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Jungle Animal Cupcakes

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Prep Time 2 hr 45 min
Total Time 2 hr 45 min
Servings 24

Ingredients

Cupcakes and Frosting

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow or devil’s food cake mix

: Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box

1 1/4: cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting

: Black food color

2 1/2: cups Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy vanilla frosting

: Yellow and red food color

Lion Decorations

1 1/2: cups caramel popcorn

12: brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

12: pretzel sticks

12: pieces Cheerios® cereal (any flavor)

Tiger Decorations

12: brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

12: orange chewy fruit-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half crosswise, top halves discarded

Monkey Decorations

12: brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

6: miniature marshmallows, cut in half crosswise, pieces flattened

12: small round chocolate-covered creamy mints

Zebra Decorations

6: round vanilla wafer cookies

24: brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits

6: black chewy licorice-flavored gumdrops (not sugar coated), cut in half vertically

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Decorate cupcakes to make 6 lions, 6 tigers, 6 monkeys and 6 zebras.
2 In small bowl, mix 1/2 cup chocolate frosting with black food color to make black frosting. Place in resealable plastic freezer bag; cut small tip off 1 corner of bag. Use black frosting to decorate lions, tigers, monkeys and zebras (steps 3 through 7).
3 Lions and Tigers: In medium bowl, mix 1 cup vanilla frosting with enough yellow and red food colors to make orange. In small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon orange frosting with 3 tablespoons white vanilla frosting to make lighter orange for muzzles. Frost 12 cupcakes with darker orange frosting. For muzzle, spread or pipe small circle of lighter orange frosting on each cupcake.
4 For lions, place caramel corn around edges of cupcakes for mane. For eyes, add brown baking bits. For whiskers, break about 1/2-inch pieces off each end of pretzel sticks and insert in cupcakes. For ears, add cereal pieces. Using black frosting, pipe on mouth and nose.
5 For tigers, use black frosting to pipe on stripes, nose and mouth. For eyes, add brown baking bits. For ears, add gumdrop halves.
6 Monkeys: Frost 6 cupcakes with chocolate frosting. In small bowl, mix 1 tablespoon chocolate frosting and 2 tablespoons vanilla frosting to make light brown. For muzzle, spread or pipe circle of light brown on each cupcake that starts in middle and extends to edge; pipe small tuft of hair on opposite edge. For each eye, attach brown baking bit to marshmallow half with frosting; place on cupcakes. With black frosting, pipe on nose and mouth. For ears, add mints.
7 Zebras: Cut small horizontal slit in top of 6 cupcakes near edge of paper cup. Insert edge of vanilla wafer cookie into each slit to create elongated face, adding small amount of vanilla frosting to cookie before inserting to help stick. Frost cupcakes with vanilla frosting. For muzzles, frost cookies with black frosting. With black frosting, pipe on stripes and mane. Add brown baking bits for nostrils and eyes. For ears, add black gumdrop halves, cut sides down.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Cupcake (Cake and Frosting Only)

Calories: 290
Calories from Fat: 110),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 12g; 12%
(Saturated Fat 3g, 3% Trans Fat 2 1/2g 2 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 25mg; 25%;
Sodium: 240mg; 240%;
Total Carbohydrate: 43g; 43%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 31g 31% ),
Protein: 1g; 1%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 4%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 5/9/2013 7:30:48 AM REPORT ABUSE booschrade said:

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Hi I am Alexa and I love your jungle animals :)

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Posted 10/2/2012 9:41:53 AM REPORT ABUSE

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My husband is glteun free and I am not and I am often disappointed in the taste of certain glteun free products. Carol's flour blend and her recipes are amazing and you can't even tell that you are eating glteun free! The cheesecake recipe is AMAZING best cheesecake I have EVER had EVER. Such a good selection of dessert recipes, I have no reason to ever bake with glteun again!

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Posted 7/15/2012 10:35:16 AM REPORT ABUSE MBene02 said:

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Kind of hard to do, but once you get used to it, and make sure you have the right ingredients and stuff, I'm sure it will be easy. Thank you guys at Betty Crocker Kitchen! (Any cupcake mix will do ;)

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