Paw Print Cupcake Cake As Inspired By The Lion King • Tasty

By Tasty · 90 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Line two 12-cup cupcake tins with brown liners, bake the cake batter per package directions, and let the cupcakes cool completely.
2. In a large bowl, beat the butter with a hand mixer on medium speed until smooth but not fluffy. Add the milk, vanilla and salt and beat to combine.
3. Sift in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth, without overmixing to avoid air pockets.
4. Divide the frosting evenly between 2 medium bowls (about 3 cups / 345 g each).
5. Stir the golden yellow food coloring into one bowl. Stir the cooled melted chocolate and cocoa powder into the other bowl.
6. On a large tray, arrange the cupcakes in a paw shape: a bottom arc of 4 cupcakes, 1 cupcake at the top center, an arc of 5 over the bottom cupcakes, an arc of 6, then a larger arc of the remaining 8 over all of them.
7. Dollop yellow frosting onto each cupcake, then spread it to fill the gaps, pushing it outward from the center to make crisp outer edges. Smooth the top.
8. Fit a piping bag with a medium star tip and fill it with the chocolate frosting. Pipe a paw outline with up-and-down motions, starting with the bottom pad and then 4 smaller pads. Fill in each outline.

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