These sweet little frog inspired cupcakes are made from buttercream and the very best vanilla cupcakes!
![Buttercream Frog Cupcakes!](https://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/froggy-cupcakes.jpg)
These frog cupcakes were suggested by (ok, they flat out begged) my kids. We had fun figuring out a way to do them that was easy but still looked like a frog. You do NOT want to see the very first ones we made! Words like “blob” and “scary” come to mind.
Here is a video showing how I made them:
Tips & Tricks:
For the green I used a 2A large open round tip. For the white I used a #12 open round tip and for the black and pink I used a #4 round tip.
This is the vanilla cupcake recipe I used and it is the best. Seriously light and delicious. I made a shortening based buttercream and it held up well to the “stacking” I did with the “eyes” of the frog. (Sorry about all the quotations. It just felt right.) I used a little McCormick® green food coloring (1 drop for 1 cup of buttercream) and a little red food coloring for the pink. McCormick® does offer black food coloring and I think I used a teaspoon of that for 1 cup of buttercream.
![Buttercream Frog Cupcakes!](https://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/frog-cupcakes.jpg)
I ended up on this specific design because I loved how it looked from all sides. Plus it was easy enough for the kids to help me with! They loved creating smiles and rosy-pink cheeks.
![Buttercream Frog Cupcakes!](https://iambaker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/frogcupcakes.jpg)
Hopefully, you now know how to create really cute and simple froggy cupcake!
Adorable.
Just adorable.
Oh wow! Do you know the famous frog character ” Kerokerokeroppi” in Japan? Do you like Sanrio? If you made this as Kerokeorokeroppi, you should send a picture to the company. They may introduce you to Japanese Sanrio fans. This is completely the same looking with real Kerokerokeroppi.
I had no idea, thanks for the heads up!