Lightly powder your hands with the cornstarch and start to work the fondant until it becomes soft and easy to work with.

Using one of the brushes, dip it into the cornstarch and lightly coat the silicon mold

Tear off a tablespoon amount of fondant and mold it into the tail mold.

Once that is done, let it sit for 5-10 minutes before flipped over the mold and carefully push out the fondant tail out of the mold.

Once all tails have been molded, lightly dip the tip of a paint brush into the gold dust and brush the tail with it

Let the mold dry for 1 hour.

Repeat steps for the Seashells

Makes 18 Cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners

In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, butter, milk, and mix until combined

Divide the batter into 4 small bowls

Add a few drops of the food coloring to a bowl. One color to one bowl

Mix until combined and the colors are bright and vibrant to your liking

Using a spoon, start spooning 1 color of batter into the cupcake liners

Repeat step with other colors until 3/4th full

Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes

Pull out and place on the side to cool

Using a standing mixer, combine all ingredients and mix on medium speed

If your frosting starts looking like powdery rocks, add another tablespoon of heavy whipping cream

Mix until you see creamy stiffed peaks

Once the frosting is made, scoop about 1 C of frosting into the 3 bowls

Add a few drops of the blue food coloring into one bowl

Add a few drops of pink into the second bowl

Leave the third bowl white

Scoop blue frosting into the piping bag with no tip

Frost the cupcakes

Dip the frosting into the sprinkles

Using the piping bag with the star tip, scoop pink frosting onto one side of the piping bag

Scoop white frosting onto the other side

Pipe a medium dollop of frosting into the middle of the blue

Push the mermaid tail into the pink and white frosting

Place a shell piece onto the side of the frosting

Enjoy!