Christmas tree cupcakes recipe
These cute cupcakes are made with a classic cupcake mix recipe and buttercream icing piped high into a Christmas tree shape. Decorate with silver balls to mimic baubles, you can even use green food colouring in the icing, if you like!
See method- Serves 12
- 25 mins to prepare and 18 mins to cook
- 409 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 150g (5oz) butter, softened
- 150g (5oz) caster sugar
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 1tsp vanilla extract
- 150g (5oz) self-raising flour
For the buttercream icing
- 100g (3½oz) butter
- 400g (13oz) icing sugar
- edible silver balls
Each serving contains
- Energy
- 1720kJ 409.0kcal
- Fat
- 19g
- Saturates
- 11g
- Salt
- 0.2g
- Sugars
- 49g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 59.7gProtein 3.1gFibre 0.4g
Method
- Preheat the oven to Gas Mark 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Line a cupcake tin with 12 cases.
- Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and beat until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs and vanilla until smooth, adding a little flour if the mix curdles. Gently fold in the flour.
- Divide the mix equally between the cupcake cases and bake for 15-18 minutes until firm and golden. Cool.
- To make the buttercream icing, place the butter in a bowl with 1-2tsp of boiling water. Add the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Place in a piping bag with a large star nozzle and pipe the buttercream onto the cakes. Decorate with silver balls. The cakes will keep for up to a week in a cake tin.
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