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Ladybird Cupcakes

There’s nothing like cake under pressure: PD became a little obsessed with ladybirds (or ladybugs, as her American cousin calls them) after studying mini-beasts at Kindergarten. I made the kind of rash promise that I have a tendancy to when I am trying to leave her in class at the beginning of the day and thus I found myself going home to make a few cakes.

Step 1: make a cake. I used a mix and baked it in a rectangular tin. Once cool, I used a cake cutter to stamp round mini-cakes from the rectangle.

Ladybug cupcakes

Step 2: take one tub of ready-made vanilla frosting and dye red. Think blood-bath.

Step 3: cover the cakes in the icing. I found it easiest to ice the sides and then the top. Smooth the top as much as possible. Leave to firm up for half an hour or so.

Step 4: pipe on details with black icing. I used a ready-to-pipe tube.

  • Draw a line down the centre of your cake.
  • Cross that line in the top quarter of the cake and fill it in. This is the head of the ladybird.
  • Pipe spots onto each side of the line

Putting the spots on the ladybug

Step 5: Using a small amount of white icing, pipe white dots onto the head of the ladybird for eyes.

Ladybug Cupcakes

Step 6: delight and amaze 12 Kindergarten children.

 

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  4. Becki says

    Those look fab! A quick tip with the icing (only mentioned because you suggested you might need to improve); if you pop the spatula in a mug of hot water between spreadings you will be able to achieve a much smoother finish x

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    • Domestic Goddesque says

      Thanks guys: I think my icing skills could use a little fine-tuning, but I was under pressure!!

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