Winnie the Pooh Hunny Cheesecake Cupcakes
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100g digestive biscuits
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60g soft butter
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250g cream cheese
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125g pumpkin, well drained
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3 eggs
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100g honey
For Winnie the Pooh
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Golden yellow fondant
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Chocolate fondant (a very small amount)
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 160c fan forced. In a food processor process the biscuits and butter until the mixtures resembles wet sand. Using a spoon, press a thin layer down into patty cases.
Step 2 - Blend cream cheese and pumpkin until smooth then add eggs and honey and pulse until blended.
Step 3 - Pour into cupcake cases until a few mms below the edge. Then bake in preheated oven for 30-40 minutes. Cool and refrigerate overnight.
Meanwhile get on with the Winne the Pooh decorations
Winnie the Pooh Fondant decorations
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Golden fondant (mine was a bit too orange but I find that fondant colouring fades)
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a small amount of black or chocolate fondant for eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth
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A chopstick with a pointy end to make ear holes
Step 1 - Make the necessary pieces, 3 balls in a graduating size, two logs: one for legs and one for arms which are smaller than the legs plus2 small balls for the ears.
Step 2 - Place the middle sized ball on top of the largest sized ball and then cut the larger log into half and place legs around bottom ball.
Step 3 - Cut smaller arm logs into two and shape into arms and place them between the two balls resting on the top of the largest ball. You can position one arm to go up a bit further.
Step 4 - Shaping the head is the hardest part. Winnie has big cheeks and a slightly upturned nose so try and shape this as best you can. I found it helped somewhat to look at 3D pictures of Winnie using google images.
Step 5 - Press the small end of a Japanese chopstick into the small ear circle and press against the back of the head.
Step 6 - Now using very, very small amounts of chocolate fondant shape eyes (Winnie has small eyes), round eyebrows and a nose. This is intricate work and easy to lose pieces and your patience so take your time.
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