For the elf’s hat, roll the green sugar paste roughly half a centimetre thick. Cut out a whole circle using the cookie cutter. With the sharp knife, cut this in half. Place one half to one side to use as a snowman’s. Stick the hat to the cake using a little glace icing.
Take a small amount of purple sugar paste and roll into a sausage roughly half a centimetre longer than the diameter of the cake. Do the same with the green sugar paste. Place the two “sausages” next to each other and twist. Pinch the ends to seal and stick along the bottom edge of the hat to create a stripe-y trim.
Take a pinch of purple sugar paste and roll into a ball, flatten and then using the knife, score grooves around the outside to look like a pom-pom. Stick to the top of the hate with a little glace icing.
Just a few millimetres below, carefully dab two eyes using a spoon and the glace icing.
Take a little bit of black icing and roll two small balls to create the pupils for the eyes. Place these carefully in the centre of the two white dots.
Using an edible marker, draw on a small smile and three freckles on each cheek. (A little rose coloured glitter dust works well for rosey cheeks too!)
To finish, take some remaining peach icing and roll into two small balls. Pinch half of the small ball to create a pixie ear shape.
Attach both ears to the edge of the cupcake, slightly overlapping the trim of the hat.
Repeat for the remaining peach cupcakes.