Shrink Shrank Shrunk

When I went to my local craft store the other day , one of the ladies there asked me if I had ever tried shrink plastic . No , I had not . Did I want to ? Well , yes of course! This resulted in a whole bunch of bunny rabbits (and some flowers ). The white bunnies ended up on my spring wreath , and I am sure I will be able to find a purpose for the black bunnies too!

How it works:
Draw whatever you want on the shrink plastic. The shrink plastic I used had one shiny and one matte side and I used the matte side to draw on. I used ProMarker pens, but you can use pretty much any pens you like.

Cut out your drawing.

Heat the image with an embossing heat tool. The image will shrink and wrinkle and look generally awkward. Keep heating and the image will straighten itself out as the same time as it becomes much smaller and thicker. (The plastic can also be heated in the oven, see wrapping for instructions). Put some pressure on straight away, for example a heavy book. Done!

Cupcake kittens

Super easy chocolate cupcakes, see recipe below. I used cupcake cat wrappers from Mr Printables to make my cupcakes extra sweet!

 Cupcakes

50 g butter
3 eggs
2 dl caster sugar
1 dl milk
4 dl all purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
100 g dark chocolate, chopped

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C and line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Melt the 
butter. Whip egg and sugar together until white and thick. Add milk and the melted butter. Mix flour, baking powder and vanilla extract together and add to the mixture. Finally add the chopped chocolate.
Spoon the mixture into the muffin cases. Bake in the oven for approximately 20 min. Let cool.

Frosting

150 g butter, softened
200 g icing sugar
1/2 dl cocoa powder
1-2 tbsp milk

Beat the butter in a bowl until soft. Add half the icing sugar. Beat until the mixture is smooth. Add the rest of the icing sugar and continue to beat. Add the cocoa powder and the milk and beat some more! Put the frosting is a piping bag with a star nozzle. Swirl on top of the muffins.