School Themed Teacher Appreciation Day Cupcakes

Well it was "Teacher Appreciation Day" here on the 30th October & I would like to start by saying that in my humble opinion all teachers do an incredible job & are often undervalued & definitely underpaid, so a great big thank you to all teachers everywhere, you do a great job!

This order was prepared in two gift boxes of 5 cupcakes each, one for the class teacher & one for the school principal.

They were the classic & very yummy combination of 'Killer Chocolate' (chocolate flavour butter sponge cake) with vanilla Swiss meringue buttercream. This is one of the simplest but best combos I think whether it is chocolate cake with vanilla frosting or vanilla cake with chocolate frosting, you just can't go wrong.

I modeled the custom toppers in a school theme using marshmallow fondant, black edible marker was used on the ruler & crayons & I piped white royal icing for the sum on the chalk board.  If you can't quite see from the photo the pink banner was embossed with the words thank you.

These were great fun to create & I really hope they were enjoyed by the teachers they were sent to.