Ingredients
½ cup butter
room temp, 125g
¾ cup sugar
180g
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 eggs
½ cup milk
125ml
1 cup self-raising flour
225g
chocolate melts
for decorating
cocoa powder
for decorating
white icing
for decorating
marshmallows
for decorating
brown M&M's Mini
for decorating
yellow Smarties
for decorating
Allergy Advice
Contains Dairy
Contains Eggs
Contains Gluten
Contains Nuts
Contains Soy
Equipment
- 1 12-cup tray
- 1 patty liners
- 1 electric beaters
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 wire racks
- 1 baking paper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 160°C (180°C fan-forced). Line a 12-cup tray with patty liners.
- Cream the butter, sugar and vanilla essence with electric beaters. Add eggs, beat well. Add milk and self-raising flour.
- Mix with wooden spoon to combine then beat with electric beaters until ingredients are incorporated (don’t over-beat or the cupcakes will be dry and firm). Spoon mixture into patty cases.
- Bake for around 12-15 minutes, until golden. Cool on wire racks.
- Melt chocolate according to packet directions. Spread on a piece of baking paper to form ears and head feathers. Place in freezer to chill for a few minutes.
- Mix a little cocoa powder with white icing to make a mid-brown colour. Ice cupcakes. Arrange ears and head feathers.
- Cut marshmallows in halves horizontally to form eyes. Dab a little icing on brown M&M's Mini and place on marshmallows as pupils. Use yellow Smarties as beaks.
Notes
Tip
If you line up all of the decorations in bowls, this can be a great decorating activity to do with the kids.
Tip
You can use Betty Crocker Ready-made Vanilla Frosting for the white icing in this recipe of you don't have time to make your own.
