Name: Make these ROAR-some dino cupcakes for the next kids’ party
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 175g butter, chopped; 1½ cups caster sugar; ¼ cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 3 eggs, lightly beaten; 2 cups self-raising flour; 24 lolly strawberry clouds and 24 lolly blueberry clouds; FROSTING; 500g butter, softened; 5 cups icing sugar mixture; 1 tbsp milk; Green liquid food colouring, to tint

Make these ROAR-some dino cupcakes for the next kids’ party

Dinosaurs never looked so sweet!

Makes 24

Prep

30M

Cook

25M

Resting

Total

55M

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To make these dino cupcakes stick out like a ‘saur’ thumb, use lolly clouds found in the confectionery aisle at your local supermarket.

Ingredients

175g butter, chopped

1½ cups caster sugar

¼ cup cocoa powder

1 tsp bicarbonate of soda

3 eggs, lightly beaten

2 cups self-raising flour

24 lolly strawberry clouds and 24 lolly blueberry clouds

FROSTING

500g butter, softened

5 cups icing sugar mixture

1 tbsp milk

Green liquid food colouring, to tint

Method

Step 1.

Line two 12-hole muffin pans (¹⁄³-cup capacity)  with paper cases.

Step 2.

Combine butter, sugar, sifted cocoa, soda and  1½ cups water in a large saucepan. Stir over a medium heat until sugar is dissolved and butter is melted. Bring  to boil. Transfer to a large bowl. Stand, whisking occasionally, until cooled.

Step 3.

Whisk in eggs and flour until smooth. Pour evenly into paper cases (about  2 tbsp in each).

Step 4.

Cook in a 160C preheated oven for about 20-25 mins,  or until cooked when tested. Stand in pans for 5 mins. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

Step 5.

For frosting, beat butter  in large bowl of an electric mixer until pale and creamy. Beat in ½ cup sugar at a  time until smooth. Beat  in milk. Tint green.

Step 6.

In two batches, pipe frosting onto cupcakes  in a spiral pattern, starting  from the edge, using a  piping bag fitted with

Step 7.

Cut lolly clouds in half crossways. Arrange on cupcakes, as pictured.

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