I made these panda cupcakes for Buddy's class last night. They didn't really come out how I envisioned, but seeing them all together like a little panda army is satisfaction enough for me.
I used white chocolate and mini chocolate chips for the eyes and mini oreo cookies for the ears. I first tried using black Wilton's icing for the eye patches, but the black icing was kinda scary and bled into the white, so I ended up using chocolate frosting instead. I wanted all the patches to be uniform in size and shape, but my pasty bag piping leaves much to be desired. Practice makes perfect right?
HA.
I am so going to make these.
And the monkey ones too.
And eat them all myself.
Posted by: justJENN | July 27, 2005 at 09:30 AM
brilliant! Lucky Buddy to have such a great mom!
Posted by: debbie | July 27, 2005 at 10:02 AM
too cute. I will have to get into this whole cupcake thing...I never thought about them much but now that I see all these cute ones on the web I am going to have to start baking!!
Posted by: jenn | July 27, 2005 at 10:09 AM
That is so adorable!!! I think your pandas came out amazing. Were they yummy too? :oP
Posted by: Madame M | July 27, 2005 at 10:23 AM
Those are so cute! When Molly was little, I used to make gingerbread (boy & girl) cookies, decorated and personalized for each of her classmates. (We're a little nuts, aren't we? lol)
Posted by: Jan | July 27, 2005 at 11:19 AM
They are excellent!! They look like a lot of work. Good job.
Posted by: A.J. | July 27, 2005 at 11:21 AM
YUM! YUM!
Posted by: Snowbear | July 27, 2005 at 11:28 AM
those are awesome!!!!
Posted by: carolyn | July 27, 2005 at 11:41 AM
Holy Cow.... No way these are way to incredibly cute. They look so good. :)
Posted by: Kitty Kitty | July 27, 2005 at 11:42 AM
Oh those are so cute! I can't imagine what you envisioned that could possibly be more adorable. Besides, if all the eye patches were uniform, they wouldn't each have their own Panda-personalities - and their individuality makes them super cute. I WANT one!
Posted by: Lori | July 27, 2005 at 12:07 PM
Wow! Cupcake heaven!
Posted by: kelly | July 27, 2005 at 01:19 PM
ahhhhhhhhhh!
Posted by: robin | July 27, 2005 at 01:33 PM
oh yummy!!!
Posted by: elizabeth | July 27, 2005 at 02:43 PM
Your cupcakes are so adorable! They do look like a panda army - I'll be his classmates now know that Buddy has the best mommy ever!
Posted by: abbyjane | July 27, 2005 at 03:21 PM
Those are beautiful panda cupcakes! Lately I've been feeling really accomplished if I can just make cupcakes, not necessarily even frost them! I know what it's like to have some other picture in your head, but even if these don't fit your head-picture, really they're wonderful! I bet that Max would love to be in Buddy's class!
Posted by: Amanda | July 27, 2005 at 04:03 PM
That is so much work--but worth it, because those cupcakes are just too adorable!
Posted by: Janet | July 27, 2005 at 04:22 PM
love the panda army, so cheery! are those mini oreos for ears? buddy's class looks huge--what's the occassion?
Posted by: susanne | July 27, 2005 at 04:24 PM
Wow, I'm loving the panda army, too! Good that you got some photos, they won't last long once the kids see them! ;)
Posted by: Fiona | July 27, 2005 at 06:32 PM
So cute! I am sure that he and all the other children will love them.
Posted by: Amanda8 | July 28, 2005 at 02:16 AM
Those are great! I bet his classmates are always begging him to bring cupcakes to the next party! :)
Posted by: Christy | July 28, 2005 at 04:58 AM
they are awesome! any little kid would be floored to have those for his class birthday party! all the little kids are going to love it! nothing like making your food look like super cute animals so you can eat it ;)
Posted by: wendy | July 28, 2005 at 05:01 AM
AMAZING! i wish it would cool down around here enough to do some baking. your pandas rule the school!
Posted by: ani | July 28, 2005 at 07:35 AM
WOW! Totally too CUTE! I bet all of buddy's class thinks he has the most bestest mommy ever!! Whenever you're in the mood to make more - I'm sure my girls would love to bring them to there class!! Or better yet, maybe I'll get in the mood to try & atempt to join your army!!! You must be so happy to be back in the islands!!!
Posted by: kris | July 28, 2005 at 06:46 PM
Hello.
What a lovely cake it is!
You are very good.
Even the person who lives in foreign countries is made to be able to buy goods on
my homepage one of these days.
Moreover, please come to play.
Posted by: maminka | July 28, 2005 at 08:38 PM
who needs perfect when they are so cute AND edible???
Posted by: hannah | July 29, 2005 at 04:07 AM