Lego Party Prep

I let Graidan pick the theme for his birthday party this year from a few different ones that I had pinned on Pinterest. In the end he decided to go with a Lego theme.

I am not much of a cake decorator, or have never really tried to be. I recently bought some tips and decorating supplies to give it a shot. I asked all my Facebook friends for their favorite icing recipes and got an email from a friends with this recipe.

1/2 c vegetable shortening
1/2 butter or marg
1 tsp vanilla
4 c icing sugar
2 Tbsp milk

Cream butter and shortening with electric mixer. Add sugar, 1 cup at a time, beat on med speed. Once sugar has been all added it will appear dry. Add milk and beat on med speed till light and fluffy.

Yields 3 cups
Can be stored in an airtight container in refrigerator for 2 wks

I found that this icing didn't go nearly as far as I thought it would so I ended up making multiple batches to cover the 50 plus cupcakes I had to make. (some for school, some for the actual party and some for family birthday and errors).

In the first batch I used vanilla extract and then had another friend suggest almond extract as her preference so I tried that in the next couple of batches and found it to be my favorite as well. (Thanks Becky!)

In the end this is what I ended up with:

I then had a very talented friend (who normally does the boys birthday cakes) make these little Lego pieces out of fondant to put on top of the cupcakes.

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Aaaand the final product!

I have to say, I am pretty pleased with how they turned out

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