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42
Christmas Cupcakes
Description
I made these for my daughter\'s school Christmas concert last year and the kids loved them - I saw some adults sneaking a few, too !
(Note - You can halve the ingredients to make around 20 cupcakes, if you prefer. Ready made icing can usually be found in the cake decorating/frosting aisle in your supermarket)
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200 gm (7 oz) Margarine
1 1/2 cups white sugar
5 eggs
2 cups flour
4 tsps baking powder
2 cups milk
1 roll (to ice 23cm round cake) Ready Made Icing, White
Red & Green Food Colouring
icing sugar
water
Edible Silver Balls
Edible Christmas decorations (e.g. small Candy Canes)
Preparation
TO MAKE THE CUPCAKES -: Cream the margarine & sugar together until light & fluffy. Add the eggs & beat well to blend. Sift in the flour & baking powder. Add the milk and beat until light & creamy. Place spoonfuls in greased cake cups & bake at 190’C/375’F/Gas Mark 5 for 20 to 30 minutes until done.
HOW I DECORATED THE CUPCAKES -: I took the roll of ready made icing & split it in two & coloured the one half with red food colouring, & the other half with green food colouring. I rolled both pieces until really flat & thin on a surface dusted with icing sugar & I then used a small star shaped cookie cutter to cut the star shapes out of each.
I set these aside to dry whilst mixing a 500 gm packet of icing sugar with tablespoon by tablespoon of water so as to form a very thick paste/icing sugar mix. I then coloured half of this with red & the other with green food colouring.
I iced half the cakes in the red icing and the other half in the green (dipping my knife into cold water as I went along, to make the icing more pliable) & before the icing started to harden, I placed a star on each (alternate colour e.g. red star on green icing) with an edible silver ball in the middle, & a few on the outside. I had some shop bought mini peppermint candy canes which I placed on the other cakes.
I iced these cupcakes the day before the function, you could make them up to 2 days before and keep them very dry as after 2 days they do begin to ‘melt’ a little and the colours tend to run a bit.
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6/15/10
Theresa111 says:
I have the spirit of the season in my heart and it matter not if it is June and hot outside. these cupcakes are very festive and a grand addition to HHM.
rthompson says:
Can't wait to try these cupcakes out!! Christmas is amazing for awesome treats, deserts and candies!!
