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Christmas tree cupcakes recipe

396 ratings

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

No self-raising flour? Add 2 tsp baking powder for every 150g plain flour

Each serving contains

Energy
1720kj
409kcal 20%
Fat
19g 27%
Saturates
11g 54%
Sugars
49g 54%
Salt
0.2g 3%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 59.7g Protein 3.1g Fibre 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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