Vehicle cupcake painting

[Lady350]

I have a vehicle cupcake pan mold. I made 60 cupcakes for my husbands birthday cake, which was a street race like in Fast and the Furious movie. I started painting the cars with a paint brush and frosting, but they were not coming out so well. The kids' painted cars were even worse. I heated the frosting so that I could pour it on the cars and it seem to work so much better. We used the paint brushes to accent the vehicles lights and windows. Next time, is there a better way to paint the cars?

 

[MyDigitalpoint]

Perhaps using fondant rather than frosting could work better as the consistence of fondant allows to paint it separately and the put piece by piece on the cake/cup cake to make your designs.

 

[Lady350]

Perhaps using fondant rather than frosting could work better as the consistence of fondant allows to paint it separately and the put piece by piece on the cake/cup cake to make your designs.

I am not familiar on how to make this type of frosting. I will definitely need to do some research and practice before showing my children how to do it. This may just work really well for these cupcakes. Thanks so much!