Black and White Animal Cupcakes

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!

Course cake, Dessert

Cuisine British

Prep Time 1

Cook Time 20

Total Time 1 20

Servings

Calories 244kcal

Author Corina Blum

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

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only. Please note that for this recipe it does not include the calories in the fondant icing as I need to check what quantities were used.

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