Owl cupcakes

Special guest blogger Chargrill shares these beautiful owl cupcakes – guaranteed to amuse the kids as much as the adults – they’re such a HOOT!

First, the cupcakes.

Ingredients
2 cups plain flour
1 1/2 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup margarine
3/4 cup milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
3 eggs

Method
-Preheat oven to 180C and line a pan with cupcake liners.
-Fold the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mix-master bowl.
-When all dry ingredients are mixed, add the margarine, milk, vanilla and eggs and beat until it is all blended through, then turn the mix master up high for a minute or so.
-Spoon mixture into the paper liners. Bake 20 to 25 minutes. The cakes will turn golden brown when cooked. Leave the cakes to cool.

And now the ridiculously cute toppings:

Ingredients:
For the icing:
1/2 cup margarine
1 1/2 cup icing sugar
2 tbsp milk
100g cooking chocolate (half a block)

Method
-Blend the margarine and sugar together in a mix master till creamed, add the milk and mix well. Melt the chocolate and mix in till fully blended.

Ingredients for decorations
-Chocolate buttons
-Oreos
-M&Ms

Method
-Ice the cupcakes, halve the oreos and put the cream sides roughly in the middle for eyes, add chocolate buttons for pupils.
-Add an M&M as a nose and two bits of the left over oreos as eyebrows (see picture)