Adorable Chocolate Panda Cupcakes
Adorable Chocolate Panda Cupcakes - perfect for a panda themed birthday party or just because!
Servings 48 mini cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 ⅓ cups granulated white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅔ cup milk I used 2%
- ⅔ cup hot water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Fill mini cupcake tray with cupcake liners.
- In a large bowl, mix dry ingredients together with a wire whisk.1 ½ cups all purpose flour, ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 ⅓ cups granulated white sugar, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Add eggs, oil, vanilla and milk and mix until combined.2 large eggs, ⅓ cup vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ⅔ cup milk
- Add hot water and mix.⅔ cup hot water
- Fill cupcake liners about 3/4 full.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool and decorate.
Notes
- Frosting (I used Betty Crocker cream cheese)
- Decorator bag and Ateco tip 807 (or just use a ziploc bac and cut an end off)
- White sanding sugar
- Chocolate Chips (I used Ghiradelli dark chocolate chips for their size)
- Jimmies (Chocolate or black and you could also just leave them off)
- Pastel confetti sprinkles (just the white ones)
- Black edible ink pen
- Mini cupcake wrappers
Nutrition
Serving: 1g
