Mini Christmas Tree Cupcakes
I'm sure you're already aware that I'm a bit of a Christmas fan.
I happen to love wrapping presents, Christmas light displays and decorating the house but what I love most of all is Christmas music.
I have a bit of a collection and each year I try to get some more to add to it. This year I've been very smart and categorised the Christmas music to make playlists for the mood I'm in.
I've got background Christmas, alternative Christmas, rock Christmas, up beat Christmas, my favourite Christmas songs and of course an all Christmas playlist. Is that normal? ...Don't answer that.
This year I decided I wanted to make some cute Christmas tree cupcakes.
I had some left over cake batter from a cake I made earlier this week so I decided to make mini cupcakes, not knowing what I would make with them later.
Now was my chance to try out the Christmas cupcakes!
There is something so comforting about decorating a cupcake for no real reason, that is to say, no one asked me to make these cupcakes for them, I just felt like it!
What made it even better was the cheerful sound of Christmas carols in the background.
I managed to get through every playlist!
These mini Christmas tree cupcakes were super easy and fun to make. All it takes is some buttercream icing, piping bags, tips and sprinkles.
I found you can be as creative as you like, as I experimented with different tips I found there was more than one way to pipe a tree!
For the white trees I used a Wilton 1M tip. I piped a swirl which overlapped three times and I pinched the top of the icing with my fingers to make the top look like the top of a tree (rather than a squashed tree).
I then carefully placed pink cachous around the icing swirl and cut out a star (well, I didn't have a star cutter so I had to use a flower) out of fondant and stuck that on top.
I quite liked making these cupcakes white and pink because it more closely resembled my tree (pictured above) than the green ones!
for full recipes please see : www.lydiabakes.co.nz
I happen to love wrapping presents, Christmas light displays and decorating the house but what I love most of all is Christmas music.
I have a bit of a collection and each year I try to get some more to add to it. This year I've been very smart and categorised the Christmas music to make playlists for the mood I'm in.
I've got background Christmas, alternative Christmas, rock Christmas, up beat Christmas, my favourite Christmas songs and of course an all Christmas playlist. Is that normal? ...Don't answer that.
This year I decided I wanted to make some cute Christmas tree cupcakes.
I had some left over cake batter from a cake I made earlier this week so I decided to make mini cupcakes, not knowing what I would make with them later.
Now was my chance to try out the Christmas cupcakes!
There is something so comforting about decorating a cupcake for no real reason, that is to say, no one asked me to make these cupcakes for them, I just felt like it!
What made it even better was the cheerful sound of Christmas carols in the background.
I managed to get through every playlist!
These mini Christmas tree cupcakes were super easy and fun to make. All it takes is some buttercream icing, piping bags, tips and sprinkles.
I found you can be as creative as you like, as I experimented with different tips I found there was more than one way to pipe a tree!
For the white trees I used a Wilton 1M tip. I piped a swirl which overlapped three times and I pinched the top of the icing with my fingers to make the top look like the top of a tree (rather than a squashed tree).
I then carefully placed pink cachous around the icing swirl and cut out a star (well, I didn't have a star cutter so I had to use a flower) out of fondant and stuck that on top.
I quite liked making these cupcakes white and pink because it more closely resembled my tree (pictured above) than the green ones!
for full recipes please see : www.lydiabakes.co.nz
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