I made them last week, and my children thought I was a hero. This is a very, very simple exercise, and it’s one little people can partake in without too much supervision. Here, I’m using chocolate cupcakes and chocolate buttercream, but you really can use any kind of cupcake and frosting that you like. My son, lover of cream cheese frosting, finished his cupcake and said: “Next time, can we make snowy owls?” Brilliant! Yes, yes we can. ** Update October 2021 ** Snowy Owls have materialized. I used my favorite one-bowl buttermilk birthday cake for these snowy owls along with the whipped cream-cream cheese frosting provided in the recipe. Huge hit.
Here’s What You Need:
OreosCandy: You need something orange for the nose, and something dark for the eyes. Reese’s Pieces or M&M’s or Jelly Beans are good optionsCupcakes: vanilla or chocolate. Here, I’ve one-bowlified a Sally’s Baking Addiction chocolate cupcake recipe. It calls for buttermilk, oil, and natural cocoa powder (as opposed to Dutch-process), and the cupcakes are moist and delicious.Frosting. Here, I’ve made Ina Garten’s chocolate buttercream, omitting the egg yolk and coffee. As noted above, if you’re making snowy owls, use the cream cheese-whipped cream frosting provided in the recipe.
Here’s the one-bowl chocolate cupcake play-by-play: Place dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the wet ingredients: buttermilk, oil, vanilla, and eggs. And stir to combine. Portion into 14 cups — don’t try to cram the batter into 12 cups! It won’t bake properly. Love this sort of clean up: Let the cupcakes cool: Whip up a batch of Ina Garten’s chocolate buttercream (or other): Frost the cupcakes: Top with halved oreos: Complete the faces with eyes and noses. Jelly Beans work, too! 6 More Fun, Easy Ideas over on Cup of Jo: 5 from 1 review Buttercream from Barefoot Contessa At Home. I’ve simplified it here, omitting the egg yolk and coffee. Owl Cupcakes from Cup of Jo (Find 6 more ideas over there, too!)
