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The astronauts, along with the buy xenical roche shuttle and Earth, are made of fondant; the bees are marzipan with fondant wings. (The bees and buy xenical roche astronauts were really fun to make. It reminded me of working with modelling clay.) I painted the buy xenical roche details onto them with thinned buttercream and sugar. The final touches, the buy xenical roche stars, are made from melted white chocolate.
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