Sausage Dog Cupcakes

Who says desserts can’t be as playful as they are delicious? If you’re looking for a show-stopping treat that’s bound to steal the spotlight, these sausage dog cupcakes are a tail-wagging delight! Perfect for dog lovers, kids’ parties, or anyone who appreciates a dash of whimsy, these cupcakes combine the joy of baking with creative decorating. Shaped and styled to resemble everyone’s favorite elongated canine companion, they’re as fun to make as they are to eat. Whether you’re celebrating a dachshund-themed event or just want to try something paws-itively adorable, this recipe will have you barking with delight.

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This recipe for sausage dog cupcakes is more of a ‘how to’ and contains instructions on how to make the sausage dog face, paws and tail. You will need a polystyrene heart shape to use as the base for the face. This is the shape I have found best and requires minimal shaping. You will use fondant icing to add the nose and brow shapes and then cover it in more fondant. The paws and tail are really simple to just make free hand. You can pick whatever colour you want for the bow. Maybe there’s a colour theme for the party or you have a favourite colour. Of course you can change the colour and pattern of the dogs fur to match your sausage dog if you wish!

You will need about 16 cupcakes in order to make the body long enough to look like a sausage dog but you can make more to make it as long as you wanted. I think the longer the body is the more effective it will be. I made 60 cupcakes all together but had a lot left over to put on a cake stand. You can use any chocolate cupcake recipe you like. Try this gluten free vegan chocolate cupcake recipe.

sausage dog cupcakes

Sausage Dog Cupcakes Cake
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Sausage Dog Cupcakes Cake

Difficulty: Medium

Make a sausage dog face and add cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 500g Black Ready to Roll Fondant Icing

  • 500g Brown Ready to Roll Fondant Icing

  • 500g White Ready to Roll Fondant Icing

  • 50g Coloured Ready to Roll Fondant Icing for the bow

  • Heart Polystyrene Shape

Directions

  • I made the bow first by rolling out the pink icing and cutting a 15cm strip which was slightly thinner in the middle. Fold the ends into the middle and pinch it to create little folds. Cut a smaller strip and put it round the middle over the seam. Leave aside.
  • Cut out two circles of white icing, a slightly smaller brown and an even smaller black. Place on top of each other and finish with a little dot of white icing. Make sure both eyes are lined up the same or else your dog will be cross eyed.
  • I used the remaining white icing to mould the face as in the photo below. I covered it with rolled out brown icing and made a little black stripe. You can do whatever markings you want. I cut out big black ears and used a little water to stick the ears, patches and eyes on.sausage dog cupcakes
  • I made two brown and two black paws just by shaping the icing into a pear shape and drawing on lines for the ‘toes’ and finally I made a little tail.
  • Arrange the cupcakes into a long sausage shape with the face, paws and tail placed around them.

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