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Westies cupcakes

Servings:
6 cupcakes Servings
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Ingredients

  • 6 standard vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
  • 6 mini vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
  • 1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
  • 1 cup dark chocolate frosting
  • 12 cup mini marshmallows
  • 1 tablespoon pink decorating sugar (available at baking supply stores or see sources)
  • 14 tablespoon black chocolate-covered sunflower seeds (available at gourmet candy stores or see sources)
  • 4 tablespoon cinnamon red hots
  • 6 tablespoon strands red licorice laces

Preparation

Tips:

1.

Spoon 3/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into a ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal.

Tint 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting golden brown with the brown and yellow food coloring and spoon it into one side of a ziplock bag.

Spoon 1/4 cup of the vanilla frosting into the other side of the bag.

Spoon 2 tablespoons of the dark chocolate frosting down the center of the bag.

Press out the excess air and seal the bag.

Tint the remaining dark chocolate frosting black with the food coloring.

Spoon 1/2 cup of the black frosting into a ziplock bag, press out the excess air, and seal.

Spoon 6 tablespoons of the black frosting to one side of a ziplock bag and spoon the remaining 1/2 cup vanilla frosting to the other side of the bag.

Press out the excess air and seal.

2.

Cut 6 of the mini marshmallows in half on the diagonal to make the ears and press the cut sides into the pink sugar to coat.

Cut the remaining 6 marshmallows on the diagonal to remove one-third of the marshmallow.

The larger piece will be used to make the muzzle.

3.

Reinforce a bottom corner of each ziplock bag with 6 overlapping layers of Scotch tape.

Pinch the taped corner flat and snip a small M-shape in the corner.

First make the head.

Working with a different color for each cupcake, pipe a small dot of frosting on the lower half of a mini cupcake, just below the center.

Press a large piece of marshmallow, pointed side up, onto the frosting for the muzzle.

Pipe two dots of frosting on opposite sides near the top of the cupcake and attach the ears, sugared side up.

Pipe several lines of frosting to cover the nonsugared portion of the ears.

Then, starting at one ear, pipe 1/2- inch strokes of frosting around the edge of the cupcake, working your way below the muzzle and up to the other ear, always pulling the frosting away from the center.

Next, start at the top of the head and pipe long lines, first to the left, then to the right, working your way down to the marshmallow, then covering the sides of the marshmallow.

Pipe smaller lines on the front of the marshmallow (leave the marshmallow exposed on the white Westie).

Pipe small tufts of hair between the ears.

Add 2 of the black sunflower seeds for the eyes and a Red Hot for the nose (use a black sunflower seed for the nose of the white Westie).

4.

Now make the body, using one of the standard cupcakes and the frosting that matches the head.

Start piping about 1/2 inch in from the edge and work your way around the cupcake.

Continue piping rows in concentric circles until the cupcake is covered.

Turn the decorated head on its side and place on the body.

Add a licorice lace for the leash.

5.

Continue with the remaining cupcakes, making 2 white Westies, 2 salt-and pepper terriers, 1 black terrier, and 1 brown mix.

COVER VARIATIONTo make the pink tongues, use a pink fruit chew and follow Step 2 for the schnauzer on page 71.