Christmas Tree Cupcakes

Name: Christmas Tree Cupcakes
Yield: Makes 12 cupcakes
Ingredients: 5-10 ml/1-2 tsp milk; gel or paste food colouring, green; 15-30 ml/1-2 tbsp milk; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter, softened; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 5 ml/1 tsp vanilla extract; 225 g/8 oz/2 cups icing (confectioners’) sugar, sifted; 2.5 ml/½ tsp vanilla extract; edible glitter; 12 edible stars; edible sugar pearls; 115 g/4 oz/generous ½ cup caster (superfine) sugar; 115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter; 115 g/4 oz/1 cup self-raising (self-rising) flour, sifted; 75 g/3 oz white chocolate chips

Preparation info

Makes
12
cupcakes

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cupcakes for Kids

By Rosie Anness and Cortina Butler

Published 2014

About

A forest of little green buttercream Christmas trees tops these white chocolate chip cupcakes. If you prefer a snow-covered forest, leave the buttercream uncoloured. We have used sugar pearls to decorate the trees but you could try any miniature sugar shapes.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

115 g/4 oz/½ cup butter
115

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Line a muffin tin (pan) with cupcake cases.
Cream the butter for a few minutes until soft and pale. Add the sugar, and continue to beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract to the lightly