Lion cupcakes | Imamother

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 12:01 pm

im making lion cupcakes for shalach manos.
want to make a vanilla cupcake and make a lion by putting a layer of yellow icing/frosting and then making a mane out of brown icing/frosting (I have a jagged icing tip that im going to use for that. and then will prob use melted choc or st to make the face.
but I never did this type of thing before- I am totally not a baker.
can anyone tell me a good vanilla cupcake recipe and a good icing/frosting recipe that would have the right texture to do this?
TIA!

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 12:13 pm

You can get "bald" cupcakes from a bakery and ready-to-use cake decorating products from any craft store or WalMart if you just want to focus on the artistic part.

amother

Orchid

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 12:14 pm

cm wrote:

You can get "bald" cupcakes from a bakery and ready-to-use cake decorating products from any craft store or WalMart if you just want to focus on the artistic part.

the ready to use cake decorating stuff are kosher? do you know the company?

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 12:26 pm

amother wrote:

the ready to use cake decorating stuff are kosher? do you know the company?

I'm not an active cake decorator, but in the past I have seen kosher products at the craft store, mostly Wilton brand. Best to go for an educational shopping trip to see what is available locally.

egam

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:14 pm

If you are not a baker, you can get Duncan Hines white, yellow or classic butter cake mix. They all will work for cupcakes. Or you can use basic white cake from Lubavitch purple cook book. For frosting you can use buttercream or Rich whip with box of instant vanilla pudding added for stiffness.

Let me know if you need cake recipe. I also have good marshmallow buttercream recipe.

wazup

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:17 pm

yes can I please have the vanilla cake recipe!
I dont want it to be milichig- is there any way to make frosting pareve?

egam

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:20 pm

Wilton also has ready made decorative icing in tubes which is under OU.
https://jet.com/product/Wilton.....c48ba

egam

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:24 pm

wazup wrote:

yes can I please have the vanilla cake recipe!
I dont want it to be milichig- is there any way to make frosting pareve?

You'll have to use margarine or crisco ( Puke

) to make it parve. I can't stand crisco. But I've done it with margarine. I'll type the cake recipe when I get home.

wazup

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:25 pm

egam wrote:

Wilton also has ready made decorative icing in tubes which is under OU.
https://jet.com/product/Wilton.....c48ba

how do you use that with a tip?

lucky14

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 1:29 pm

use the image search on google and look up lion cupcakes. I bet there are tons of recipes out there for both the cupcakes AND the frosting and you can make them parve by using margarine instead of butter and soymilk instead of milk if any recipe calls for either of those.

egam

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 3:43 pm

wazup wrote:

how do you use that with a tip?

You can use it with tip and nail set

Tip Set

Or regular Wilton tips and a coupler

Coupler

Or just squeeze the content in the regular piping bag.

byisrael

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 3:49 pm

Duncan Hines yellow cake mix and frosting are ou - just make sure to ge the reg. vanilla so its not dairy.

If you specifically want to bake this has worked well for me
http://www.joyofbaking.com/VanillaCake.html

egam

Thu, Feb 23 2017, 11:20 pm

Basic white cake

1 cup margarine - I used oil
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
4 tsps baking powder
1 1/3 cups nondairy creamer or pineapple juice - I used almond milk
2 tsps vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350°
In a large bowl cream margarine, gradually add sugar. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each one. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Add to creamed margarine alternating with milk on low speed. Add vanilla, mix well.
Pour into prepared cupcake cups. Bake till toothpick comes out clean. It says bake 9x13 cake for 45 to 55 minutes. I would check cupcakes after 20-25.

rgr

Fri, Feb 24 2017, 7:23 am

Just a bit of advice if you are not a baker, give yourself plenty of time! Dont expect it to take only one day!

First make the cupcakes, and freeze them. Then the layer of icing, I recommend royal icing, in yellow, and let it dry overnight. Refreeze.

Then prepare buttercream (use margarine) to do the mane. Don't use the icing posted further up thread. It won't dry stif enough.

After the mane is done , let it dry overnight again and store in an air tight container, or in a tin in a Ziplock bag.