Pipe your way to 10 different Christmas-themed cupcakes that are as cute as a button!
1 Christmas Wreath Cupcakes
Prep 15 mins Makes 12 1 quantity Basic Cupcakes (recipe, right) ï‚— 1 quantity Basic Buttercream (recipe, right) ï‚— Dark green and light green candy-coated chocolate buttons ï‚— 94g packet red rolled fruit straps, cut into 12 thin strips Spread cupcakes with buttercream. Decorate edges with chocolate buttons. Tie fruit straps into 12 bows. Place a bow on each cupcake.
2 Crushed Candy Cane Cupcakes
Prep 10 mins Makes 12 1 quantity Basic Buttercream (recipe, right) ï‚— 1 quantity Basic Cupcakes (recipe, right) ï‚— 15 candy canes, crushed Spoon buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm star-shaped nozzle; pipe onto cupcakes. Place crushed candy canes in a shallow bowl. Press the tops of cupcakes into candy cane to lightly coat.
3 Gingerbread Men Cupcakes
Prep 10 mins Makes 12 1 quantity Basic Buttercream (recipe, right) ï‚— 1 quantity Basic Cupcakes recipe, right) ï‚— 12 small gingerbread men cookies ï‚— Black writing gel Spoon buttercream into a piping bag fitted with a 1cm star-shaped nozzle; pipe onto cupcakes. Top with cookies. Using the writing gel, pipe a pair of eyes, a mouth and buttons onto the gingerbread men.
4 Gold Sparkle Cupcakes
Prep 10 mins Makes 12 1 quantity Chocolate Cupcakes (recipe variation, right) ï‚— 1 quantity Chocolate Buttercream (recipe variation, right) ï‚— 180g white chocolate melts, melted ï‚— Edible gold glitter, to dust Spread the cupcakes with buttercream. Place melted chocolate in a resealable plastic food storage bag; snip one small corner. Starting at the centre of cupcake, pipe chocolate onto cupcakes in a spiral pattern. Sprinkle with gold glitter.
This story is from the December 2017 edition of The Malaysian Women\'s Weekly.
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