Lion Cupcake Cake
Leon is a friendly lion, but he’s also a cupcake cake, one that’s easy to make and certain to thrill everyone who sees it.
Ingredients
- 14 ″ x 18″ serving base
- Waxed paper
- Rolling pin
- Plastic piping bag with tips
- 19 standard chocolate cupcakes in liners
- 3 C. chocolate buttercream frosting
- 1 1/2 C. peanut butter icing
- Black decorating icing with tips
Instructions
- Bake 19 standard chocolate cupcakes in liners. Place on serving base in the pattern pictured below (3-4-5-4-3).
- Secure cupcakes to base with icing on the bottom.
- Spread peanut butter icing to form lion face, including 2 ears.
- Place a large piece of wax paper over the cupcakes and spread the peanut butter icing by carefully rolling a rolling pin.
- Fill a bag with buttercream icing and fit with a grass tip.
- Pipe frosting in outside layers to make the lion’s hair.
- Mark the lion’s facial features with a toothpick.
- Change the tip of the icing bag to a large, round tip to pipe the top portion of the lion’s nose.
- Pipe black icing in to complete the facial features.
- Cover until ready to serve.