Turtle Cupcakes

These turtle cupcakes were made for a friend of mine who is leaving for Saipan.

Byebye Hedwig, I'll miss you!

One of his favorite things is turtles so I decided to make him turtle cupcakes - even though they aren't turtles, it's in the name. He also loves the Lakers and Kobe. So in honor of Kobe's old number - 8 - I decided to use the sugar ball thingies that I bought a while ago and use 8 of them. It was a great thing because even if people didn't realize it, I knew it. =]

I'm going to miss him!

As for the recipe - I had it but now I can't find it anymore. SORRY! But I did write down the ingredients for the cupcake part.
Ingredients:
1 egg
2/3 cup of vegetable oil
1 cup of buttermilk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 cups of flour
1 3/4 cups of sugar
1/2 cup of cocoa
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of baking soda
1 cup of hot coffee
Directions:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees. Line cupcake pan with cupcake liners.
Mix the egg, vegetable oil, buttermilk and vanilla extract together.
Combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, salt, and baking soda together in a large bowl.
Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.
Pour in the hot coffee and stir until fully mixed.
Pour into your cupcake liners and bake for 15 mins or so.

I had used my buttercream from the dobos torte so I didnt have to make anymore. I had cut a v-shape well into my cupcakes to fill it with caramel and pecans. I finished the cupcakes with some sprinkles.