Lion Cupcakes Roarrrr Recipes

LION CUPCAKES - ROARRRR!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325.
• Toast coconut on a cookie sheet in a single layer for 6-10 minutes until lightly brown (stir coconut every 2-3 minutes while toasting).
• Frost cupcakes with frosting.
• Roll edges of cupcake in toasted coconut to make the lion's "mane".
• Place 2 gum drops side by side in the lower/middle of the cupcake.
• Place 2 licorice "whiskers" on each side tucked partially under the gum drops to adhere.
• Place 2 m&m "eyes" above the gumdrops.
• Place a dab of pink icing below eyes and above the gumdrops to make the "nose".

LION CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350º Fahrenheit and line 2 cupcake tins with cupcake liners.
• In a medium bowl, use a hand or stand mixer to beat together the cake mix, milk, eggs and melted butter until a smooth, fluffy batter forms, about 2 minutes.
• Scoop about ¼ cup of batter into each prepared cupcake liner. They should be filled about ¾ way full. Depending on how full the cupcakes are you should be able to fill 20-24 liners.
• Bake the cupcakes for 19-23 minutes or until they spring back when tapped and a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean or with just a couple of crumbs.
• Remove the cupcakes from the oven and allow them to cool completely before frosting, about 30-40 minutes.
• When you are ready to decorate the cupcakes, place half of the coconut in a small bowl and add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
• Stir the food coloring into the coconut until the coconut is all covered. It will be colored in a gradient of orange with some pieces darker and some lighter. This will work well so don't worry about them all being the same shade.
• Add a few drops of yellow food coloring to the frosting and stir until the frosting is an even, light yellow color.
• Frost each cupcake with a layer of yellow frosting and then dip the edge of the cupcake in the coconut and twist the edge in a circular motion to make a coconut "mane". The center of the cupcake should be just yellow frosting, with no coconut on it.
• If the coconut gets low or starts to have only small pieces, add the rest of the bag and a few more drops of coloring and mix it up and then continue decorating.
• Add two candy eyes to the coconut free center of the cupcakes with a mini chocolate chip below them for a nose. Place the chocolate chip so that the point is pointing down away from the eyes.
• Use the black decorating icing to draw on a mouth, a line running down from the nose that splits into two "U" shapes.
• Add two brown M&Ms on either side of the face, in the mane, to be the ears of the lions.
• Serve your lions with pride!