SPCA Cupcake Day! Getting fancy with the fondant...

I'm an animal lover at heart, but when I heard about the SPCA cupcake day and realized that my passion for animals could be combined with my passion for baking yummy treats, I was delighted!  This post however, isn't actually about the baking, it's about the decorating! (I'll share my treasured cupcake recipe later...)  This is more of a keepsake for me than anything else because I worked so hard on these little buggers!

 

 

I wanted to have a cohesive theme, so I focused on making figures that highlighted all the wonderful things the SPCA does...the SPCA lists it as "SPCA in action."

 

First up we have my educated cat...

 

Followed by my adoption cupcake...

 



 

 

Here I did a cute palamino to represent horse welfare...

 



 

 

This is my superdog to display animal rescue...

 

 

The SPCA also prosecutes people that mistreat animals, so I felt this was appropriate...

 

 

To represent their BirdWing program where they rehabilitate wild birds, I did a Kiwi since it is NZ...

 

 

They also help to rehabilitate animals that have been injured...

 

 

And lastly, they help to reunite lost pets with their owners!

 

 

 

This was my first time ever really trying to do figurines with fondant, and although very time consuming...I'm hooked!!!

 

 

I also managed to raise $40 for the SPCA!  Fun and rewarding!!!