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    Christmas Tree Cupcakes


    Source of Recipe


    Pretty Pink Butterfly

    List of Ingredients




    Christmas Tree Cupcakes


    150 g butter, softened
    150 g caster sugar
    3 eggs, beaten
    150 g self-raising flour, sifted
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 tbsp milk

    For the frosting

    200 g butter, at room temperature
    250 g icing sugar
    1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 tbsp milk
    Green food coloring

    To decorate:

    Silver balls, sugar stars or hundreds and thousands

    Recipe




    Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ gas 4.

    Cream together the butter and sugar until light, fluffy and pale.

    Gradually mix in the beaten egg alternating with the flour to stop the mix from curdling.

    Finally, stir through the vanilla extract and milk.

    Place 12 paper cupcake cases into a muffin tin and divide the mixture between them.

    Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch.

    Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.

    For the frosting:

    In a mixing bowl beat the butter with a spoon or spatula until smooth, then start to sift in the icing sugar, stirring regularly.

    Add the vanilla extract and milk.

    The frosting should be light and creamy.

    Mix your green food coloring into the icing to give an even green color.

    Once the cupcakes are totally cool, pipe the icing onto them starting from the outside of the cake and working into the centre to create tall Christmas trees.

    Decorate with silver balls, stars ot hunfreds and thousands

 

 

 


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