Baby Chick Cake Recipes

BABY CHICK CUPCAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine lemon cake mix with lemon pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, water, and vegetable oil.
• Beat, using an electric mixer, on low speed for 30 seconds then increase the speed to medium and beat for 2 minutes.
• Spoon into 24 cupcake liners.
• Bake for 18-20 minutes until the cupcake springs back when your press the center with your finger.
• Cool completely.
• Beat the softened butter until light and fluffy.
• Add the freshly squeezed lemon juice, lemon zest, and 2 cups of powdered sugar and beat just to combine.
• Add the remaining 2 1/2 cups of powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about a minute.
• Remove 1 cup of the frosting then color the remaining frosting using yellow food coloring.
• Leave about 1/3 cup of the frosting white.
• Color 1/2 cup of the frosting orange.
• Color the remaining tablespoons of frosting black.
• Arrange 21 of the cupcakes in an oval on a cake board or serving platter.
• Fill the gaps in your cupcake cake using pieces of the rice krispie treats.
• Fit 4 pastry bags with star tips. Fill one bag with yellow frosting, one with white, one with orange, and one with black.
• Pipe two circles of black frosting for the chick's pupils then surround those with white frosting. Add a white highlight in each pupil.
• Add a beak under the eyes.
• Then pipe yellow frosting over the rest of the cake.
• Pipe on two feet using orange frosting.
• Serve and enjoy!