How to Make Dragonfly Cupcake Toppers

These are definitely my favorite cupcake toppers I have ever designed, there is something so enchanting about them.

A few years ago, I was asked to make cupcake toppers for a baby shower that went with a feminine, nature inspired theme. I quickly went to the drawing board and planned out this whimsical dragonfly design. I love the soft color palette of pink and ivory with a touch of gold against the texture of the wood grained background. It is so dreamy!

I used this mold to create the dragonfly on the toppers.

If you want to make the edible dragonflies to decorate cupcakes or cake with, here’s what to do….

Making Edible Dragonflies

First, purchase the dragonfly mold here! Once you have your mold, color a bit of your favorite fondant or homemade gumpaste with a pale pink gel color, I like using Americolor soft pink, but any brand will do! Lightly dust the inside of your mold cavity with either cornstarch or powered sugar, I use a 50/50 mixture of both. Next, place a small piece of your pink fondant into the mold and push it down into all of the nooks + crannies. Remove the excess fondant from the mold so you will have a nice crisp edge to your dragonfly. Gently bend the flexible mold and push the dragonfly out onto a parchment lined cookie sheet. Once you’ve made enough of them, set them out to dry completely for at least a few days. Now you’re ready to add a touch of edible gold! Make a slurry out of vodka or lemon extract combined with gold luster dust. Use a small paint brush (used for food purposes only) and paint the liquid gold onto the body of the dragonfly.

Now you are ready to attach your edible fondant dragonflies onto any background you’d like. If you want to get the complete look of my dragonfly cupcake toppers, use a wood grain texture mat onto rolled out fondant and cut out small disks from it to use as your backgrounds. “Glue” your fondant dragonflies onto the edible disks by using simple syrup or royal icing.

These whimsical dragonfly cupcake toppers are simple to create and make any cake or cupcake look like they came out of a classic fairy tale book.