How to Make an Alligator Cupcake Cake
Dive into creative baking with our step-by-step guide to crafting an adorable alligator cupcake cake, perfect for birthdays and themed parties!
Yield: 24 servings
Equipment
- 1 Cake board, cutting board, or other flat surface.
- 1 Piping bag and tips
- 1 Pair of scissors
Materials
- 24 chocolate cupcakes
- 2 wiggle eyes
- 1 recipe buttercream green
- 1 box Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
- 1 bag Dandies marshmallows or regular marshmallows
- Green jujubes
- 4 black jellybeans
Instructions
- Gather all supplies
- Print out the free alligator cupcake cake template
- Prepare buttercream icing.
- Assemble cupcakes as outlined on the printable template.
- Pipe icing on each cupcake.
- Assemble ingredients for decoration.
- Cut jujubes for claws.
- Add claws to alligator feet.
- Place black jellybeans as nostrils and cut marshmallows as teeth.
- Separate Oreo cookies and remove the cream then place on cupcakes to mimic alligator scales.
- Separate two more Oreo cookies. Place the wiggle eye in the center of the cream side of the Oreo.
- Set the eyes on the alligator cake.
Notes
- Do a sample layout with the free printable template and empty cupcake liners. Then take measurements to know how big of a cake board to use. I needed two cake boards for my alligator cake which was 36*12 inches.
- Be sure to leave yourself lots of time to decorate these crocodile cupcakes and put it together.
- The cupcakes have to be cool or your icing will melt.
- Gather all your supplies before you start icing the cupcakes as it will get messy!
- If you want all the toppers to be edible. Make your own alligator eyes using large marshmallows, Oreos, and black jujubes.
- When planning for events with specific guest counts, plan on one cupcake per serving.