These cupcakes were made along with some other zoo animal designs for the birthday of an adorable one-year-old boy.
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Items Needed
- Filled cupcakes, frosted with vanilla buttercream
- Light blue modeling chocolate or fondant
- Round cutter, 1” (25 mm) diameter
- Rolled modeling chocolate equipment
- Googly chocolate eyeballs
- More vanilla buttercream for piping
- Blue food coloring
- Piping bag, disposable
- #3 and #12 round piping tips
Google Chocolate Eyeballs Instructions
Step-by-Step Instructions
1. Form the elephant ears by cutting circles out of light blue modeling chocolate with a 1” (25 mm) round cutter. Bunch them together at one end. Trim the excess.
![Baby Elephant Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Elephant-Cupcake-Design-7.jpg)
![Baby Elephant Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Elephant-Cupcake-Design-3.jpg)
4. Using a #3 tip, pipe two circular rotations at the end of each snout to create hollow trunk openings.
![Baby Elephant Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Elephant-Cupcake-Design-1.jpg)
I used these recipes
Smooth Buttercream Cake Frosting
![Baby Elephant Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Elephant-Cupcake-Design-5.jpg)
Zoo Animal Tutorial Index
![Baby Zoo Animal Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Zoo-Animal-Cupcakes-6.jpg)
VIDEO: Modeling Chocolate Figurines Tutorial
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![3D Fish Face Cake Tutorial](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/3D-Fish-Face-Cake-7.jpg)
![3D Owl Cake Tutorial](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Owl-Cake-Tutorial.jpg)
Cake Decorating with Modeling Chocolate
![Baby Zoo Animal Cupcakes](https://3gi6fb.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Zoo-Animal-Cupcakes-3.jpg)