These adorable little puppies look like the real thing! For any dog lover. Recipe can be altered to make other breeds.
- 2 boxes Duncan Hines chocolate cake mix
- 1 cans Duncan Hines vanilla frosting
- 1 can Duncan Hines chocolate frosting
- Blue and black food coloring
- Strawberry Starburst
- Cocoa nibs
- Chocolate-covered sunflower seeds
- Kraft mini marshmallows
- White decorative sugar
- Other items: cupcake tin, mini cupcake tin, cupcake liners, pastry bag
- 1. Prepare and bake full sized and mini cupcakes according to the instructions on the box. Allow the cupcakes to cool before proceeding.
- 2. While the cupcakes are cooling, color your frosting. Add black coloring to the chocolate. Add blue to just a small amount of the white frosting (for the eyes).
- 3. Take two mini marshmallows. Cut just the corner off of one to create a flat surface (this is the nose) and cut the other in half across the diagonal (the ears.) Dip the two sticky halves of the ears in the white sugar.
- 4. Using frosting, secure the ears and nose on the top and lower third of the mini cupcake.
- 5. Using a pastry bag with the "leaf" tip, layer white frosting on the bottom half of the cupcake and on the nose. Using a pastry bag again (if you have two - otherwise save this step for the end), layer the black frosting on the top of the head and around the outer rim of the ears.
- 6. Using the blue frosting, put a small dab for the eyes and stick the sunflower seeds into it. Put the cocoa nib on the end of the nose. Cut a pink Starburst in half and roll it into a log. Put an indentation down the middle with your finger. This is the tongue. Stick it in below the nose.
- 7. Frost the big cupcake with white and black frosting, on the front half and back half, respectively, using the same texturing method as the head.
- 8. Attach the head onto the base, using more frosting, if necessary, as glue.
- 9. Enjoy!
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GRohde9883 (7 discussions) on Jul 25, 2010 at 07:41 PM
Is there anyway to make these smaller just the face and ears? These are so cute looking!!!!!!!
