Ladybirds Easy Black Cat Cup Cakes

• 1 pkt or box , store bought chocolate cake mix , or cake mix of your choice
• 1 or premade cupcakes/muffins
• 1 long black licorce strap
• 1 cup store bought or home made chocolate fudge frosting
• 12 large yellow M&M's
• 6 large brown M&M's
• 1 black icing gel pen

1. Prepare cake mix according to directions , then pour mixture into cup cake/muffin tray holes and cook according to directions , once cooked set aside to cool completely .
2. (makes about a dozen)
3. Whilst the cakes are cooling , take the yellow M&M's and the black gel pen , and working with one at a time draw a line down the center of the yellow M&M , from top to bottom .
4. To create the cats eyes .
5. Repeat with all remaining yellow M&M's and the gel pen then set aside for the gel icing to set .
6. Using the licorice strap , cut 6 by 2cm , square pieces then cut them into two triangles evenly , so you have 12 triangles , to create the cats ears .
7. Then cut 6 by 4cm , long thin strips , to create the cats tails , finally cut 36 by 2cm , thin strips , so to create the cats whiskers .
8. Now the cakes are cooled completely , using the chocolate fudge icing , evenly ice all over the tops of the cupcakes to coat all over the top to represent the cats fur .
9. Place the iced cakes into pairs , joining the two together to represent the cats head and body .
10. Now take 2 , per cake pair , of the licorice triangles , and place them up top end of the first cake in the pair so to create the cats ears on it's head .
11. Repeat with all remaining cakes and ears .
12. Take 2 , per cake pair , of the prepared black stripped M&M and place them just under the licorice ears on the first cake in the pair so to create the cats eyes , then place one brown M&M , per cake pair , in the middle just under the eyes , so to create the cats nose .
13. Repeat with all remaining cakes , eyes and noses .
14. Taking 6 , per cake pair , of the smaller thin strips of the licorice , place 3 each side of the nose on the first cake , so to create the cats whiskers .
15. Repeat with all remaining cakes and whiskers .
16. Now taking the last 6 longer thin strips of the licorice , 1 per cake pair , and placing them at the end of the second cake in the pair , just above center , so to create the cats tails .
17. Repeat with all remaining cakes and tails .
18. Once all are completed , serve one a cake platter and serve cool .
19. Enjoy .
20. :-)

chocolate cake, premade cupcakesmuffins, long black licorce strap, frosting, brown, black icing gel pen

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/353958-ladybirds-easy-black-cat-cup-cakes (may not work)