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Sweet Lion & Lamb Cupcakes

 

In like a lion out like a lamb. Isn’t that how the saying goes? Spring in suburbia has indeed come in like a lion and I just pray that it will go out like a lamb.

I’m ready for some sweet sunshine, blue skies and gentle breezes.

Years ago (as in five, but who’s counting?) I saw a picture of some darling lion and lamb cupcakes in a Family Fun magazine. I did my usual…tear out, file and forget about it routine and as the years have slipped by I have never actually made the cupcakes.

Do you ever do that? Well, this year I decided that it was now or never. My girls are, ahem, more mature and a tad less interested in cute little cupcakes. They weren’t so interested in making them with me, however when they laid their eyes on them they couldn’t help but to “awwwwwwww”  and “that is SO cute, can I have one?”

And I did what every chicken little mama would do…

I said, “nope” “if you didn’t want to help then you don’t get to enjoy”.

Just kidding.

Of course I let them dig in and I’m pleased to report that they enjoyed the daylights out of them. Actually I don’t know who enjoyed them more, me or them. It was such a delight to watch my very mature, distinguished teen and pre-teen children happily lick their very mature and distinguished lips in between happy giggles. I even suggested sending them in their lunches and well, you can only imagine the <eye rolling> and verbal responses that I received.

So… I just kept pouring them milk and feeding them cupcakes. I just had to relish in the moment as long as they’d let me. That’s innocent enough isn’t it?

Can you tell that I’m having a hard time watching my babies turn into young ladies? <sniff>

The cupcakes were a cinch… I made the lion as I had remembered it from the magazine and created the lamb myself. I baked some boxed cupcakes, iced half the batch with yellow icing and half with white.

For the lion, I put orange gum drops for the mane, a brown jelly bean cut in half for the eyes, an upside-down cinnamon chip for the nose and some sour tape cut into strips for the whiskers.

For the lamb, I used two blue gum balls for the eyes, a pink jelly bean for the nose and then covered every other inch of the cupcake with mini marshmallows.

I got so carried away I even made a duck for good measure. I figure that I should cover all my bases.

Sometimes life just calls for fun and sweet innocence doesn’t it?

I hope you treat yourself to some today.

Wishing you & yours a Happy Spring full of everything sweet…and innocent.

Wenderly

Wenderly

Married my soulmate. Mama of 2. Love to inspire. Can't help but to relish in all things beautiful inside & out. Join me in Savoring the Art of Living.

46 Comments

  1. I laughed out loud when I scrolled down and saw your duck! Too funny. Your lion and lamp cupcakes are adorable and yes, I can see how anyone would have the *child* delightfully come out of them when eating one…or two…or…. 🙂

  2. Love this, with my birthday on March 1st and my daughter’s March 31st…I think these need to be made at my house! Now try to guess who came in like a Lion?

  3. Wendy, these are totally adorable cupcakes! Boy, yesterday and the day before sure were lions weatherwise, but today is perfectly lamb-like, and I’m loving it!

  4. “So… I just kept pouring them milk and feeding them cupcakes. I just had to relish in the moment as long as they’d let me.”

    LOVELOVELOVE this about you!!! 🙂

  5. I love the duck! Plus would love that bit of crunchy saltiness from the chip. Too cute; almost wish my kids were little and here. Almost.

    • Hi Jennifer!

      Thanks so much for stopping by and for your sweet comment! And yes! That is indeed a pringle! It was a last minute idea that seems to be getting a lot of positive response! LOL! It was delish too! Sweet & salty is a fav of mine!

  6. These are way too much fun! My daughters and I are loving this – your duck especially made us laugh!! I like to let my girls over indulge in special treats, too. 🙂

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  8. “I did my usual…tear out, file and forget about it routine and as the years have slipped by I have never actually made the cupcakes.”….um, I think you and I might be separated at birth. I have lion and lamb cupcakes torn from a Martha Stewart Kids magazine….I want to say it’s EIGHT years old….possibly older. Never made ’em. Now I don’t have to…YOU did! And they are precious! The duck? Genius!

    • Well thank you so much love! I am so flattered that you think so! I was munching on some pringles while shooting the others and I just went with it! He seems to be a favorite! I’m so glad that I decided to included the little guy!

  9. I had a duck when I was 11, her name was Gloria, after my mother and she didn’t like that so I named her Sam after Samantha from Bewitched, it was the sign of the times. Anyways, since then I have loved ducks, and not the kind on a serving dish either…I think your cupcakes are adorable.

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