Snowman Cupcakes
Marshmallows at the ready! Stack them on top of your cupcake before getting messy decorating. These snowman cupcakes are a great festive showstopper for Christmas.
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Ingredients
Cupcakes
125g unsalted butter (at room temperature), or margarine
125g caster sugar
1/2 tsp lemon zest
2 eggs
125g self-raising flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
125g caster sugar
1/2 tsp lemon zest
2 eggs
125g self-raising flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
Icing and decoration
500g vanilla buttercream
50g orange fondant icing sugar or white fondant icing with a little orange food colouring
Matchmakers
A little milk chocolate
Edible silver baubles
Orange jelly beans
Rolos
Oreo cookies
Orange peel
50g orange fondant icing sugar or white fondant icing with a little orange food colouring
Matchmakers
A little milk chocolate
Edible silver baubles
Orange jelly beans
Rolos
Oreo cookies
Orange peel
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180C (160C Fan)/ Gas Mark 4. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with 8 muffin cases.
- Measure all of the cupcake ingredients into a mixing bowl. Whisk until light and fluffy, then spoon into the cases. Bake for 20 minutes until pale golden and well risen. Leave to cool.
- Mix the fondant icing sugar with some water to make a good spreading consistency.
- Place one large marshmallow in the centre of each cake. Spread over a little icing and then stick the medium sized marshmallow on top to make the snowman’s head.
- Press silver baubles into the marshmallows to make the eyes and the buttons.
- Shape an orange jelly bean to make the Snowman’s nose and wrap an orange peel scarf around the snowman.
- Make holes in the side of the large Marshmallow and stick short lengths of Matchmakers either side to make the arms.
- Make the hat from one half of an Oreo Cookies and stick a Rolo on top.
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