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Animal cupcakes

  • 10servings
  • 40minutes

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Source: www.goodtoknow.co.ukReport recipe

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Nutrition Info . . .

NutrientsLipids, Carbohydrates, Cellulose
VitaminsH, C, D
MineralsCopper, Fluorine, Chromium, Calcium, Potassium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Cobalt, Molybdenum

Ingredients Jump to Instructions ↓

  1. 125g butter (at room temperature) or margarine 1 stick plus 1 tablespoon butter(room temp) or margarine

  2. 125g caster sugar two thirds cup superfine sugar

  3. Half tsp lemon zest

  4. 2 eggs

  5. 125g self raising flour

  6. 1 cup plus 1 tbsp self rising flour

  7. tsp baking powder 225g icing sugar sifted superfine sugar, sifted

  8. 100g soft unsalted butter

  9. 1 stick butter at room temperature

  10. 1 tbsp milk

  11. tsp vanilla essence Chocolate frosting (bought)

  12. Chocolate buttons

  13. Mini chocolate Digestive biscuits

  14. White and red jelly beans

  15. Green food colouring

  16. White chocolate buttons (resting on cocktail sticks pushed into the side of the cupcake)

  17. Green jelly beans

  18. Green Writing Icing

  19. Pink food colouring

  20. Pink marshmallows

  21. Mini candy coated chocolate beans

  22. Large white marshmallows

  23. Mini marshamallows

  24. Yellow M&Ms

  25. Black Writing Icing

  26. Licorice Allsorts

  27. Chocolate Butttons

  28. Brown M&Ms

  29. Mini brown chocolate coated candy

  30. White Writing Icing

Instructions Jump to Ingredients ↑

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180C Fan 160C. (US 350F)

  2. Line a muffin tin with 10 paper cases. Put the butter, sugar, lemon zest, flour and baking powder into the bowl and beat in an electric food mixer until smooth.

  3. Divide the mixture between the paper cases and cook in the oven for about 20 minutes or until golden and springy to the touch.

  4. Remove from the oven and cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes, then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.

  5. Whilst the cupcakes are baking you can prepare the icing. Beat the butter in a large bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add the remaining icing sugar , the milk and a few drops of vanilla essence.. You can divide the icing into a few bowls and colour with a few drops of food colouring.

  6. Once the cakes are cold swirl some of the icing on top of the cakes and decorate them to look like animals using the sweets, writing icing and mini cookies..

  7. For the Marshmallow sheep simply cut one of the large marshmallows in half to make the ears.

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