• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and place cupcake liners into cupcake pan
• Using a standing mixer or hand beater, combine all cupcake ingredients and beat until combined and smooth
  1 triple chocolate cake mix, 3 eggs, ½ stick unsalted sweet cream butter, 1 ¼ C whole milk
• Fill the cupcake liners ¾ way full with batter
  
• Bake in the oven for 20 - 22 minutes or until the tops bounce back when touched Allow to cool completely
  
• Using a standing mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and heavy whipping cream with paddle attachment until combined, creamy and stiff
  1 ½ C unsalted sweet cream butter, 5 ½ C powdered sugar, 3 tsp pure vanilla extract, 4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
• Mix in a few drops of the black gel food coloring into the frosting
  1 Black gel food coloring
• Scoop ½ c of frosting into the small piping bag
• Scoop the rest of the frosting into the other piping bag
• Pipe a thick mound of frosting in the center with the large piping bag and then using the piping bag to pipe stars all over to create hair
  

Fondant directions

• Follow directions on the back of the fondant package to roll out the fondant Use the second to largest to cut out 24 circles for the whisker
  1 4 oz black fondant
• Use the second smallest round plunger to cut out 24 black circles for the eyes Use the smallest round plunger to cut out 24 green circles for the eyes
  1 4 oz green fondant
• Cut out a green triangle for the nose
• Use the cat cookie cutter to cut out ear
• Decorate the cupcake how ever you want