Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Prepared by Aleza
Recipe by Janina Clinning
Ingredients
For the cupcakes
For the frosting and Christmas trees
This recipe is from Gerty la Cock, my Great Grandmother - and I have been making it since I was a little girl. This time we add some Christmas pizazz to the recipe. (Recipe submitted by Aléza)
Method
Preheat oven to 180 °C and prepare a cupcake pan with liners.
Add the butter, castor sugar and vanilla extract to a large mixer bowl and mix together until smooth.
Add eggs one by one, whilst mixing.
Whisk together: cake flour, baking powder and salt.
Gradually add the flour mixture into the egg mixture in 3 lots, adding the milk a little at a time. Continue to mix well.
Scoop into cookie cups and bake in oven for 15 minutes.
For the frosting
Cream the butter. Add the confectioners’ sugar and mix on high. Add the milk a tablespoon at a time until desired consistency is reached. Add the vanilla extract.
Add the green food colouring and mix until combined.
For the assembly
Cover the cupcake in frosting – sift a bit of confectioners’ sugar over the icing to create the effect of snow.
Use a spatula to apply a thin layer of green frosting to the surface of the cone. This will help the dollops you apply stick to the cone better as well as making the trees totally green (in case your dollops don't give full coverage).
You can fill the ice cream cone with candy and then place on the cupcake.
Use a number 30 icing nozzle to pipe star-shaped dollops onto the surface of the cone, beginning at the bottom and working to the top.
Sift confectioners' sugar onto the cupcake and it's ready to serve!
Tip from Aleza
If you don’t have a #30 icing nozzle, then try any small to medium star or leaf nozzle to pipe the tree.
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