Troubleshooting??

I need your ideas....I made these figures out of royal icing and was going to use them on the cake but they broke apart - way too fragile. Do you think it was the amount of black I had to put in the black icing that broke down the structure? I've never done royal icing toppers before so I really don't know. I went with 3D fondant figures instead....turned out great. Any ideas why this didn't work?

Phineas and Ferb Cake

Flower Cupcake Tower

I made this for my daughter's "How Does Your Garden Grow" play :) Big and mini cupcakes and circle brownies on the flowery cake stand.

Cupcake Pick Rainbow

Cream Filled Cupcakes and Cute Picks

I love these homemade Hostess cupcakes. They are so much better than the real thing! I made the picks for a couple of special teachers that had birthdays this week. The boxes are photo boxes and with a cardboard cutout in the bottom to keep the cupcakes in place. They are excellent cupcake boxes that are beautiful and reusable (for the recipient as photo boxes).

Cookie Monster Cookies

Bicycle Bike Cake