Ladybug Cake
alt.cooking-chien/Duckie (2000)

What you need:
1 baked dome cake (made in a 1 1/2-quart bowl or 6-inch sphere)
1 baked cupcake
3 cups red frosting
12 Junior Mints
2 green gumdrops
Black shoestring licorice

What you do:
Turn the cake and cupcake upside down and frost them with red icing. Place the mints on the body for spots. Add the green gumdrop eyes and the licorice antennae, and the ladybug will fly away home.

rec.food.baking/CHedgesp (1999)
You don't want to fill the bowl more then 1/2 - 3/4 full. Fill it with water to the desired level and measure how many cups it takes to do it. The normal cake mix is about 6 cups. You might also use a custard cup to make the head and fill it 1/2 way with batter. Prepare the bowls by coating with shortening and flour, or spray with some Baker's Joy.