Ingredients

How to make it

  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • Prepare 2 (24 muffins tray) with muffin cups or silicon cups.
  • Make cake as directed, let cool completely.
  • Lemon butter cream:
  • Beat butter until fluffy, beat in the icing sugar gradually. Beat in the lemon rind and gradually beat in the lemon juice.
  • Assembling:
  • Cut the top off each cake, using a serrated knife and trim edge with a cookie cutter. Cut each top in half. Using a sharp knife, make small cuts in the outer edge of each half to make a serrated look.
  • Pipe the butter cream icing over the cut surface of each cake and push the 2 cut pieces of cake top into the icing to form sides of a shell. Carefully, insert two chocolate chips in the end of the middle line piped cream to form the eyes.
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    " It was excellent "
    zena824 ate it and said...
    These are so cute Ahmed... when mt Grandkids come home Im going to make these for them....They would loved helping me with them....as i have already trained the 5 year old to watch the foodnetwork.... He likes to play cooking...
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    lunasea ate it and said...
    How clever and cute, Ahmed! I love them and want to gobble them up. You get another 5 from me...and thank you.
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  • jett2whit 16 years ago
    You are so silly - I love it!! They look so cute!!
    Jeanette
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    " It was excellent "
    peetabear ate it and said...
    Oh Ahmed these are so incredibly cute... what an imagination you have.... a five in your 'new' cookbook
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    " It was excellent "
    hayleesgrandma ate it and said...
    Very cute ;)
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    " It was excellent "
    berry ate it and said...
    So Cute! ... I love them...
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  • lollya 16 years ago
    And to think I fell for it, wondering if there truly was alligator in your cupcakes. dang!
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    " It was excellent "
    magali777 ate it and said...
    Hi, Ahmed, if I can help, to look like butterflies only cut in half and put them like you just did, an for baby Aligators, just with two pieces of both sides serrated pieces of cake placed one following the other so that they go out of the cake, and with the cute little eyes you piped would be ok.
    Fun post thank you!
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    ruskingirl ate it and said...
    These are great, and fun!! What kid (and adult) wouldn't enjoy them. :) Thanks for another wonderful post. You are so food savy.
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    " It was excellent "
    lohashim ate it and said...
    To what i see they look butterflies .I will make them and call them as u did so my grand children will be amazed. Just imagining how they will respond makes me laugh now!!!!!!!!!!will have fun for sure ,thanks for posting.
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    " It was excellent "
    pat2me ate it and said...
    Ahmed......they're adorable! This would be a great thing to do with the kids! Good name for them!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    liezel ate it and said...
    This is so cute! Doesn't matter what they look like, I'm sure they'll taste great! Looks like it's not only fun for young kids...
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    " It was excellent "
    sameera ate it and said...
    they look soo cute,for butterflies try a wavy edge and chocolate sticks in the front,you know they kinda look like baby dinosaurs:)
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    " It was excellent "
    chriesi ate it and said...
    :):):) That is funny. I think alligator is a good match or dragon.
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