Ingredients
Fearless lion
Perplexed panda
Youcan toucan
Crazy crocodile
Method
Fearless lion cupcakes
1.Spread frosting over the tops of the cupcakes; cover with crushed biscuits.
2.Insert sliced almonds into the frosting around the cupcakes for the lion’s mane.
3.Cut licorice strap into thin strips; then cut each strip into 2.5cm pieces. Use black writing icing to stick licorice and a black Jelly Belly jelly bean onto cupcakes to make lion’s nose and mouth (as shown in picture).
4.Use black writing icing to attach 2 edible white confetti to each face for eyes. Squeeze a drop of icing on the confetti for lion’s pupils.
Perplexed panda cupcakes
5.Place coconut in a medium bowl. Spread frosting over the tops of cupcakes; press tops into coconut to cover well.
6.Using picture as a guide, press 5 chocolate chips onto each cupcake to form the ears, eyes and nose.
7.Press a brown candy-coated chocolate chip (from a tub of rainbow choc-chips) onto each cupcake for the mouth.
8.Use black writing icing to stick 2 edible white confetti on each face for eyes; squeeze a drop of icing on confetti for panda’s pupils.
Youcan toucan
9.Reserve 2 tablespoons of the frosting; tint this reserved frosting orange (using orange food colouring).
10.Tint half the remaining frosting black. Using picture as a guide, spread black frosting in a quarter-moon shape around each cupcake; spread white frosting on the remaining cupcake tops.
11.Using picture as a guide, cut wafers to make beaks. Use a new clean paint brush to paint a little orange frosting on the tips of the top beaks. Attach beaks to cupcakes.
12.Split jube rings in half; place on centre of cupcakes.
13.Use black writing icing to stick a yellow M&M and an edible white confetti onto jube for eyes; squeeze a drop of icing on confetti for pupils.
14.Cut sour strap into thin strips; trim strips to fit around front half of the jube rings.
Crazy crocodile
15.Tint one of the tubs of frosting blue; spread this over the tops of the cupcakes. Using the back of a teaspoon, make peaks and waves on frosting.
16.Using picture as a guide, trim 16 pieces of extra thick ice-cream wafers into 9cm x 4.5cm rectangles, tapering slightly at one short end.
17.Tint remaining tub of vanilla frosting green in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave frosting on HIGH (100%) in 20-second bursts until melted.
18.Dip wafers, one at a time, into green frosting; place on a wire rack over baking paper.
19.On half of the wafers, press 2 large green M&M’s for eyes and 2 mini green M&M’s for the nose. Stand until set.
20.Use black writing icing to stick 2 edible white confetti to large M&M’s; squeeze a drop of icing on confetti for pupils.
21.Place plain green wafers on cupcakes; using a little writing gel, attach 1 white mini marshmallow to the front end of each wafer.
22.Using a little icing, attach the remaining wafer on top to complete the crocodiles’ jaws.
