Angry Birds Star Wars Cupcakes

"When I grow up, I want a house with one thousand storeys.

Daddy will live in storey two. 

Mummy will live in storey three. 

Storey four is my store room.

Storey five is my garden.

Storey six is my balcony.

My three girlfriends will live in storey seven, eight and nine and I will live in storey ten.
I will rent the rest storeys to earn extra money..."

I laughed hearing my son saying these... Funny that these are what my four-years old son wish to achieve? Three girlfriends??? Geez!

Another year has passed and my son is now FOUR!

The transition from three to four hasn't been drastic for us and I can't help thinking that it seems like yesterday that my son had turned three. Being four now, my son seems more conversational and opinionated but still loves angry birds like what he did last year. 

Happy 4th birthday, son! These star wars angry birds cupcakes are for you! May all your wishes (except for the three girlfriends one... LOL!) will all come true... Love ya!

Angry Birds Star Wars Cupcakes

Making the white chocolate mud cupcakes with my son

This recipe is super easy and always good.

Making the butter cream

My angry birds sketch

Things that I need for a finial touch

The good birds...

More good birds...

... and the bad piggies

May the baking force be with you...

This is how I made these cupcakes:

(with my modification and notes in blue)

This white chocolate mud cake has been the most popular cake published by the Australian Women's Weekly. Due to its reliability, moist and delicious taste, I have used this recipe more than once but never blog on this recipe before and so, here I am using this super-easy-melt-and-mix recipe again to make these cupcakes.

White Chocolate Mud Cake from Australian Women's Weekly

180g white eating chocolate, chopped

350g unsalted butter, chopped
2 2⁄3 cups (590g) caster sugar

11/2 cups (375ml) milk
2 cups (300g) plain flour
2⁄3 cup (100g) self-raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
3 eggs

Preheat oven to 160°C (140°C fan-forced). Grease a deep 22cm-round cake pan; line base and side with baking paper.

Combine chocolate, butter, sugar and milk in a large saucepan; stir over low
heat until smooth. Pour mixture into a large bowl; cool for 15 mins.

Whisk in sifted flours, extract and eggs. Pour mixture into pan; bake for about
1 hour 45 mins. Cool cake in pan.

Note: Using 2/3 of this recipe, I have baked 24 cupcakes at 140°C fan-forced for 35 mins.

Butter Cream adapted from The Australian Women's Weekly Mini Cookbook, Cupcakes and Cookies

75g butter, softened, chopped
180g icing sugar
1 1/2 tbsp milk

Beat butter with electric mixer until as white as possible. Gradually beat in half the sifted icing sugar, milk then remaining icing sugar.

Please note that this amount is only sufficient to spread thin layer of butter cream on 18 cupcakes.

This is how I made these Angry Birds Star Wars Cupcakes:
 
Planning - Each cupcake design is sketched with the actual measurements of each Angry Bird or pig on paper.

Using Wilton colouring gels, I coloured 2 packs (750g) of white rolled fondant into the amount required for these colours; red, pink, black, brown, light brown, yellow, orange, blue, beige and grey. Please note that this amount is sufficient enough to decorate 18 cupcakes and there will be excess of bits and pieces (about 300g-400g in total) of leftover.

Assembling the cupcakes:

Spread a smooth layer of butter cream on the top of each cupcake.

Roll out the fondant with a non-stick rolling pin with spacing rods to maintain a uniform thickness of about 4mm.

Cut the rolled fondant into:

1) 6.8 cm diameter circles as faces or background of the Angry Birds and pig and carefully place the circles on top each cupcake.

2) white circles as eyes of the Angry Birds and pigs

3) eyebrow shapes

4) beaks shapes

5) Hairs 

These angry birds can be unique in their individual specific hair styles:

• Luke Skywalker has a marble blend of yellow and light-brown coloured hair.
• Han Solo and Princess Leia has dark brown hair and Princess Leia's one has to be braided instead of cutting the shapes from rolled fondant.
• Chewbacca is quite furry and so the fondant edges don't have to be neatly cut.
• Obi Wan Kenobi has only 3 grey hairs. - LOL! 

6) their outfits, belt and weapons
 
Assemble the Angry Birds' and pig's faces onto each cupcake using a paint brush to apply small amount of water onto the bottom of each cut-out shapes to adhere the shapes onto other fondant surfaces.

Use an edible black food pen (Americolor) and edible rainbow dust to give the angry birds, pigs and Luke's swords a nice finishing touch.

Please refer to my pictures or any Angry Birds or pigs pictures for assembly of the cupcakes. I must apologise that I can't provide any fine details further in term of writing as there is really too much to include if I have to list them all extremely-thoroughly. I reckon following the details with the help of these pictures seems much more easier than following the words in the lengthy instructions.

Happy "Angry Birds Star Wars" Birthday and may the baking force be with you...

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