.