![Baby Duck Face Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Duck-Cupcake-Design-1.jpg)
Items Needed
- Filled cupcakes, frosted with vanilla buttercream
- light and dark orange modeling chocolate or fondant
- rolled modeling chocolate equipment
- googly chocolate eyeballs
- 1” round cutter
- Yellow-colored buttercream
- paper cone or piping bag
- petal piping tip (#102 Wilton petal tip used here)
Google Chocolate Eyeballs Instructions
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Roll out the light and dark orange modeling chocolate to 1/16″ thickness using a plastic rolling pin or pasta machine.
2. Using a craft utility knife, cut and the duck heads out of the light orange modeling chocolate.
![Baby Duck Face Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Duck-Cupcake-Design-3.jpg)
4. Gently pinch the circle with 3 fingers to form a ‘beak.’
5. Assemble the heads, place them on top of the cupcakes
6. Add the tuft of a crown by piping a squiggle of yellow buttercream through a petal tip.
![How to Make Duck Cupcakes by Wicked Goodies](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/How-to-Make-Duck-Cupcakes-by-Wicked-Goodies-1.jpg)
Smooth Buttercream Cake Frosting
![Smooth Buttercream Frosting Recipes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Smooth-Buttercream-Frosting-2.jpg)
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I’ve just Pinned your image of the duck cupcakes on one of my Pinterest boards.
I’ve put a link to your page, but of course if you let me know you’d rather I take it down I will do so as soon as I hear from you. Regards Fiona
( I had a lot of people re-pin my image of an easily-made child’s craft duck and thought this followed a theme!
You are always welcome to pin from this site!