Get your kids in on the fun by letting them add the faces to these feline cupcakes. Adults can pipe on the frosting while the kids decorate.
—TASTE OF HOME TEST KITCHEN
PREP: 1 HOUR • BAKE: 20 MIN. + COOLING • MAKES: 2 DOZEN
1package cake mix of your choice (regular size)
1can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
Orange paste food coloring
1cup chow mein noodles
2teaspoons sugar
2teaspoons baking cocoa
48nacho tortilla chips, broken
Assorted candies: green M&M’s, miniature semisweet chocolate chips, black licorice twists and shoestring licorice
1. Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for cupcakes; cool completely.
2. Tint vanilla frosting orange. Using a star tip, pipe the orange frosting onto cupcakes.
3. For whiskers, in a small bowl, combine the chow mein noodles, sugar and cocoa; set aside.
4. For cats’ ears, insert nacho chips with pointed tips up. Use M&M’s and miniature chocolate chips for eyes, pieces of licorice twists for noses and shoestring licorice for mouths. Arrange reserved chow mein noodles on cupcakes for whiskers.