My Little Cupcake

Lately, Anna has been very interested in helping me cook, so she was super excited to be my big helper in making cupcakes to celebrate her birthday with her class at school. I got a great little book called Hello, Cupcake!, and Anna picked the Panda cupcakes.

They weren't perfect, but they were a great first attempt from the book. It was such a fun mommy/daughter project, and the kids and teachers in Anna's class really enjoyed them!

Note: If you have this book (or buy this book) and decide you want to make these, DO NOT check every grocery store in creation for the Oreo O's cereal that is supposed to be used for the panda ears. I speak from experience and AFTER doing this and complaining to my sister Linday, she informed me that they were discontinued in 2007. So I wound up having to dip fruit loops in melting chocolate as a backup plan.