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I had so much fun making the sugared limes the first time, I decided to try it again! I made these a bit smaller than the originals.  I also took my own advice and used water to stick the pieces together upon reassembly.  It worked very well.  There wasn't any of the wonkiness in the middle that the first set had.  (Tutorial here )  Also, because I planned to make them smaller, I only used six segments, instead of eight. And I used a razor blade (very clean) to slice them.  The first ones were too big for a razor blade.  However, I recently remembered that I used to have a very long slicing/razor blade for polymer clay use.  I imagine that would work well for larger slices. Here's a close-up.  It's a little fuzzy.  Forgive me. Of course, I put them on Coconut Cupcakes with Ginger Lime Curd Filling   Because I love those cupcakes.  And I couldn't think of anything else to...

Today I made sugared lime slices for some cupcakes I'll be doing later this week.  Of course, this being a baking blog, they are not made of lime.  They're fondant.  Here's a sneak peek at the finished product: They're a little wonky in the middle, but I think they're kind of cute.  I needed to make about four dozen, so I decided to use a technique I learned when I dabbled in polymer clay many years ago.  But then I had a baby.  And polymer clay fell by the wayside.  But then I discovered fondant.  Yay fondant! So here's how I did them: (Please excuse the awful photos.  I am a baker, not a photographer.) First, I colored fondant lime green (dark and light) and left some white.   If you try this you're going to need way more white and dark green than I have pictured.  Just sayin'.   I used Cake Craft Lime Green, but you can use whatever.  Americolor Electric Green is also lovely. Put t...