Christmas Cupcakes Recipe

Ingredients

280g self-raising flour

175g golden caster sugar

175g unsalted butter , very soft

150g pot fat-free natural yoghurt

1 tsp vanilla extract

3 eggs

85g unsalted butter , softened

1 tsp vanilla extract

200g icing sugar , sifted

green food colouring, sweets, sprinkles and white chocolate stars

milk and white chocolate buttons, colouring icing pens.

Method

1) Heat oven to 190C/170 fan/gas 5 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with cakecases.

Put all the cake ingredients into a bowl and mix with a whisk until smooth.

Spoon the mix into the cases, bake for 25 mins until golden and risen and askewer comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

2) For the frosting, beat the butter, vanilla extract and icing sugar until pale and creamy and completely combined.

To make snowmen, reindeer and Christmas puddings, first spread the icing over the top of each cake. Then lay the chocolate buttons on top, slicing some buttons into quarters to make ears and hats. Finally, use icing pens for the details. For the Christmas tree, colour the icing with green food colouring and pipe onto the cakes using a star-shaped nozzle, decorate with sweets, sprinkles and white chocolate stars.

3) Eat and Enjoy

Merry Christmas From J2e