Ladybug Cake and Cupcakes
The recipe Ladybug Cake and Cupcakes could satisfy your American craving in around 4 hours. This recipe makes 18 servings with 486 calories, 3g of protein, and 11g of fat each. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not A mixture of candy-coated chocolate candies, brown candy-coated chocolate candies, cake mix, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 2 (8-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups.
Make cake mixes as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide half of the batter between cake pans. Divide remaining batter evenly among muffin cups, filling about two-thirds full.
Bake as directed on box for 8-inch rounds and cupcakes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
Reserve 5 cupcakes; save remaining cupcakes for later use. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cake 30 minutes to 1 hour or until firm.
On serving plate or foil-covered tray, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down.
Remove paper liners from 3 of the reserved cupcakes; position cupcakes against front of cake, slightly angled, for ladybug’s head.
Spread thin layer of chocolate frosting over bottom cake layer and cupcakes to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour.
In another medium bowl, mix vanilla frosting and red food color.
Spread second cake layer with red frosting.
Cut second layer in half crosswise; frost rounded top and cut sides. Refrigerate or freeze 30 minutes to 1 hour. Frost bottom cake layer and 3 cupcakes with chocolate frosting. Position red cake halves, rounded side up and slightly angled, on bottom layer to look like ladybug’s wings.
Place peppermint patties on red cake for spots.
Cut marshmallow crosswise in half; push 1 blue candy into each. Attach marshmallows to ladybug’s head for eyes. Insert licorice twist pieces for antennae.
For baby ladybugs, cut off and reserve rounded tops of remaining 2 cupcakes.
Spread flat cupcake tops with chocolate frosting.
Spread cutoff tops with red frosting; cut each crosswise in half. Position red halves, rounded side up and slightly angled, on cupcakes to look like wings.
Add brown candies to wings for spots. Flatten gumdrops; attach 1 gumdrop to front of each cupcake for head. Use frosting to attach blue miniature candies for eyes. Insert string licorice for antennae.