Chinese New Year Cupcakes

One New Year the Buddha invited all the animals to come before him. Twelve animals came to the Buddha. In gratitude he named a year after each of the animals and those born in that year inherit some of the characteristics of the animal.

This Chinese New Year is The Year of the Golden Pig. I decorated two vanilla cupcakes for this. One is my attempt at a golden pig from this statue and the other is the Chinese symbol for the Golden Pig. Check on the Birth years to see if you are a Pig. I know that I am a Dragon.