Penguins

These cupcakes are my husbands favorite cupcakes. They are made by stacking a sliced mini doughnut and a doughnut hole on top of a cupcake (using frosting as glue).



After you stack them on top you spread frosting round the outside to make it smooth and then you have to put them in the freezer for twenty minutes or so for the frosting to really set.

After the cupcakes have been frozen you heat up the tinted black frosting in the microwave. Then you dunk the cupcakes into the frosting to cover the doughnut hole and mini doughnut, but make sure you let the excess drip off before you flip the cupcake back upright.

Make sure you have plenty of frosting ready so you can refill the cup you are dipping the cupcakes in so you coat the entire outside.

After the frosting has dried a little on the cupcakes you push pieces of marshmallow onto them to make the penguins bellies. Then you cut yellow starbursts in half and push them on to make the beaks. The eyes are made by putting dots of white frosting and then placing mini chocolate chips on top. To make the wings you take the Oreo wafers and cut them in half. You'll need one wafer for each penguin.

After the cupcakes are complete I stored them in the fridge to make sure the frosting set. These cupcakes are really messy to eat, so make sure you have some napkins ready!