These adorable penguin cupcakes are a great recipe for a kid's party or just a fun baking activity to do with your kids. They look great but are still a really easy recipe. Who doesn't love anything penguin themed?
Put the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter in a bowl and rub the butter in with your fingertips until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Put the milk, eggs and vanilla extract in another bowl and whisk until combined.
Gradually pour the milk and egg into the dry mixture, whisking as you pour. Continue whisking until the mixture is smooth.
Pour the mixture into a measuring jug to make it easier to fill the cupcakes.
Line a cupcake tin with cupcake cases. Pour the cake batter into each case, filling each one about two thirds full.
Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at 180°C. Test with a cocktail stick to see if they are done.
Cool on a wire rack.
Decorating the Cupcakes
Put the jam in a bowl and heat in the microwave. Brush it onto the top of the cupcakes to help the icing to stick.
Start by putting a circle of white icing on each cupcake.
Next roll out the black icing and draw around the end of a spatula to cut out the shape of the penguin's body.
Then cut out squares for the penguin's face and use your fingers to round the corners off.
Finally, roll out the yellow icing and cut it up into little triangles to make the feet and beaks. For the eyes, use the icing pen. Or you could use tiny balls of black icing.
Notes
Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only. It does not include the fondant as I need to recheck the quantities before calculating it.