No kids' party is complete without cupcakes and these cute black and white animal cupcakes will definitely make everyone smile. Simple vanilla cupcakes topped with black and white ready to roll fondant. Easy to make but very effective!
I'm so proud of these little black and white animal cupcakes. There's room for improvement certainly. Next time I would use a slightly larger cutter to cut the piece of fondant that covers the top of the cupcake. I would also knead the black fondant a little more before modeling the cat too, just to get a smoother body. The packet of black fondant I used had already been opened so had gone a little hard around the edges, even though it was sealed in the packet.
I actually made 9 cupcakes but only managed to decorate three of them. Little Miss Spice was decorating the other ones and of course she kept trying to get her hands on the ones I had. When it came to eating them, as always she chose to eat the ones I'd decorated and I ate the ones she'd 'decorated'.
The Cupcake Recipe for these Cupcakes
The cupcake recipe was the from the Compendium of Cake Decorating Techniques by Carol Deacon. I used the quantities to make a small pound cake (15cm) but also added some vanilla extract. The cupcakes turned out to have a delicious quite strong vanilla flavour which I loved. It's definitely a recipe I'll use again for either a plain cake or cupcakes I plan to decorate. In fact, I've already used it again but flavoured with lemon.
The Inspiration for the Fondant Black Cat Cupcake
For the cat cupcake I took the idea from the Deacon book and just made a sausage shaped piece of fondant and then curled it around. I pulled some fondant out to make the ears, used a small knife to make the eyes and then made a long worm-like piece as a tail.
The Inspiration for the Sheep and Polar Bear Cupcakes
I was inspired to make the sheep by this one on Rose Bakes and the polar bear by this one on Polka Dot Bride. I just cut out pieces of fondant in the shapes I wanted and layered them up.
Black and White Animal Cupcakes
Recipe
Black and White Animal Cupcakes
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Cupcakes
- 120 g butter at room temperature
- 120 g sugar
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Ingredients for Decorating
- 2 tablespoon apricot jam
- Black fondant icing
- white fondant icing
Instructions
How to Make the Cupcakes
- Cream the butter and sugar together and beat until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs, milk and vanilla and then fold in the flour. Alternatively beat all the ingredient together using a food mixer.
- Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake in the oven at 150°C for 20 minutes. Test with a skewer to see if they are done. Cool on a wire rack.
How to Decorate the Cupcakes
- Heat the jam in a microwave and brush a thin layer on top of each cupcake to help the fondant to stick.
- Roll out the fondant icing and cut out circles of fondant to put on each cupcake.
How to Make the Polar Bear
- To make the polar bear, cut out a large circle and two curved triangles from the white fondant.
- From the black fondant cut out a small black circle for the nose and roll two tiny pieces between your fingers to make the eyes.
- Use a little water to stick the fondant onto the cupcakes and then draw the mouth by pressing in with a knife and using a drinking straw to indent the curved bit.
How to Make the Sheep Cupcake
- To make the sheep, just cut out pieces of fondant in the right shape and stick them on using water as above.
- Use something thin and sharp to make the nostril holes.
- If you are making a lot of sheep cupcakes you can make templates out of card for the sheep's face and ears to make it easier to get all of the pieces the same size. Just make sure the card is clean and cut around it.
How to Make the Cat Cupcake
- Take a sausage shaped piece of fondant and then curl it around.
- Pull some of the fondant out a little to make the ears. Use a small knife to make the eyes and then make a long worm-like piece as a tail.
Notes
Nutrition
More Cupcakes you Might Like
Do check out my Marshmallow flower cupcakes! Or my Penguin Cupcakes!
Places I'm sharing these Black and White Animal Cupcakes
As they contain eggs I am also linking them to Belleau Kitchen's new challenge, Simply Eggcellent.
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Eat Your Veg
Just hoooooow cute? I particularly love the doggie face one! Thanks so much for entering your cakes to Family Foodies 'Let's Get Baking' event many moons ago, and my apologies for only getting around to the round up now.
Corina
I'm so glad you like them.
Johanna @ Green Gourmet Giraffe
cute cupcakes
Corina
Thank you.
Corina
You're welcome!
Julie's Family Kitchen
These cupcakes look so cute. 🙂
Corina
Thank you.
Traditionally Modern Food
Cute cupcakes:-)
Corina
Thank you.
Dominic Franks (@belleaukitchen)
so adorable!... I love the little black kitty curled up asleep. So cute. My deco skills are dreadful so this are a delight to see.. and working in black and white is quite hard! Thanks so much for the brilliant Simply Eggcellent entry x
Corina
So glad you like them. I was amazed I actually managed to make that one look like a cat!
maritachicita @ mydinner.co.uk
They are great! I love the sheep!
Corina
Thank you.
jacquigourlay
So cute! Love these!
thehungrymum
these are super cute - loving the doggy!
Corina
The polar bear maybe? Yes, it does look a bit like a doggy!
thehungrymum
ooops! Still cute!