Pink Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Festive pink cupcakes decorated to look like Christmas trees.
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Servings: 12 cupcakes
Calories: 729kcal
Ingredients
- 190 g Softened butter
- 190 g Caster sugar
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 3 Medium Eggs
- 190 g Self-raising flour
Topping:
- 300 g Softened butter
- 900 g Icing sugar (plus more for dusting)
- 4-5 Tablespoons Milk
- Pink food colouring
- 12 Ice cream cones
- 4 Tablespoons Cake sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180°C (160°C for fan ovens) and line a cupcake tin with 12 cases.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy. Then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Mix in the eggs and flour, a little bit at a time, until you have a smooth, thick cake batter.
- Divide the batter between your 12 cases and bake for 20-25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Topping:
- Mix the butter, icing sugar and milk together to make your icing. Then stir in the pink food colouring- start with a little and add more if needed.
- Spread some pink icing onto the cupcakes then cover each ice cream cone with icing too. Place the cones upside down onto the cupcakes.
- Put the rest of the icing into a piping bag fitted with a small star nozzle and pipe small 'branches' onto the ice cream cones.
- Add pink sprinkles to decorate, top with a dusting of icing sugar then enjoy!
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Notes
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 48 hours.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcake | Calories: 729kcal | Carbohydrates: 112g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 42mg | Sodium: 20mg | Potassium: 27mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 95g