Get crafty this holiday season creating these fun and festive Snowman Cupcakes. A great one for the children to help out with in the kitchen, they are also ideal to take along to end of term Christmas parties or fetes.
Prep: 40 minutes
Cook: 18-20 minutes
Makes: 12 cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
125g butter, softened
125g caster sugar
125g self raising flour
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 large eggs
Icing
50g butter, softened
50g cream cheese
200g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp milk
Decoration
24 large white marshmallows
12 orange Tic Tacs
Black writing icing pens
12 Rolos
Chocolate ready-made icing
12 cocktail sticks
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160C Fan. Line a muffin tin with muffin cases.
- Measure all of the cake ingredients into a large bowl. Whisk using an electric hand whisk until light and fluffy.
- Spoon into 12 cases. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes until well risen and lightly golden. Leave to cool.
- Measure the butter and cream cheese into a bowl. Whisk until creamy. Add the sugar, vanilla and milk. Whisk until light and fluffy. Spread over the cupcakes, reserving a little for assembling the snowmen.
- Stick the marshmallows together with a little icing and stick a cocktail stick through the middle to secure (but make sure that you remove before your child eats the cupcake).
- Make a hole in the middle of the marshmallow and insert an orange Tic Tac for the noses, using a small bit of icing to help make it stick. Draw on the eyes, mouth and buttons using black writing icing,
- To make the hat, roll out the chocolate icing, cut out a small circle and place on top of the snowman’s head attaching with a little of the icing. Place a Rolo on top.
- Make a hole horizontally through the body of the snowman and push through a Matchmakers stick to create the arms.
- Insert the cocktail sticks with the marshmallow snowmen on top of the cupcakes.
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