Easy Little Pandas. I made some cute chocolate cupcakes for you today.
And they’re mini, too. It’s hard to tell in this picture I know. But because the cupcakes were mini, I was able to use chocolate chips to dress them up as sweet little pandas. Chocolate chip covered pandas that are super easy to make. First frost your cupcakes. Pipe a small mound of frosting on top. Because you will be pressing it into a bowl of sanding sugar to cover all the frosting. Like so. Then you can start making panda faces. Insert a chocolate chip sideways and towards the bottom for a nose. Then press two chips pointed side down into the frosting to start on the eyes and two more in position for the ears.
I used Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips because they are a little larger in diameter and were better for panda proportions. And the great thing about covering them in sanding sugar first, is that you can easily reshape the face if necessary without getting frosting all over your fingers. Then you just need to finish the eyes. Enjoy! Chocolate Butterfly Decorations For Cakes. How to make chocolate butterfly cake decorations is the question.
The answer is here, and is very simple, all you need to do is to follow a few steps. I found this recipe on cookpad.com, but the instructions is in Japanese. I learned a little Japanese when I practiced kung fu, but wasn’t helpful to translate this recipe. You will need: Chocolate chips (the less tasty, more waxy melting chocolate from the bulk bin is best) in your choice of colour.A ziploc freezer bag.Parchment paper.8 1/2″ x 11″ (or thereabouts) card stock. Prep: Fold your card stock lengthwise down the centre. Making the butterflies: Heat a bowl of water in the microwave for about two minutes – long enough to get the water hot but not boiling. Squeeze all the chocolate into one corner of the bag, and, holding it like a pastry bag, snip off the corner.
You can probably get about three 2 1/2″ butterflies on one page of parchment paper. Source: Everything Old. Sparrow Shape Croissants. Reindeer Christmas Cupcakes. Panda Bread - Idea For The Kitchen. Panda Bread - Idea For The Kitchen. Hedgehog Rolls. Not so long ago, I shared some animal-shaped recipes like Panda Bread, Hot Dog in a Dog, and Sparrow Shape Croissants.
Now it’s time for you to admire how lovely does a hedgehog look… in the kitchen. This roll, made of bread dough, with little creation, may look like a hedgehog. In the middle, we used jam (but cranberry sauce can also be used), while for the eyes and the nose, you can use raisins. Hedgehog needles are made with a pair of scissors. How does it look ? Roll the dough into balls of the size of a large lemonBrush with a milk/egg washPinch and squeeze one end to form the faceSnip about 1/2 inch deep with scissors at a 45degree angle from the back side.Add the cranberries/currants/raisins/etc Photo credit: kuharka.ru.