Sheep Cupcakes

I mixed a few ideas to makhttp://www.recipezaar.com/members/subm/editr2.php?sid=4664933e these cupcakes, and they went down a storm at the findon sheep fair in sussex, uk. You could use what ever chocolate you can find for the head, ears and legs. I thought that they looked pretty cute with just the eyes, but you could add a red icing smile or tongue, and nostrils. You can also use a little tubes of writing icing for the white and black of the eyes.

Steps

Baking:.

Preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius / 350 degrees fahrenheit.

Sift the flour.

Mix all ingredients slowly , then fast , for 1 minute , until pale and creamy.

Spoon into muffin-sized paper cases and bake for 15-20 minutes.

Decorating:.

Mix first 4 ingredients and beat until pale and creamy.

Pipe or spread a quantity of icing onto each cupcake , to cover the top , keeping back a small quantity to do the eyes.

Place 1 chocolate-covered brazil nut onto each cupcake where you would like the head to be.

Snap a chocolate button or coin in half and place on either side of the head as ears.

Snap the chocolate sticks into 4 pieces and insert each piece into the cupcake where you would like the legs to be.

Place marshmallows all over the rest of the icing.

Place 2 blobs of icing onto each brazil nut for the eyes.

Place a tiny chocolate chip onto each white eye.

Ingredients

self-raising flour, caster sugar, butter, eggs, milk, icing sugar, hot water, vanilla essence, mini marshmallows, chocolate-covered brazil nuts, dark chocolate melts, chocolate chips, chocolate sticks