Beat butter and shortening together with an electric mixer in a large bowl until light and fluffy. The mixture should be noticeably lighter in color.
Beat the vanilla extract into the butter mixture. Add sugar, one cup at a time, beating on medium speed until fully incorporated.
Add milk, one tablespoon at a time, beating on high until fully incorporated and you have frosting.
Cupcake Directions:
Prepare Cupcakes according to box cake mix instructions
Using Buttercream frosting recipe dye your frosting with yellow food coloring until you reach the desired color.
Save a small amount and dye that a bright orange.
Frost entire cupcake with yellow frosting, and dip into yellow sugar sprinkles.
Add chocolate chips to make the eyes.
You can also add a dab of white frosting to make the eyeball detail.
Using a rosette-frosting tip make “chick wings” on the sides and then sprinkle a small amount of the yellow sugar sprinkles on top.
Then use a small amount of your orange frosting to make a beak and feet for your chick.