Recipe

Tiny turtle

Feb 28, 2011 1:00pm
  • 15 mins preparation
  • 20 mins cooking
  • Serves 12
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Ingredients

Tiny turtle
  • 340 gram packet buttercake mix
  • green gum balls
  • green runts or m&m’s
  • green oompas
  • spearmint leaves
  • black glossy decorating gel
  • red glossy decorating gel
Butter cream
  • 125 gram (4 ounces) butter
  • 1 1/2 cup (240g) confectioner's sugar
  • 2 tablespoon milk

Method

Tiny turtle
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line 12-hole (⅓-cup/80ml) muffin pan with paper patty cases. Make cake according to directions on packet, pour ¼ cup of mixture into each hole; bake in oven about 20 minutes. Stand cakes in pan 5 minutes; turn onto wire rack to cool.
  • 2
    To make butter cream; beat butter until white as possible, gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar then milk, then remaining icing sugar. Beat until smooth.
  • 3
    Tint butter cream with pink colouring; spread over patty cakes. Position gum balls on cakes for shells; position Runts for tails. Position Oompas for heads; position spearmint leaves for flippers. Using black decorating gel, dot spots on shells; using red decorating gel, dot eyes on turtles.

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