I had a lot of fun making these. Mainly because my husband left the house, which meant I could play my Michael Buble CD as loud as I wanted. I could even snap my fingers along to the music, except I can only do that on my right hand. I've never mastered the left hand.
Now I know these cupcakes aren't as pretty as my regular cupcakes, but that's because these are NOT regular cupcakes. They're doggy cupcakes! Roxy - my little Yorkshire Terrier had her 2nd birthday last week, so what better way to celebrate her birthday than with cupcakes. My mom had actually sent Roxy this cupcake kit for Christmas all the way from Canada, but I hadn't had a good excuse to use it until now.
The cupcake kit comes from the Seattle based bakery Petit Four Legs, who specialize in gourmet doggy treats. The kit contains natural gluten free peanut butter chip cupcake mix, yogurt frosting, and the most adorable little dog bone decorations - all beautifully packaged and tied up with a bow.
Above photo courtesy of Petit Four Legs
Making these was really easy. No electric mixer needed. Just a spoon and a mini muffin tin. I was hoping to use the Wilton 24 mini cupcake pan I'd purchased while visiting Texas, but it was too big to fit in my tiny UK oven. Now, usually when I tell people back home just how small our UK ovens are, they don't believe me. Just to show you all how small they are, I've taken a picture of me trying to cram the US pan into my UK oven. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! In the second picture you can see the size of 12 mini muffin pan I had to use instead. According to the instructions the mix makes 18 mini sized cupcakes, but I was able to get 24.
As I said previously, I had a lot of fun baking these, and Roxy LOVES them. I will definitely be making more dog friendly cupcakes and treats in the near future, so stay tuned!
The birthday girl with her cupcakes.
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